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Reminder – This Thursday is a Day of Service to Honor Tops Shooting Victims and Community: 5:30 – 8:00 PM

Colleagues, Just a reminder to invite you to participate in the May 14, 2026 – Day of Service & Remembrance: Start with Service – End in Community, a city-wide day of service, action, and connection, honoring the lives lost in Buffalo, NY. On May 14, 2022, ten lives were stolen in an act of white […]

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Reminder: Fred Kowal to speak on contract negotiations May 13 at 1 pm

Colleauges, Please join us this Wednesday, May 13 at 1 pm via zoom to interact with Fred Kowal, statewide UUP President, on contract negotiations.   Bring your questions and your concerns! Registration is required for this event to verify membership and for you to receive the Zoom connection information. Registration form Best, Kathleen KielarChapter PresidentUUP Buffalo […]

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Forging Solidarity: The Buffalo Labor History Project

Colleauges, Buffalo’s labor story is one of resilience, solidarity, and generations of working people who built this city. Their work stretched from the docks and rail lines of the 19th century to the factories, mills, and unions that shaped the 20th. The 1892 switchmen’s strike and the 1899 grain scoopers’ stand against corruption both demonstrated […]

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Tops Shooting Day of Service and Remembrance: Start with Service, End in Community

Colleagues, We invite you to participate in the May 14, 2026 – Day of Service & Remembrance: Start with Service – End in Community, a city-wide day of service, action, and connection, honoring the lives lost in Buffalo, NY. On May 14, 2022, ten lives were stolen in an act of white supremacist violence at […]

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Contract Negotiations Update – May 5 @ 12 PM

Colleagues, Fred Kowal will also be zooming into Buffalo Center Chapter on May 13th @ 1pm. Registration form For those that are unable to attend the May 13th session, there is a statewide contract update. Please see the information below Best,Kathleen KielarChapter PresidentUUP Buffalo Center CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE Contract Negotiations are heating up! We remain […]

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Reminder: Fred Kowal to speak on contract negotiations May 13 at 1 pm

Colleagues, Please join us on May 13 at 1 pm via zoom to interact with Fred Kowal, statewide UUP President, on contract negotiations.   Bring your questions and your concerns! Registration is required for this event to verify membership and for you to receive the Zoom connection information. Registration form Best, Kathleen KielarChapter PresidentUUP Buffalo Center

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Member in Need of Donated Time

Colleagues, We have a member in need of donated time. If you are able to donate vacation days, please do so by visiting the following link: https://www.buffalo.edu/content/www/administrative-services/forms-catalog/forms-pw/vacation-leave-donation-request.html Please note – the intended recipient information can be left blank. Thank you. Best, Kathleen KielarChapter PresidentUUP Buffalo Center

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Contract Event Meeting Membership

Fred Kowal to speak on contract negotiations May 13 at 1 pm

Colleagues, Please join us on May 13 at 1 pm via zoom to interact with Fred Kowal, statewide UUP President, on contract negotiations.   Bring your questions and your concerns! Registration is required for this event to verify membership and for you to receive the Zoom connection information. Registration form Best, Kathleen KielarChapter PresidentUUP Buffalo Center

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Delegate Assembly Recap

Colleagues, This past weekend your elected delegates to the UUP Delegate Assembly met in Albany to learn, to network, attend committee meetings and do the business of our Union from late on Thursday night until noon on Saturday.  I wish to share the results of the passage of resolutions, as well as statewide elections. After […]

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Notice of Office Closure and Virtual Operations

All, Our UUP physical office will officially close beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, April 15.   Only those that have appointments to pick up furniture will have access to the office. I would like to extend sincere thanks to Kevin Ragland, Abigail Cooke, Daniel Schweitzer, Don Erb, Jen Rhee, and Grady Gambrel for their truly herculean efforts in […]