UUP and NYSUT will be kicking off an on-campus Membership Organizing Institute – the UUP Worksite Organizing Institute (WOI) in February 2023. UUP has worked closely with NYSUT to develop an opportunity for member organizers to receive tools and training to recruit new UUP members on campus. Member organizers that participate in this one semester opportunity will be paid a stipend for this work.
Participants will be trained on how to have effective organizing conversations with new hires and provided with worksite lists so they can contact non-members and give them the chance to join our union. Trainings will tentatively take place at the following locations on the following dates (we are in the process of securing exact locations within these regions):
- Binghamton: Feb. 6 – 7
- Albany: Feb. 8 – 9
- Stony Brook: Feb. 15 – 16
- Buffalo: Feb. 15 – 16
The training, technology and guidance will be provided by NYSUT regional organizers and supported by UUP Organizers. More details about this program can be found in the linked information sheet. You can sign up today by clicking here.
This program will support 25 UUP member organizers statewide and will run through April 16th. The member organizers will have the opportunity to visit colleagues located at their own campus, as well as colleagues located at other SUNY campuses (except for Buffalo Center, which will only be visited by Buffalo Center members).