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Benefits Buffalo Center News

FREE Use of University Recreation Facilities

Dear Colleagues, Please be advised that through joint efforts of your UUP Buffalo Center and the UUP Buffalo Health Sciences Chapters, free use to university Rec Facilities is open to Faculty and Staff!  The university has agreed to offer access twice a day to all Faculty and Staff to specific university Rec Facilities between the […]

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Benefits Event Workshop

UUP Workshop – Your Benefits

Dear Colleagues, Your UUP Buffalo Center Chapter is proud to announce the first of two scheduled workshops for the Spring 2022 semester. The Chapter will be offering a program on UUP Benefits. In addition to having your local Chapter Officers, the Chapter is also excited to have Statewide UUP Director of Member Benefits/Fund – Administrator […]

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Advocacy Demonstration

UUP Rally at Buffalo State

Dear Colleagues, For those of you that were unable to attend last weeks Rally to Fund SUNY at Buffalo State, here is the video from the event: In Solidarity, Ken KernChapter PresidentUUP Buffalo Center

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Academics Financial Planning

Compression and Clinical Faculty

Dear Colleagues, After the university ran the compression analysis for this year, your Buffalo Center Chapter learned that all clinical faculty had erroneously been excluded.  This impacted almost 200 of our members.  The Chapter worked with the university and had a new run done for everyone in that title.  Earlier this week, clinical faculty who […]

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Meeting

President’s Advisory Council on Race Town Halls

Dear Colleagues, Your Buffalo Center Chapter wishes to remind you of the various Town Halls scheduled for next week for the President’s Advisory Council on Race. Each Town Hall will be addressing different topics. See below for more information. In solidarity, Ken KernChapter PresidentUUP Buffalo Center President’s Advisory Council on Race: Town Halls Tuesday, March […]

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Contingents Contract Employment

Negotiations Contingent Flier 2022

Dear Colleagues, We received the following flier from UUP central yesterday afternoon. If you are part-time/contingent faculty, please consider becoming involved in the contract negotiations effort to have a voice on this topic. If you are interested, please email us at buffalocenter@uupmail.org or 716-276-3377. In solidarity, Ken KernChapter PresidentUUP Buffalo Center

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Contract News

Negotiations Information Available – UUP Website

Dear Colleagues: I am pleased to inform you that we have begun posting information about our preparations for negotiations in the Members Only section of the UUP website.  As of this morning there are now three items posted and available for viewing by UUP members. These are: Our first Negotiations Bulletin which includes an overview […]

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Advocacy Demonstration

UUP Buffalo Center Members at WNY Rally to Fund SUNY

Dear Colleagues, A well represented contingent of your UUP Buffalo Center Chapter joined UUP President Frederick E. Kowal, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, Peter DeJesus of the AFL-CIO, SUNY students, and higher education advocates at SUNY Buffalo State to pressure lawmakers to fully fund public higher education and reestablish the SUNY system as a cornerstone […]

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Health and Safety

Effective March 5th: University Mask Mandate Lifted

Dear Collegues,Even though your Buffalo Center Chapter was notified yesterday of the lifting of the mask Mandate, we have now been told that the university has changed the effective date to Saturday, March 5th. In solidarity, Ken KernChapter PresidentUUP Buffalo Center

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Health Insurance

University Mask Mandate Lifted

Dear Colleagues, Your Buffalo Center Chapter received notice from the university’s Employee Relations Department yesterday that the mask mandate is lifted as of today, regardless of vaccination status, for all students, faculty, and staff. In solidarity, Ken KernChapter PresidentUUP Buffalo Center