by admin | Jun 29, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
After months of intense negotiations and a public campaign by the United Federation of Teachers, educators in New York City have won paid parental leave. The policy, announced June 20, provides six weeks of time off at full salary for maternity, paternity, adoption...
by admin | Jun 28, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
In the latest installment of NYSUT’s ‘Our Voices’ video series members speak out about their communities....
by admin | Jun 25, 2018 | Advocacy
NYSUT has been providing paid fellowships for UUP Members so they can reach out to members in our bargaining unit to explain why the union is important. UUP members who wish to receive training will be allowed to train in any region and work in their home turf area...
by admin | Jun 21, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
The UUP paybill was passed—at 12:17 a.m. Details regarding that bill, and the legislation that was being linked to it, will follow later this afternoon from UUP Statewide Office. Visit: www.uupinfo.org for full details and analysis of the bill, its impact on...
by admin | Jun 20, 2018 | Advocacy, Contract Negotiations
Dear Colleagues: Senate Republican leadership is holding up the legislation (S 9101) that enables the members of UUP to receive the compensation provided in our recently negotiated contract. They are holding that legislation hostage to the passage of legislation that...
by admin | Jun 18, 2018 | Advocacy
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 the 21st Century,...
by admin | Jun 18, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
NYSUT has been providing paid fellowships for UUP Members so they can reach out to members in our bargaining unit to explain why the union is important. UUP members who wish to receive training will be allowed to train in any region and work in their home turf area...
by admin | Jun 15, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
Members of the UUP Negotiations Team will present and discuss the Tentative Agreement on July 18th from 3:00PM to 5:00PM. Place: Student Activities Center, Ballroom A. Please bring your Stony Brook ID. Refreshments will be served. Deadline: Tuesday, July 17th at noon....
by admin | 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 the 21st Century,...
by admin | Jun 13, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
Teachers are not only rising up to demand policy change and public school support in places like West Virginia, Oklahoma and Arizona, they’re also running for office like never before. This Washington Post story describes the movement, fueled by candidates who say...