by | Aug 16, 2023 | Advocacy, Chapter Announcements, Contract Negotiations, Happy PayDay
Voting is Now Open! The ratification vote on the tentative 2022-2026 contract agreement will be conducted electronically. Postcards and emails containing instructions on how to access your personal electronic ballot have been mailed by MK Election Services to UUP...
by | Aug 8, 2023 | Advocacy, Chapter Announcements, Contract Negotiations
Dear Colleagues, We finished our campus tour to discuss the new Tentative Agreement (whew!!). Over the month of July Bret Benjamin, Elizabeth Hough and I visited all 32 of our UUP chapters and hosted four statewide zoom sessions, explaining the...
by | Jul 26, 2023 | Chapter Events, Contract Negotiations, Happy PayDay
UUP’s Organizing Academy is a training program on internal union organizing for UUP members who are serious about strengthening and growing our union. In the year since its inception, more than 145 UUP members across the state have participated in...
by | Jul 25, 2023 | Advocacy, Benefits, Contract Negotiations, Happy PayDay
What is the Family & Medical Leave Act or FMLA? FMLA guarantees up to 12 weeks of unpaid but job protected leave if you are unable to work because of a serious health condition, to care for a child, spouse...
by | Jul 19, 2023 | Chapter Announcements, Contract Negotiations, Happy PayDay
Mon, July 24 @ 1pm – SAC Ballroom B & Zoom RSVP here (Hot Lunch Served In Person)The UUP Negotiations Committee overwhelmingly approved UUP’s tentative agreement with the State for a new four-year contract on June 21, an...
by | Jun 30, 2023 | Chapter Announcements, Contract Negotiations
Dear Colleague, I am pleased to announce that UUP has reached a tentative agreement with the State on a new contract and that the UUP Negotiations Committee has voted to send it out for ratification. This proposed agreement is a...
by | Jun 16, 2023 | Contract Negotiations
Decades after UUP first pressed the state and SUNY for policies that would give UUP members better leave time with their newborns and young children, UUP has achieved an almost-unheard-of expansion of paid leave for new parents.The state’s new...
by | Jun 12, 2023 | Chapter Announcements, Contract Negotiations
A message from UUP Statewide President, Fred Kowal Colleagues, I am very happy to report that UUP has reached a tentative agreement with the State of New York on a new, four-year contract. Before details of the proposed contract can...
by | Nov 22, 2022 | Contract Negotiations
UUP’s next Happy Hour will be held Thursday, December 15 from 5-7 PM at the Stony Brook Hilton Garden Inn. Mix with your fellow UUP members over appetizers; the first 35 attendees will receive UUP swag and their first drink …
