{"id":7784,"date":"2025-12-04T12:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T17:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/buffalo\/?p=7784"},"modified":"2025-12-04T12:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T17:35:11","slug":"reminder-register-for-uups-know-your-contract-lunch-and-learn-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/buffalo\/2025\/12\/04\/reminder-register-for-uups-know-your-contract-lunch-and-learn-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminder: 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 <\/strong><br><strong>Statewide\u00a0UUP\u00a0President, Fred Kowal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Dear Colleagues,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bargaining and enforcing our&nbsp;contract&nbsp;is arguably the most important thing that&nbsp;UUP&nbsp;does as a union. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our&nbsp;contract&nbsp;reflects the fact that&nbsp;UUP&nbsp;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&nbsp;UUP&nbsp;prepares to begin&nbsp;contract&nbsp;negotiations with New York state. To that end, we are pleased to offer a series of statewide \u201cKnow&nbsp;Your&nbsp;Contract\u201d&nbsp;lunch-and-learn&nbsp;sessions. These virtual forums will start Nov. 12 and run through January 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two&nbsp;sessions&nbsp;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&nbsp;contract&nbsp;(see schedule below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UUP&nbsp;members and non-members are welcome to attend the workshops and are invited and encouraged to sign up for as many&nbsp;sessions&nbsp;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%7C362a11bfc0754be503ae08de335ae689%7Ca959c0a16a934834b8ec8087d07cc0e6%7C0%7C0%7C639004662680185998%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=142um3Lgl67dQSBhNGpdvSUUNVAhXsHREZtH7FAfk%2Fs%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Click Here to Register<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 2025<\/strong><br>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\u00a0Your\u00a0Contractual Benefits (JLMC\/PEP\/DCAA\/Space Available)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 2026<\/strong><br>1\/7 at 11:30 am \u2013 Health Insurance (Article 39)<br>1\/8 at 1 pm \u2013 Maximizing\u00a0Your\u00a0Contractual 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. 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