United University Professions – Fredonia Chapter

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Check Pay Stub To Make Sure –

To be a member of the union, your paycheck must say “UUP Member” under “Deductions.”

Congratulations to the 2021-2023 elected Officers and Delegates!

The results of the chapter election have been posted at:  https://uupinfo.org/elections/results/chapter/Fredonia/21/Results.pdf

CANDIDATE STATEMENTS:

Christopher Taverna – Chapter President and Delegate

Ziya Arnavut – Chapter President and Delegate

Cynthia Smith – Vice President for Academics and Delegate

Melissa Hooper – Vice President for Professionals

Michael Clarkson-Hendrix – Secretary

Lei Huang – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer

Reneta Barneva – Grievance Chair for Academics

Gregory Cole – Officer for Contingents

Anne Fearman – Officer for Contingents

Joy Bilharz – Officer for Retirees

Wear red every Friday, for labor solidarity!

If you share pictures of yourself in red on social media please tag UUPFredonia
and use the hashtags #RedForEd and #UnionStrong

Here are our chapter social media pages:
https://www.instagram.com/uupfredonia/
https://twitter.com/uupfredonia/
https://www.facebook.com/UUPFredonia/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/uupfredonia/

The current working contract between UUP and the state of New York runs from 2016-2022. Pertinent information regarding the contract itself, bargaining process, and any other related details are available from this link,  https://uupinfo.org/contract/.

The 2016-2022 NYS/UUP contract includes an historic agreement to establish four annual salary pools, each 0.5% of the total basic annual salaries at each campus, for distribution to eligible UUP-represented employees to address salary compression and inversion. Read more.

The updated PEP Fast Facts flier is available here.

Hurry, the deadline to enroll is Nov. 15, 2019!