{"id":7732,"date":"2025-11-13T09:40:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T14:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/buffalo\/?p=7732"},"modified":"2025-11-13T09:40:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T14:40:17","slug":"register-for-uups-know-your-contract-lunch-and-learn-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/buffalo\/2025\/11\/13\/register-for-uups-know-your-contract-lunch-and-learn-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Register for UUP&#8217;s Know Your Contract Lunch-and-Learn Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Please see the following message from statewide <\/strong><br><strong>UUP President, Fred Kowal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Colleagues,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bargaining and enforcing our contract is arguably the most important thing that UUP does as a union. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our contract reflects the fact that UUP is the most diverse and comprehensive higher education union in the country. In addition to ensuring salary increases, it establishes rights and protections for workers, including due process, job security, health benefits, and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are also provisions designed to address the needs of professionals, academics, health care workers, contingent faculty, and the full range of higher education workers in our union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is crucial to prioritize member education and engagement, especially as UUP prepares to begin contract negotiations with New York state. To that end, we are pleased to offer a series of statewide \u201cKnow Your Contract\u201d lunch-and-learn sessions. These virtual forums will start Nov. 12 and run through January 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two sessions will be offered for each workshop, which will be led by our excellent staff of Labor Relations Specialists. Each workshop will cover a key aspect of the contract (see schedule below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UUP members and non-members are welcome to attend the workshops and are invited and encouraged to sign up for as many sessions as they would like to participate in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSe-f0XlsUvzJfRmuCxBJOxvJ0RR-mIb90gC65KEei0h6h27VA%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dpreview&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cbuffalocenter%40uupmail.org%7C10ebd322f0fe4d29937c08de20769376%7Ca959c0a16a934834b8ec8087d07cc0e6%7C0%7C0%7C638983890802551211%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=DZjDp9F6E%2BXKJWro7J129PmB%2B4cgkwrXrrg0WWRZcAU%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Click Here to Register<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11\/12 at 11 am \u2013 Grievances and Discipline (Articles 7 &amp; 19)<br>11\/13 at 12:30 pm \u2013 Grievances and Discipline (Articles 7 &amp; 19)<br>11\/20 at 12:30 pm \u2013 Leave Provisions (Article 23)<br>11\/21 at 12 pm \u2013 Leave Provisions (Article 23)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12\/8 at 12:30 pm \u2013 A-28 and Related Provisions\u00a0\u00a0<br>12\/9 at 11:30 am \u2013 A-28 and Related Provisions\u00a0\u00a0<br>12\/16 at 11:30 am \u2013 Health Science Center Member Protections &amp; Benefits<br>12\/17 at 1 pm \u2013 Maximizing Your Contractual Benefits (JLMC\/PEP\/DCAA\/Space Available)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1\/7 at 11:30 am \u2013 Health Insurance (Article 39)<br>1\/8 at 1 pm \u2013 Maximizing Your Contractual Benefits (JLMC\/PEP\/DCAA\/Space Available)<br>1\/13 at 12:30 pm \u2013 Health Insurance (Article 39)<br>1\/14 at 11 am \u2013 Health Science Center Member Protections &amp; Benefits<br>1\/22 at 12 pm \u2013 Contingent Employee Provisions<br>1\/23 at 1 pm \u2013 Contingent Employee Provisions<br>1\/28 at 11 am \u2013 Job Security &amp; Retrenchment<br>1\/29 at 12:30 pm \u2013 Job Security &amp; Retrenchment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In solidarity,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fred<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frederick E. Kowal, Ph.D.<br>President<br>United University Professions\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please see the following message from statewide UUP President, Fred Kowal Dear Colleagues, Bargaining and enforcing our contract is arguably the most important thing that UUP does as a union. &nbsp; Our contract reflects the fact that UUP is the most diverse and comprehensive higher education union in the country. 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