Dear Colleagues, Please see the following from statewide President, Mr. Fred Kowal: Colleagues, We received word in the past hour that the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations (GOER) will be extending the agreement through April 2, 2021. In that we have no objections to the extension and expecting that neither will any of the other statewide unions, […]
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Statewide EAP Resources
Dear Colleagues, Please see the following from statewide interim EAP Coordinator Christine C. Priest: Below is a listing of some of the helpful resources available during these trying times: COVID 19 Statewide Resources- OMH (Attached) NY Project Hope: Coping with COVID NYS Work-Life Services: EAP Overview for Supervisors (VIDEO): COVID-19 Guidance: Mental Health in the Next […]
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Welcome New Chapter Officers
Dear Colleagues, Over the last few weeks the Buffalo Center Chapter Board has approved the appointments of 2 new Chapter Officers. Please join me in welcoming… Matthew Dimick – Buffalo Chapter Officer for ContingentsProfessorLaw School Carine Mardorossian, PhD – Buffalo Center Chapter Grievance Officer for AcademicsCollege of Arts and SciencesExecutive Director, Northeast Modern Language Association ProfessorDepartment […]
Dear Colleagues, Please see the following updated information on the 2020 Salary Compression from statewide President, Mr. Fred Kowal: Dear Colleagues, The NYS/SUNY/UUP executive-level committee has completed the 2020 Integrated Guidelines for distribution of the 2020 0.5% salary pools to address salary compression. The committee’s work on these guidelines included exhaustive review of the 2019 results and of […]
Dear Colleagues, UUP and SUNY signed an MOA (attached) which provided for a clock stop for professionals and academics. We want to remind you that any professional employee who will come up for permanent appointment in the next two years, who wished to get an automatic/guaranteed extension of their permanent appointment clock by six months, […]
Dear Colleagues, Please join the UUP Benefits Department on December 16th at 12 pm or at 6 pm for a Benefits 101 Webinar. During the webinar, UUP’s Director of Member Benefits Doreen Bango will give you tips for maximizing your benefits. In the spirit of the holiday season, there will be many opportunities to win gift […]
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Legislative Agenda 2021 Session
Please see the following from statewide President Mr. Fred Kowal Dear Colleagues: Our union is only as effective as the engagement of our members. Over the last year, in the most unprecedented times, our union has become more nimble, more responsive and even more effective at delivering results and solutions to the issues you’re facing […]
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Vacation Cap MOA – Extension
Please see the following from statewide President Mr. Fred Kowal: Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that we have reached agreement with the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations to extend the January 1, 2020 vacation accrual cap. As we are all aware, Article 23.2(d) of the State/UUP Agreement provides that employees who have […]
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UUP Spring Reentry Principles
Dear Colleagues, Please see the following from Statewide President, Mr. Fred Kowal: Colleagues, After months of observing the struggles that SUNY campuses encountered due to the lack of strong guidance from SUNY’s leadership prior to the start of the fall semester, and after gathering input from our chapters through chapter presidents, vice presidents, labor relations […]
Please see the following information from Statewide UUP: Dear UUP Colleagues, We received the following information from the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations. It may provide you with some relief regarding your Health Care Spending Account or Dependent Care Advantage Account. HCSA You will now be able to use up to $500 of monies remaining […]