by admin | Jul 18, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
Members of the UUP Negotiations Team will present and discuss the Tentative Agreement today, July 18th, from 3:00 to 5:00PM. Place: Student Activities Center, Ballroom A. Please bring your Stony Brook ID. Refreshments will be served. Please note that attendance of the...
by admin | Jul 17, 2018 | Advocacy
UUP’s coverage of AFT’s annual conference, this year in Pittsburgh. Read it HERE....
by admin | Jul 17, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
Members of the UUP Negotiations Team will present and discuss the Tentative Agreement, July 18th from 3:00 to 5:00PM. Place: Student Activities Center, Ballroom A. Please bring your Stony Brook ID. Refreshments will be served. Deadline is today, Tuesday, July 17th at...
by admin | Jul 14, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
Last Friday, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed a lawsuit challenging student loan giant Navient for its illegal practices—including misleading borrowers, steering them into more-expensive loan agreements, and failing to adequately inform them about how...
by admin | Jul 13, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
The Department of Education announced Tuesday it is rescinding guidelines on affirmative action, effectively advising colleges and universities that the consideration of race and ethnicity in admissions decisions is beyond constitutional requirements. By revoking the...
by admin | Jul 12, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
Right-wing groups have been waging war against public sector unions for many years, so last week’s Janus decision came as no surprise. In her monthly column, AFT President Randi Weingarten describes why Janus was such a “prized goal” for the right wing: Without unions...
by admin | Jul 11, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
NYSUT won its lawsuit against SUNY for the creation of special, dumbed-down teacher certification rules for charter schools. Read it HERE....
by admin | Jul 10, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
In her drive to loosen regulations on all things education (and consequently provide a clear path for privatization), Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is delaying regulations that would guide the oversight of online colleges. The rules, which online colleges have...
by admin | Jul 10, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
Another step back to a different era by the U.S. Department of Education, as the department prepares to roll back guidelines that encouraged the consideration of an applicant’s race in admissions. Read it HERE....
by admin | Jul 9, 2018 | Advocacy
UUP’s national affiliates, AFT and NEA, have filed a human rights complaint against the Trump administration, as the outcry continues against the inhumane and unimaginable treatment of undocumented immigrants and their children. Read it HERE....
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