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Happy Hours Return!

Dear Colleagues, With the return of the Academic Year comes the return of the Buffalo Center Chapter Happy Hours! The UUP Buffalo Center Chapter would like to invite all Members and any university UUP associated employee to a Happy Hour scheduled for: Thursday, September 12th4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.UUP Buffalo Center Chapter OfficeThe Commons – […]

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Academics Contingents Event Meeting Membership Professionals

Reminder: General Membership Meeting

Dear Colleagues, Your UUP Buffalo Center Chapter will be hosting a General Membership Meeting utilizing the Zoom platform.  This meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 10th, 12:00 Noon – 2:00 pm. The Agenda for this meeting can be found here An important part of this meeting will be the General Membership VOTE on Proposed By-Laws for the UUP […]

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Event Membership

Reminder: Labor Day Parade!

Dear Colleagues, I would like to strongly encourage you and your family/friends to consider marching with your fellow WNY UUP members in this year’s Labor Day Parade! Monday, September 2nd10:00 a.m. – Line Up11:00 a.m. – Parade BeginsAt the corner of Dorrance Avenue & McKinley Parkway, Buffalo Line up begins at 10AM, and the parade […]

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Event Membership

Labor Day Parade

Dear Colleagues, I would like to strongly encourage you and your family/friends to consider marching with your fellow WNY UUP members in this year’s Labor Day Parade! Monday, September 2nd10:00 a.m. – Line Up11:00 a.m. – Parade Begins At the corner of Dorrance Avenue & McKinley Parkway, Buffalo Line up begins at 10AM, and the […]

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Benefits Event Retirement Webinar Workshop

UUP – August 2024 Pre-Retirement Workshops

Dear Colleagues, UUP’s popular monthly Pre-Retirement Workshops are scheduled for August 12th and August 14th, 2024. The part 1 workshop will take place on Monday, August 12, 2024, at 12:00pm which will cover Healthcare/Medicare. The part 2 workshop will take place on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, at 12:00pm which will cover union benefits (dental & […]

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Employment

Telecommuting Policy Extended

Dear Colleagues, We have been advised through UUP Central that SUNY’s Telecommuting Policy has been extended in its current form through June 30, 2025. UUP has been actively pushing management to meaningfully improve the policy to benefit our members and will continue to do so. In Solidarity, Ken KernChapter PresidentUUP Buffalo Center

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Event Membership

Reminder: Buffalo Pride Parade & Buffalo Bisons Game

Buffalo Pride Parade Your UUP Buffalo Center Chapter has registered to participate in Buffalo’s Pride Parade scheduled for June 2nd, and are looking forward to your participation! This year’s Buffalo Pride Parade “Now’s The Time,” fits in perfectly with our broader goals of inclusion, diversity, and advocacy for ALL members of the Buffalo Center and broader […]

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Event Membership

Buffalo Bisons Baseball Interest

Dear Colleagues, Your UUP Buffalo Center Chapter is interested in coordinating a summer event for Members and their families with the Buffalo Bisons AAA Baseball team.  Specifically, we are looking to offer Members the opportunity to purchase tickets at a discounted rate based on a group discount and the total number of tickets we reserve. […]

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Advocacy

Fair Funding Card Campaign

Dear Colleagues, Your UUP Buffalo Center Chapter is participating in a Statewide effort to call upon the SUNY Board of Trustees to properly allocate operating funds to resolve campus deficits. The 2023-2024 New York State budget provided an additional $163 million in operating funds for SUNY – a solid increase that would have alleviated our […]

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Budget

UUP WINS! – NYS Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget

Dear Colleagues, Please see the following from UUP Statewide President, Fred Kowal concerning the recently approved New York State Budget “After a delay of several weeks, we have a New York State budget.  As discussed on the call today, UUP was quite successful in achieving some of our major goals.  Foremost among these successes, is […]