Dear UUP-Old Westbury member, As discussed at General Membership Meeting on Oct. 27, UUP needs to hear from you if you have any concern over whether you were properly enrolled in a pension plan. Please fill out this brief questionnaire…
UUP Negotiations meetings next week!
Dear UUP-Old Westbury member, Next Monday, November 1st, at noon, Bret Benjamin, UUP’s lead negotiator for our next contract, will host a meeting with Old Westbury UUPers, to find out what you would most like to see in the new…
Pre-Retirement Workshop
We still have some open spots for this month’s Pre-Retirement Workshop Tuesday, September 21, 2021, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm, Part 1 (Medicare, Healthcare) and Thursday, September 23, 2021, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm, Part 2 ( Union Benefit, dental…
Register Today! UUP Legislative Agenda Virtual Town Halls
Next week our Outreach Committee will be hosting two virtual town hall meetings to gather input for the formulation of our 2022 Legislative Agenda. Please click the link below to register. 2022 Legislative Agenda Town Hall Registration Form: https://bit.ly/UUP2022TownHalls We…
UUPers’ Vacation Cap Extension
Dear UUP-Old Westbury member, UUP statewide has reached an agreement with the State (see attached and below for details) so that members who would have lost vacation days after December 31, 2020, will now have the ability to roll these days over…
UUP Statewide Spring Reentry Principles
UUP Statewide’s principles for maximizing safety on campus next semester.
Telecommuting Agreement extended
I’m delighted to report that, thanks to the tireless efforts of our statewide UUP leadership, the Telecommuting Agreement has been extended to April 2, 2021. And I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all of you and your loved…
UUP Addresses Upcoming Raises to Correct Salary Compression/Inversion
As many of you know, our new contract includes provisions to deal with Salary Compression, which is when new hires come in making close to the same amount as employees who have been on campus for years, and Salary Inversion,…
Workload Creep: or, Management Giveth, but Management Do Not Taketh Away
by Ryan Baker, Desktop Engineer, IT Services “Bill is leaving the college next week, you’ll need to pick up some of his duties once he’s gone.” Sadly, this sentence seems to echo all too familiarly for many UUP members, and…
News from the Delegate Assembly: Report from the Academics’ Workshop
by Carol Quirke At the UUP Delegate Assembly held in Rye, New York, on October 24-26, 2019, UUP’s Vice President for Academics, Jamie Dangler, discussed issues of concern for academics, many of which equally affect professional members. The June 2018…