In Solidarity, Dear Colleagues, The UUP Buffalo Center Chapter is proud to announce plans for an opportunity for you to personally meet with UUP Retiree Member Services Coordinator, Walter Apple. You will have the opportunity to sign up for a 20-25 minute virtual meeting between 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., on either Wednesday, November 17th, […]
Dear Colleagues, We need your input. UUP will soon begin its next round of contract negotiations with New York State. We look to UUP members for guidance in establishing priorities for a new contract. The negotiations survey linked HERE covers a range of topics likely to come up in bargaining. In it we ask you to prioritize those […]
Dear Colleagues, After nearly two years of advocating for changes to the Workplace Violence Policy, the UUP Buffalo Center Chapter is very happy to see that the university has revised the policy to the new Workplace Violence and Bullying Prevention Policy announced earlier this week. Of specific note are the revisions made to the Policy Statement: “Acts […]
Dear Colleagues, Your UUP Buffalo Center Chapter will be hosting a General Membership Meeting utilizing the Zoom platform. This meeting is scheduled for Monday, November 8th, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.. Please RSVP your attendance to the following link, for membership verification, and to receive your meeting invitation (which will include the details on how to join the meeting). Register here: https://forms.gle/8gR8RejhSqPiKe8U9 We are also asking that you […]
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Campus Equity Week
Dear Colleagues, The week of October 24th has been designated as National Equity Week, to recognize contingent employees. The Buffalo Center Chapter would like to take this opportunity to recognize not only the work of our Contingent members, but also the continued struggles of all contingent members of UUP. At present, any contingent employee may be […]
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Vacation Day Extension
Dear Colleagues, Please see the following from statewide President Fred Kowal: I am pleased to announce that we have reached two agreements with the State on two issues of great importance to our members. First, last Thursday, we signed off on an agreement that will earn our hospital members who are eligible for overtime pay, […]
Dear Colleagues, Attached is the NYS Department of Labor flyer and FAQs on Paid Leave for COVID 19 Vaccinations. Please note that booster shots are clearly covered within this leave law. In Solidarity, Ken KernChapter PresidentUUP Buffalo Center https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FEla3eBR3R0OH8q6hWT-h4b1QBII-adM/view?usp=sharing
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Fall Delegate Assembly Summary
Dear Colleagues, The following is a summary of the recent Fall Delegate Assembly attended by 25 of your elected Chapter Delegate Members. With the hope that the coronavirus pandemic is at last burning out, and a good start to the fall semester at SUNY, UUP members can now start planning for the union’s next two […]
Dear Colleagues, The UUP Contract Negotiations Team under the leadership of Mr. Bret Benjamin is currently seeking your input with regards to the upcoming UUP Contract with the State of New York. In follow up to the recent Chapter Membership Town Hall, you may submit your personal issues of concern to be considered for the […]
Dear Faculty: We are writing to follow-up about our brief workload survey that we sent out in the Spring of this year. Thanks very much to those who took the time to respond. In this email we’d like to report back about some of the responses we received, explain how the Buffalo Center chapter of […]