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United University Professions (UUP), a state-wide local of New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), is the bargaining unit for faculty and professional staff members employed by the State University of New York (SUNY) at all of its campuses and health sciences centers.

Your union not only negotiates the employment contract, but it also studies and recommends improvements to working life, attempts to correct problems, address injustices, and assure that all members receive their guaranteed rights and due process. This is accomplished through political activism, campus programs, and the many benefits available to members.

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Latest Updates

• Virtual Office Closed Friday, June 19 in Observance of JuneteenthJune 17, 2026
  Colleagues, In recognition of Juneteenth, our Chapter office will be closed on Friday, June 19. While this closure aligns with the state holiday, it also offers us an important moment to pause and reflect on the deeper meaning of this day. Juneteenth marks the date in 1865 when the last… Read more: Virtual Office Closed Friday, June 19 in Observance of Juneteenth
• Upcoming Informational Sessions and BenefitsJune 10, 2026
  Colleagues, You may have noticed that the Monday Morning Post hasn’t gone out for a while. With no chapter assistant, it’s been difficult to keep up with a weekly newsletter on top of everything else. I’ll still make sure you get timely updates about workshops and benefits from UUP Central… Read more: Upcoming Informational Sessions and Benefits
• UUP tentative contract reached. Sign up for a Zoom session to learn more!June 4, 2026
  Colleagues, I’m here in Albany and I am happy to report that the negotiations committee has unanimously voted to send the tentative contract out to our members for ratification vote.    All of our efforts to get to the table early and conclude an agreement before our present one expired… Read more: UUP tentative contract reached. Sign up for a Zoom session to learn more!
• Virtual Office Closed June 4 & 5June 3, 2026
  Colleagues,  As I need to go to Albany to learn some exciting news about the contract, I’ll need to close the virtual office while I’m away on Thursday, June 4  and Friday, June 5th.  I encourage you to email buffalocenter@uupmail.org or me directly at uupkatkielar@pm.me and I’ll return your email while in my meeting… Read more: Virtual Office Closed June 4 & 5
• Victory for Tier 6May 25, 2026
  Colleagues, A message from Fred Kowal… After months (and actually years…) of lobbying and pressuring policy makers (and others) to include UUP members of Tier 6 in any “fix,” I can report that we have won a great victory for our members in Tier 6.  Though we don’t yet have… Read more: Victory for Tier 6

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