by | Nov 1, 2023 | Benefits, Contract Negotiations, Happy PayDay
Retroactive Application for 2022-2023 The New York State/United University Professions’ Joint Labor-Management 2022-2023 Individual Development Awards (IDA) Program application period opens today, November 8, and closes on December 15, 2023. This retroactive funding...
by | Oct 20, 2023 | Contract Negotiations
New York State has announced a new Paid Parental Leave (PPL) benefit for State Professional (UUP) employees effective 4/11/23. Paid Parental Leave (PPL) provides eligible UUP employees up to 12 (twelve) weeks of paid leave for one of the...
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...
