{"id":2651,"date":"2020-05-28T20:33:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T00:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uuphost.org\/buffalo\/?page_id=2651"},"modified":"2025-07-10T11:01:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T15:01:33","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/buffalo\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffalo Center Chapter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Your Union<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uupinfo.org\/\">United University Professions<\/a> (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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suny.edu\/\">State University of New York<\/a> (SUNY) at all of its campuses and health sciences centers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-large-font-size\">Not a UUP member yet?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join your co-workers in the nation&#8217;s largest higher education union<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/uupunion.org\/myuup\/Membership\/\">Join Here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Latest Updates<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/buffalo\/2026\/06\/17\/virtual-office-closed-friday-june-19-in-observance-of-juneteenth\/\">Virtual Office Closed Friday, June 19 in Observance of Juneteenth<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-06-17T07:25:27-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 17, 2026<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">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\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/buffalo\/2026\/06\/17\/virtual-office-closed-friday-june-19-in-observance-of-juneteenth\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Virtual Office Closed Friday, June 19 in Observance of Juneteenth<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/buffalo\/2026\/06\/10\/upcoming-informational-sessions-and-benefits\/\">Upcoming Informational Sessions and Benefits<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-06-10T09:33:22-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 10, 2026<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Colleagues, You may have noticed that the Monday Morning Post hasn\u2019t gone out for a while. With no chapter assistant, it\u2019s been difficult to keep up with a weekly newsletter on top of everything else. I\u2019ll still make sure you get timely updates about workshops and benefits from UUP Central\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/buffalo\/2026\/06\/10\/upcoming-informational-sessions-and-benefits\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Upcoming Informational Sessions and Benefits<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/buffalo\/2026\/06\/04\/uup-tentative-contract-reached-sign-up-for-a-zoom-session-to-learn-more\/\">UUP tentative contract reached. Sign up for a Zoom session to learn more!<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-06-04T18:07:53-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 4, 2026<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Colleagues, I&#8217;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.&nbsp; &nbsp; All of our efforts to get to the table early and conclude an agreement before our present one expired\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/buffalo\/2026\/06\/04\/uup-tentative-contract-reached-sign-up-for-a-zoom-session-to-learn-more\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: UUP tentative contract reached. 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