United University Professions – Fredonia Chapter

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Mac was a strong union advocate and key organizer of our Fredonia Chapter UUP.  He served as Chapter President for many years, as well as a local delegate representing Fredonia at statewide delegate assemblies.  He was also a long-time member of the Dunkirk area AFL-CIO.

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The Option Transfer Period is here!  Choose Your Health Insurance Option for 2019.  DEADLINE is January 18, 2019.    For more information… click here.

UUP IS FAMILY STRONG!

From negotiating fair wages and protections that safeguard employees on the job, and excellent medical, vision and dental care for members and their families, your union family supports you and your loved ones.  Read more…Union Family

A new UUP Benefit Trust Fund Scholarship Program is now available for undergraduate students starting with the Fall 2018 semester and running through the Spring 2022 semester.  Scholarships of $500 per semester are available for eligible dependents of active, UUP-represented SUNY employees.

Read more…Scholarship Program

From attendance issues to staffing shortages, panelists at the Nov. 9, 2018 UUP Fredonia Chapter forum discussed the challenges that Chautauqua County educators are facing.  The eight panelists who met at SUNY Fredonia explored these issues and also discussed ways in which they are currently being addressed or could be addressed in the future.  The Observer article is available here.

Read The Echo here.

Several of our delegates are on the cover!

Derrik Decker shows Union Solidarity on page 4.

Ziya Arnavut is featured in Spotlight Shines on UUPers – page 15

Ziya Arnavut, Ph.D., president of the United University Professions Fredonia chapter hosted a panel discussion on jobs and training at SUNY Fredonia on November 9th. “I hope this panel can give us some possible solutions that we can work with to do something good for our population, because we want education to grow, jobs to grow and this region to, economically, thrive as opposed to dying down every day.”     You can read the Observer article here.

NEW EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION

The new 2016-2022 Agreement between UUP and New York State includes an employer contribution to Dependent Care Advantage Accounts (DCAAccount) for UUP-represented employees who are enrolled as DCAAccount participants for the 2018 plan year.  Read more…DCAA 2018

PEP is a negotiated benefit in the 2016-2022 Agreement between UUP and NYS.  PEP allows eligible UUP-represented employees to exchange previously accrued annual leave (vacation) in return for cash credit to be applied toward the employee share of NYSHIP premiums on a biweekly basis.  Read more…PEP Fast Facts