We are excited about our preparations for this round of negotiations and about our efforts to better engage UUP members in our negotiations process.
The negotiations information is available in the Members Only section of the UUP website. Go to United University Professions (uupinfo.org). Click on “Members Only” on the Member drop down bar and follow the directions in the ‘Members Only portal” for logging in.
Need Help Managing Your Student Loan Debt?
Join us for the UUP Student Debt Clinic, a workshop exclusively for UUP members. This workshop will help you understand the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program and Income-Driven Repayment Plans.
Sign up for the next virtual clinic at: http://go.aft.org/StudentDebtClinicRSVP
Sign up for your UUP New Employee Orientation “NEOs at Noon” Webinars available every Wednesday at 12 pm.
Learn about your UUP benefits, sign up for dental and vision coverage, and hear more about the benefits of being a UUP member.
Register at: http://bit.ly/UUPWelcome
Check Pay Stub To Make Sure –
To be a member of the union, your paycheck must say “UUP Member” under “Deductions.”
Congratulations to the 2021-2023 elected Officers and Delegates!
The results of the chapter election have been posted at: https://uupinfo.org/elections/results/chapter/Fredonia/21/Results.pdf
CANDIDATE STATEMENTS:
Christopher Taverna – Chapter President and Delegate
Ziya Arnavut – Chapter President and Delegate
Cynthia Smith – Vice President for Academics and Delegate
Melissa Hooper – Vice President for Professionals
Michael Clarkson-Hendrix – Secretary
Lei Huang – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer
Reneta Barneva – Grievance Chair for Academics
Gregory Cole – Officer for Contingents
Wear red every Friday, for labor solidarity!
If you share pictures of yourself in red on social media please tag UUPFredonia
and use the hashtags #RedForEd and #UnionStrong
Here are our chapter social media pages:
https://www.instagram.com/uupfredonia/
https://twitter.com/uupfredonia/
https://www.facebook.com/UUPFredonia/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/uupfredonia/
The current working contract between UUP and the state of New York runs from 2016-2022. Pertinent information regarding the contract itself, bargaining process, and any other related details are available from this link, https://uupinfo.org/contract/.
The 2016-2022 NYS/UUP contract includes an historic agreement to establish four annual salary pools, each 0.5% of the total basic annual salaries at each campus, for distribution to eligible UUP-represented employees to address salary compression and inversion. Read more.
