Part-time/Full-time Contingent Employees: Know Your Contract Rights and Benefits

At the UUP Spring Delegate Assembly held on May 13-14, 2016 at the Saratoga Hilton in Saratoga, NY, our local Fredonia Chapter won the following awards from the UUP statewide communication office.        Pictured are Sandra Lewis and Fredonia Chapter President Ziya Arnavut.   Award of Merit went to our FredUUP Newsletter for…

Fredonia Farm FestivalFriday, August 21 – Sunday August 23 Barker Common, Downtown FredoniaUUP Fredonia Chapter will have a spot set up at the Farm Festival.PLEASE stop by and show your support! Welcome Back Ice Cream SocialFriday, August 28 in the Horizon Room at the Williams Center1 – 3pmStop by and say Hello to everyone and…

Newly elected NYSUT President Karen Magee’s message to UUPers was loud and clear: higher education is important to NYSUT. Vitally important. Magee, who spoke at the 2014 Spring Delegate Assembly dinner May 2, smiled as she was met with loud applause from delegates. She wasted no time telling them what they wanted to hear: that…

As a result of collective bargaining with UUP and other state employee unions, New York State provides several programs and services designed to help state employees balance work and family life. Employee Assistance Program Dependent Care Advantage Account Adoption Advantage Account NYS Work Site Child Centers Healthcare Spending Account NYS Work-Life Services Pre Retirement Workshops…

Work at a regional public university? You’ll earn more at a unionized, large urban institution, according to new analysis of faculty salaries. Professors A, B and C are old colleagues who work at three different regional public universities: one with 5,500 students in the rural South, one with 6,000 students in the Midwest and one…