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...
by admin | Jun 13, 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 12, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
The Know Your Rights Workshop will be held from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM in the Wang Center, Zodiac Lobby, Lower Level; the workshop reviews the most frequently used provisions governed by the contract that members should be aware of such as: Discipline, Annual Leave, Non...
by admin | Jun 11, 2018 | Advocacy
Calling the unionization of adjunct faculty “among the most important recent developments shaping higher education,” the Chronicle of Higher Education reports that unionized faculty enjoy distinct advantages over nonunionized colleagues. Among them: significantly...
by admin | Jun 6, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
Check out the new Our Voices video series: Episode 6, with testimonials from NYSUT health-care professionals....