Fast Facts: New York State’s New Paid Family Leave Law Who’s covered by the law? Employees with 26 consecutive weeks of prior employment with the employer. What does the law cover? Leave for birth, adoption, foster care, or care of a family member with a serious health condition UUP has issued a fact sheet that…

The April 2016 issue of The Voice spotlights three SUNY Fredonia UUP members – John Arnold, Natalie Gerber and Susan Spangler for their writing, editing and sabbatical work. Go to the April 2016 issue of The Voice (page 17). Or  Click here to read the article

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…

The LEAD Institute is completely ‘on demand’ with content and instructions all on one page.  Members can now view current workshops at any time and at any location they choose. Just follow the link – https://uuphost.org/leadinstitute/

At the UUP Spring Delegate Assembly held on April 17 – 18, 2015 our local  Fredonia Chapter won the Award of Merit for Best Website from the UUP statewide communication office. UUP President, Fred Kowal, presents our Fredonia Chapter President, Ziya Arnavut with the award.

Dear Colleagues: I am pleased to announce a new Davis Vision benefit enhancement. UUP members and retirees will pay a fraction of the retail cost for upgraded eyeglass lenses as part of a new vision benefit that began on February 1st. Our members will be able to choose from wide a selection of lenses, including…

LEGISLATORS FORECAST DIFFICULT FIGHT FOR STATE FUNDING In a year when New York is expected to have a small budget surplus, public colleges and universities may see a small increase in their state funding. But it’s unlikely that any SUNY campus will see a significant restoration of the nearly $2 billions in state budget cuts…

Union membership: • Part-time employees are members of the collective bargaining unit represented by UUP. Employees who join UUP are full UUP members. They receive a full vote in all union elections and contract ratifications. They may hold any office in UUP and have all the same rights as full-time employees. http://uupinfo.org/constitution/constitution.php • The UUP…

Hi All, As you may know, UUP Fredonia chapter has been advocating $1000/credit as the minimum salary for adjunct faculty since fall of 2013. I would like to let you know that, last week, Provost Terry Brown officially announced the great news (see the attached memo)! Starting spring 2015 the minimum adjunct faculty salary will…

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…