by admin | Mar 26, 2018 | Benefits, Chapter Announcements
Employees enrolled in the Flex Spending Account(FSA) for the 2017 plan year have until March 31 to send in reimbursement requests for eligible 2017 expenses. The expenses must be incurred under the Health Care Spending Account and the Dependent Care Advantage Account....
by admin | Mar 26, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
Fair Contract Tabling Action with Statewide Officers – Volunteers needed https://www.facebook.com/events/1506582939450130/ Senior UUP Organizers and Officers from Albany will be on Campus tabling in the Student Activity Center from 8 AM – 12 PM and 1PM...
by admin | Mar 20, 2018 | Chapter Announcements
The Chapter Executive Board Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, March 21st has been cancelled due to the impending weather. The Chapter Office will be sending out a notice for business to be covered under separate cover to E-Board Members....
by admin | Mar 16, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
The new issue of The Echo, UUP’s official online-only membership magazine, is out! UUP members speak loudly and forcefully against the union-busting Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 case in this issue, which has coverage of the Working People’s Day of Action in...
by admin | Mar 9, 2018 | Chapter Announcements, Chapter Delegates, Chapter Events
The Chapter General Membership Meeting will be held: Location: SAC Ballroom A Time: noon – 1:00pm Date: Thursday, April 5, 2018 Join us in honoring Mr. Arthur Shertzer, former Chapter President and long-time union activist, as this year’s Charles...
by admin | Mar 8, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
Chapter Officers, Executive Board members, delegates and alternates, the Spring Delegate Assembly will be here before you know it. Mark the date on your calendars, and contact the Chapter Office to notify the chapter whether you will be attending. The delegate...
by admin | Mar 7, 2018 | Chapter Announcements, Contract Negotiations
We hear you! UUP Communications and UUP Research are reaching out to chapters to schedule two 70- to 90-minute “listening sessions.” These sessions provide a unique opportunity for members—the less active the better!—to share their thoughts and feelings by answering a...
by admin | Mar 5, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
Striking West Virginia teachers and school service personnel are gathered at the state Capitol in large numbers again today, pressing the state Senate to pass a bill that funds salary increases and addresses needed changes to the state public employee healthcare...
by admin | Mar 5, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
The Chapter General Membership Meeting will be held: Location: SAC Ballroom A Time: noon – 1:00pm Date: Wednesday March 7, 2018 Join us in honoring Mr. Arthur Shertzer, former Chapter President and long-time union activist, as this year’s Charles C. Hansen Award...
by admin | Mar 4, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
Meanwhile, graduate workers at the University of Illinois today are entering the fifth day of a strike that’s part of a long contract dispute. It’s the longest strike in university history—and it’s been 200 days since the union’s contract...