On Labor Day, September 7, 2020, members of UUP Buffalo Center chapter caravanned around the UB Amherst Campus to support Union Values, Social Justice and a Safe Reopening for UB. Remarks were offered by Chapter President Ken Kern, Statewide Vice President for Professionals Tom Tucker, and Amherst Councilperson and Candidate for NYS Senate Jacqui Berger.
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RESCHEDULED: Howard Bunsis Presentation
Dear Colleagues, Due to an emergency, Howard Bunsis’s Zoom presentation has been rescheduled to September 18 at 3pm, exactly one week later from the original day/time. Meeting ID: 934 9987 7090 Passcode: 114839 Click here for flyer In Solidarity, Ken KernChapter PresidentUUP Buffalo Center
Dear Colleagues, Join your fellow UUP members on Monday, September 7, 12:00-1:00 PM as we caravan around campus to support Union Values, Social Justice and A Safe Reopening for UB. We want all essential workers and our members to know that we appreciate all the work that they are doing to keep our members, campuses & communities safe. Cars will […]
Thanks to the continued pressure from UUP (both local and Statewide), the recent announcement by UB to participate in partnering with Upstate Medical Center for Surveillance Testing is a major victory for our members, UUP and UB community. Yet today’s article in UBNow still did not indicate that faculty and staff who are randomly selected […]
Welcome
Dear Colleagues, Welcome to the start of a new academic year, one we have never experienced before! UUP’s tagline is “The Union That Makes SUNY Work”, and this holds true as challenges due to the COVID Crisis are being met by our members and indeed are allowing the University at Buffalo to continue to provide academic […]
Dear Colleagues, Join your fellow UUP members on Monday, September 7, 12:00-1:00 PM as we caravan around campus to support Union Values, Social Justice and A Safe Reopening for UB. We want all essential workers and our members to know that we appreciate all the work that they are doing to keep our members, campuses & communities safe. […]
Dear Colleagues, Buffalo Center UUP is co-sponsoring a Zoom Session by Howard Bunsis on September 11 at 3:00 pm. He will be discussing the Bunsis Report on UB’s finances, which arrived just prior to the COVID Crisis. It has become even more pressing and relevant as we head into this financial crisis, with “Capen 5”, and UBF lack of financial transparency. The […]
Free COVID Testing Options
Dear Colleagues, Although UB is not requiring that all employees or students be tested for COVID, there are several free and convenient options available to you if you would like to be tested voluntarily. The Erie County Department of Health offers two kinds of COVID-19 tests: 1. Diagnostic test (swab test) tells if you are […]
Daily Health Check Updates
Dear Colleagues, We have questioned details with regards to the Daily Health Check modification notice sent last week Wednesday. The following are additional updates with regards to the Daily Health Check from Mark Coldren, Associate Vice President, Human Resources. 1. For individuals who do not have university issued cell phones: “There will be a web […]
Save The Date – Labor Day
Dear Colleagues, Join your colleagues, students, community groups, and legislators, Sept. 7th at 12PM, in a rally for a Safe SUNY Reopening. We are fighting to protect our communities and each other. UUP Buffalo Center & Buffalo HSC Chapters Safe SUNY Communities Labor Day Rally Monday, September 7, 2020 (Labor Day) 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM More information to […]