by admin | Mar 28, 2018 | Advocacy, Benefits
As part of NYSUT’s booming “Our Voice, Our Values, Our Union” branding campaign, the union offers a new, online store to purchase branded gear at wholesale prices. You can now get car magnets, yard signs, buttons and stickers...
by admin | Feb 28, 2018 | Advocacy
I don’t write emails to our full membership and activist community often, but the Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court case warrants it. The case is challenging the 45-year-old precedent that 23 states have used to determine wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of...
by admin | Feb 26, 2018 | Advocacy, Chapter Announcements, Chapter Delegates, Contract Negotiations
UUP member and Professional Delegate, John Leone, is already hard at work preparing for the chapter’s March 1st rally and march for a fair and equitable contract. Join John, colleagues, friends and family in sending SUNY the message we want a fair contract now!...
by admin | Feb 25, 2018 | Advocacy, Chapter Announcements, Chapter Events, Contract Negotiations, Organizing
UUP in the house UUP joined dozens of union locals, most of them from New York City, that were out in force at the Feb. 24 event in Foley Square in lower Manhattan, one of 28 Day of Action rallies across the country. Day of Action rallies were also held in Washington,...
by admin | Feb 22, 2018 | Advocacy, Chapter Announcements, Chapter Bylaws, Officers & Support Staff
5.2.5 The Grievance Officers shall be responsible for assisting members of the bargaining unit with problems and concerns and for the processing of grievances according to appropriate procedures. United University Professions Stony Brook Chapter Bylaws, April 7, 2017...
by admin | Feb 16, 2018 | Advocacy, Chapter Announcements
PEF (Public Employees Federation) will be hosting a bus from LI to the February 24, 2018 Working People’s Day of Action event. There are 45 seats on the bus and have extended an invitation to interested UUP members wishing to participate to join them on board. They...
by admin | Feb 15, 2018 | Advocacy, Chapter Announcements
Join the UPP members from across the New York State at a Janus Action rally in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 26th. Click here or on the link on UUP website’s home page at www.uupinfo.org to sign up or for more information....
by admin | Feb 15, 2018 | Advocacy, Chapter Announcements, Organizing
Onlabor.org website’s senior contributors publish a breakdown of the Janus v. AFSCME case which is scheduled to be heard by the United States Supreme Court on February 26, 2018. Janus Should Lose, and the Justices Know It...
by admin | Feb 14, 2018 | Advocacy, Chapter Announcements, Organizing
The Port Jefferson Station Teachers Association announced they will be hosting Organizing for Power in a Post-Janus World conference on Saturday, March 10th. The conference, which is being sponsored by several other local unions, will focus on real world organizing...