by | Sep 7, 2018 | Chapter Announcements, Home
Click here to read UUP’s contract ratification media release Click here to read the state’s media release on UUP’s contract ratification UUP has a new contract with the state! Nearly 98 percent of eligible members that cast ballots voted for...
by | Aug 27, 2018 | Advocacy, Chapter Announcements
We’ve got your back… In a back-to-school video message, NYSUT officers make it clear the union is there for members. Wondering why unions and working people are under attack? A new video just in time for Labor Day explains...
by | Jun 13, 2018 | Chapter Announcements
The UUP Reading Group will be discussing the Chapter 3 + 4 of Labor Organizer Jane McAleevey’s book, Raising Expectations ……My Decade Fighting for the Labor Movement. The Goal of this Reading Group will be to discuss Labor Organizing in...
by | Jun 1, 2018 | Advocacy, Chapter Announcements
Save the date! On Friday, June 1, join educators, parents and education supporters across the state to protest — or party — in support of APPR reform! Click here for more information! We have been working for years to return...
by | May 31, 2018 | Advocacy, Benefits, Chapter Announcements, Home
The Stony Brook Center Chapter of UUP needs to get new membership cards signed by every single member to be in compliance with the new Taylor Law. The law was revised to protect Public Sector unions once the Janus Supreme...
by | May 21, 2018 | Chapter Announcements, Home
The May/June 2018 issue of the chapter newsletter, Insight is now available here. The End-of-the-Year issue of Insight and Contract rights double edition features an update from the negotiations team, reminders from the negotiations team of contractual program...
by | May 18, 2018 | Advocacy, Chapter Announcements
SUNY nonprofits created to handle special construction and development projects are cited in this NY Post story that blasts the nonprofits at CUNY and SUNY as bastions of special political favors and little oversight. Read it HERE...
by | May 17, 2018 | Advocacy, Chapter Announcements
This week, Public Service Recognition Week, we salute the many AFT members who are public employees—police officers and judicial system professionals, addiction counselors, water safety regulators, road service workers and government clerks, to name a few. The threat...
by | May 16, 2018 | Advocacy, Chapter Announcements
Faculty and staff who work in higher education know that many students are one emergency away from leaving college: A car repair or stolen backpack can be the difference between staying in school and on a path to a more …
by | May 15, 2018 | Advocacy, Chapter Announcements
A Freedom of Information request reveals that a nondisclosure agreement between SUNY and the former CEO of University Hospital at Upstate crafts a consulting job for the former executive with almost no responsibilities but a whopping salary of more than...
