by | Mar 5, 2021 | Contract Negotiations
Colleagues, The following email was sent from SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras to campus presidents and safety monitors. The message expands the 1B New York State vaccination category to include individuals in residential life who do programming with students as part...
by | Feb 24, 2021 | Contract Negotiations
For those members who have Dependent Care Advantage Account UUP was able to negotiate a grace period of 2 ½ months. Members had pre-planned their expenses for 2020 but as with everything else the pandemic changed those plans and members...
by | Feb 17, 2021 | Contract Negotiations
UUP WORTHY WEDNESDAY – WEEKLY ADVOCACY ACTIONS, a weekly update on opportunities to join together and fight for causes that benefit our members, families, and the communities where we work and live. UNITED WE WIN! All the efforts of so...
by | Feb 16, 2021 | Contract Negotiations
Help UUP hit 10,000 contacts to Congress Lawmakers pay attention to messages from constituents. UUP members have heard that advice time and again in the past nine months during tele-town hall meetings with federal and state lawmakers. So UUP’s goal...
by | Feb 16, 2021 | Contract Negotiations
Got student debt? Get help here! UUP sponsors regular virtual clinics on student debt so that members can learn how to qualify for federal student loan forgiveness and better handle their repayment. These clinics offer information in a clear, concise...
by | Jan 26, 2021 | Contract Negotiations
Colleagues, I’m excited to announce that UUP has joined the Empire State Campaign for Child Care. The ESCCC is a grassroots movement dedicated to universal and equitable access to quality, affordable childcare. As a partner in this campaign, we are...
by | Jan 5, 2021 | Contract Negotiations
UUP: Use SUNY students, staff, campuses to speed up vaccinations The State University of New York—its students, faculty and staff and facilities—should be immediately used to rapidly administer the millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses New Yorkers will need to be...
by | Jan 4, 2021 | Contract Negotiations
Colleagues, As I indicated in my email of yesterday afternoon, we were expecting that the telecommuting agreement would be extended. We received word in the past hour that the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations (GOER) will be extending the agreement...
by | Jan 4, 2021 | Contract Negotiations
Dear Colleagues, Sorry to have to start the New Year off with bad news, but late yesterday we received notification from the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations, that the state is again delaying implementation of the 2% across the board...
by | Dec 2, 2020 | Contract Negotiations
Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that we have reached agreement with the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations to extend the January 1, 2020 vacation accrual cap. As we are all aware, Article 23.2(d) of the State/UUP Agreement provides...
