Category: News

Next Wednesday, July 19th at 10:00 A.M. in Warner Hall room 108, UUP will be having its contract negotiation meeting to discuss the tentative contract that UUP has been fighting for. If you have any questions, please come with them.

If you would like to read UUP’s response to yesterday’s ruling on ending affirmative action, please click here.

UUP & New York State have reached a tentative agreement through 2026. To read about the agreement, please click the image below.

UUP will be now offering a free benefit to all members: access to Psych Hub, a website for your mental health. There will also be a virtual seminar on May 30th at 12:00 P.M. for all members, which you can register for here, for how to use Psych Hub.

UUP President Fred Kowal has released his statement regarding New York State’s budget is out, which you can read in full here.

Please join the chapter for a contract update meeting and luncheon on Thursday April 27, starting at 12:30 P.M..  The UUP Chief Negotiator, Bret Benjamin, will provide a contract negotiation update at 12:30 in CANR Lecture Hall, room 101. This will be followed by a short solidarity walk from CANR to the Carriage House to enjoy a complimentary grilled lunch supplied by UUP at 1:00 PM.  Please join us and bring a friend!

If you have some free time, consider writing a letter to urge the governor to fund SUNY campuses, which is approaching a deadline in a few weeks.

Click here to sign your name and write

The proposed budget for the 2023-2024 school year is up for a vote, so if you are a SUNY Cobleskill UUP member, please see the email sent out this morning and reply to it with your vote of approve, disapprove, or abstain.

On Saturday, April 15th at 7:00 PM, the Albany Firewolves lacrosse club will be hosting union members. The first 500 fans who buy a ticket will get an Albany Firewolves & NYS AFL-CIO hat.

Union Strong Night Flyer

Over the weekend, UUP President Fred Kowal was on Empire News Weekly to discuss Governor Kathy Hochul’s spending plan for education in the coming years. To watch the interview, click here.