UUP President Fred Kowal has announced the members of UUP’s Negotiations Team. The 18-member Team will negotiate a new bargaining agreement with New York state; the current contract expires July 1, 2016. Statewide VP for Professionals Philippe Abraham will serve as chief negotiator. Members of Team are: Bret Benjamin, Albany Douglas Cody, Farmingdale Raymond Dannenhoffer, […]

Assembly members put their stamp of approval on one of UUP’s top legislative priorities when they passed Maintenance of Effort legislation, 146-1. Now, UUP advocates are working hard to convince state senators to bring the MOE bill to the floor for a vote before the legislative session tentatively ends June 17. The June 9 Assembly […]

Here’s a little note to provide a big thank you for your support and involvement in Tuesday’s “SUNY Cortland Works!” event.  We had some challenges that we overcame.  It was absolutely wonderful that everyone stayed and seemed to enjoy the program.  The band was great, Henry Steck was in outstanding form, Erik Bitterbaum spent the […]

Cortland Chapter was awarded the following: First Award: Best Website http://uuphost.org/cortland……………..…Toni Murray Honorable Mention: General Excellence The Cortland Cause………………….Editor: Karla Alwes Honorable Mention: Best Original Article “Librarians as Housewives”…………Gretchen Herrmann

25-Year Solidarity Awards Dawn Van Hall                  Dianne Galutz                      20-Year Service Pin       15-Year Service Pin Jamie Dangler                  David Ritchie                            5-Year Membership & Service Award Marc Dearstyne               Jennifer Drake                          

from LEFT, BEHIND CORTLAND BANNER: Claire Kuiken, Chloe Kuiken, John Kuiken, Josephine Kuiken in stroller), Jo Schaffer (holding end of banner), Gretchen Douglas, Michelle Kelly (holding up sign), Bill Buxton, Wayne Douglas (in tan UUP hat behind), Eileen Landy, Tim Emerson (obscured by Eileen, holding up sign), Jen Drake, Laura Rhodes (Potsdam chapter president), Cody […]

SUNY Cortland students and their advisor, UUPer Marc Dearstyne, right, meet with Assemblyman Will Barclay to request additional funding for SUNY’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) and Educational Opportunity Centers (EOC). The Cortland students were among nearly 300 students from 16 SUNY campuses that traveled to Albany Feb. 12 for UUP’s EOP/EOC Advocacy Day. The students, […]

UUP Cortland Chapter member Marc Dearstyne asks students Adonis Vasquez and Victoria Jean to sign a petition that asks the campus president to increase the salary for part-time academic faculty. The two were among nearly 1,000 students, faculty and staff who signed the Cortland petition during Campus Equity Week Oct. 28 – Nov. 1. “We […]