Dear Colleagues, Your UUP Buffalo Center Chapter will be hosting a hybrid Welcome Back Meeting. This meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 21st from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. and will be held in the Student Union Theater and utilizing the Zoom platform. Both members and non-members of the Buffalo Center Chapter are invited. Please RSVP your attendance to the following […]
Dear Colleagues, From the start of the pandemic, your UUP Buffalo Center Chapter has regularly interacted with the UB’s Departments of Employee Relations and Environmental Health & Safety regarding air quality issues. Recent efforts in pursuing those issues led the campus to issue the following article – https://www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/stories/2021/07/addressing-hvac.html Despite achieving several small victories, we are […]
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COVID-related Telecommuting
Dear Colleagues, Please be aware that GOER has extended the term of COVID-specific telecommuting for employees who demonstrate a telecommute need due to COVID-related childcare, elder care and illness. The extension runs through October 12, 2021. This COVID-need telecommuting differs from the SUNY-wide telecommuting Agreement that UB has identified as in effect as of September […]
Dear Colleagues, Your UUP Buffalo Center Chapter is in need of 2 Faculty member volunteers to serve on the Individual Development Awards Committee (IDA), a joint Labor/Management Committee. This committee is responsible for administering and reviewing the individual development award process offered by UUP. This committee is made up of UUP members who will work with management to determine how the awards are administered. Please […]
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Labor Day 2021
Dear Colleagues, As we look forward to celebrating Labor Day 2021, I would like to thank you, our members, for your increased participation and input into your UUP Buffalo Center Chapter. The backbone of any organization is its team. The team can only be a strong as each of your individual commitments to the Buffalo […]
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Labor Day Parade
Dear Colleagues, As a reminder, the Buffalo Center UUP will be participating in this year’s Labor Day Parade and you, and your family are invited. Please see the following information from Danielle Judge-Freeman: 2021 LABOR DAY EVENTS: On Labor Day, Monday, September 6, 2021, working people across the country will be taking the day off and celebrating the achievements of working people. Join UUP and our coalition […]
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IDA Committee Members Needed
Dear Colleagues, Your UUP Buffalo Center Chapter is in need of 2 Faculty member volunteers to serve on the Individual Development Awards Committee (IDA), a joint Labor/Management Committee. This committee is responsible for administering and reviewing the individual development award process offered by UUP. This committee is made up of UUP members who will work with management to determine how the awards are administered. Please […]
Dear Colleagues: I hope you will please join me in attending the upcoming virtual town hall with our Congressmember, Brian Higgins at 11:30 AM, Tuesday, August 24. As you may have read, congress will soon be voting on the American Families Plan, and so it’s especially important for us now to be conveying our priorities to Higgins – and to be […]
Dear Colleagues, The university’s Human Resources Department recently sent you an e-mail regarding proposed Telecommuting Agreement, and upcoming Virtual Town Hall Meetings for you to attend. While the UUP Buffalo Center plans to review some questions and concerns regarding the telecommuting policy at our upcoming Labor Management Meeting scheduled for Monday 9/23, we would encourage […]
Dear Colleagues, As the new Academic Year approaches, there is a renewed energy of excitement and enthusiasm as your UUP Buffalo Center Chapter becomes a more visible and persuasive organization on campus. As a member of the Buffalo Center Chapter now is the time for you to “take that first step” or the “next step […]