Fund SUNY now! Members, students rally at UAlbany
UUP’s impressive Week of Action continued its sweep through the state March 3 with a rousing rally of nearly 200 members and students in Albany on the University at Albany …
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Kowal joins Schumer, coalition partners in call for student debt cancellation
UUP President Fred Kowal joined Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and representatives from a coalition of community and labor leaders to call for debt relief for student borrowers at a …
Read MoreUUP joins students, lawmakers in big push for higher ed funding
Lawmakers listen to students when students tell their compelling stories of what it’s like to be at a SUNY or CUNY campus these days. Students will talk about campus libraries …
Read MoreAFT President Weingarten condemns Russian invasion of Ukraine
AFT President Randi Weingarten condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine in a Feb. 24 press statement, below: “This unprovoked and unjustified Russian invasion is not just an assault on the …
Read MoreAFT urges swift confirmation of Judge Jackson to Supreme Court
AFT President Randi Weingarten released a Feb. 25 press statement regarding President Biden’s appointment of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court: “The work of the Supreme Court …
Read MoreUUP, advocates tell state: Do right by SUNY
At a time when the state, the country and the world need a next generation of informed, impassioned citizens, how better to achieve that than to give those future leaders …
Read MoreState budget is better, but still falls short for SUNY
UUP joined with the Professional Staff Congress/CUNY Feb. 7 for a day of advocacy in which the leaders of both unions told lawmakers that although Gov. Hochul’s higher education budget …
Read MoreLabor, UUP have special mission on racial justice
UUP and other unions have a special calling to act on racial injustice in all aspects of American life, speakers in the opening event of UUP’s celebration of Black History …
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Read MoreSUNY’s campuses and public teaching hospitals need your support!
Gov. Hochul’s proposed Executive Budget addresses some historic inequalities when it comes to SUNY’s financial programs. However, it does not go far enough to help the majority of SUNY campuses …
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