The Union that Makes SUNY Work
UUP’s impressive Week of Action continued its sweep through the state March 3 with a rousing rally of nearly 200 members and students in Albany on the University at Albany …
Fund SUNY now! Members, students rally at UAlbany Read MoreUUP President Fred Kowal joined Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and representatives from a coalition of community and labor leaders to call for debt relief for student borrowers at a …
Kowal joins Schumer, coalition partners in call for student debt cancellation Read MoreLawmakers listen to students when students tell their compelling stories of what it’s like to be at a SUNY or CUNY campus these days. Students will talk about campus libraries …
UUP joins students, lawmakers in big push for higher ed funding Read MoreAFT President Randi Weingarten condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine in a Feb. 24 press statement, below: “This unprovoked and unjustified Russian invasion is not just an assault on the …
AFT President Weingarten condemns Russian invasion of Ukraine Read MoreAFT President Randi Weingarten released a Feb. 25 press statement regarding President Biden’s appointment of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court: “The work of the Supreme Court …
AFT urges swift confirmation of Judge Jackson to Supreme Court Read MoreAt a time when the state, the country and the world need a next generation of informed, impassioned citizens, how better to achieve that than to give those future leaders …
UUP, advocates tell state: Do right by SUNY Read MoreUUP joined with the Professional Staff Congress/CUNY Feb. 7 for a day of advocacy in which the leaders of both unions told lawmakers that although Gov. Hochul’s higher education budget …
State budget is better, but still falls short for SUNY Read MoreUUP and other unions have a special calling to act on racial injustice in all aspects of American life, speakers in the opening event of UUP’s celebration of Black History …
Labor, UUP have special mission on racial justice Read MoreUUP22StateLegAgenda.pdf (uupinfo.org)
Restore Opportunity — Restore SUNY Read MoreGov. Hochul’s proposed Executive Budget addresses some historic inequalities when it comes to SUNY’s financial programs. However, it does not go far enough to help the majority of SUNY campuses …
SUNY’s campuses and public teaching hospitals need your support! Read More