{"id":2,"date":"2010-04-07T14:29:58","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T14:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uuphost.org\/morrisville\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2016-08-18T15:36:49","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T15:36:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/morrisville\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uuphost.org\/morrisville\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/100_12322.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-60\" title=\"100_1232\" src=\"http:\/\/uuphost.org\/morrisville\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/100_12322-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>United University Professions (UUP) is the union representing more than 35,000 academic and professional faculty on 29 State University of New York campuses, plus System Administration and Empire State College. UUP is affiliated with New York State United Teachers and the American Federation of Teachers, the National Education Association and the AFL-CIO.<\/p>\n<p>With some 526 job titles included in the bargaining unit, UUP reflects the diversity of the State University. Members include:<\/p>\n<p>Academic Faculty<br \/>\nStudent Affairs Personnel<br \/>\nLibrarians<br \/>\nPublic Relations Personnel<br \/>\nDoctors, Dentists, Nurses and Other Professionals at Teaching Hospitals and Health Science Centers.<br \/>\nGraphic Artists<br \/>\nStudent Recruitment Professionals<br \/>\nInstructors in the Educational Opportunity Centers<br \/>\nFinancial Aid Counselors<br \/>\nSystem Administration Staff<br \/>\nStudent Resident Hall Personnel<br \/>\nAdmissions Counselors<br \/>\nUUP represents SUNY faculty and other professionals at the bargaining table and works to protect their interests by:<br \/>\nAchieving improvements in salary, fringe benefits, working conditions and retirement programs.<br \/>\nProviding funding for professional growth and development through leaves, awards, conferences and other grant programs.<br \/>\nObtaining state resources for the State University through effective legislative and political action.<br \/>\nSeeking to enhance and preserve the quality of the University.<br \/>\nAs the largest higher education union in the nation, UUP is also a source for information on labor unions, state work force and bargaining issues, higher education reform, college faculty concerns and a variety of higher education topics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United University Professions (UUP) is the union representing more than 35,000 academic and professional faculty on 29 State University of New York campuses, plus System Administration and Empire State College. UUP is affiliated with New York State United Teachers and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/morrisville\/?page_id=2\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/morrisville\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/morrisville\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/morrisville\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/morrisville\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/morrisville\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/morrisville\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":297,"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/morrisville\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/morrisville\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}