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"Everything that exists is created first in the imagination,
and secondly in reality, through activity."
- Paul McCabe

Effective April 1st, 2008
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Benefit Highlights for Delta Dental PPO

Attn: SUNY Brockport Employees
$35 plus tax= $37.80 (regularly $45 plus tax)
FREE Second Household Card
15 Month Membership (Regularly 12)

Please come sign up Wednesday, May 21st at the Employee Benefits Fair, 11:30 - 2:30 p.m.

New members - you will receive a temporary membership card immediately. Your activation cards will be mailed (2-3 weeks) directly to your home. Take these activation cards to your local club to have your cards and photos processed.

Renewing members - The 15 months will be added onto the end of your existing membership. You will not be getting new cards. Continue to use your cards and in approximately 2-3 weeks your cards will update. The in-store sales and gasoline receipts state your expiration date.

UUP: UNITED to preserve our UNIVERSITY and to enhance our PROFESSIONS

UUP is the nation's largest higher education union. It represents 34,000 employees on SUNY's 29 state-operated campuses. UUP is your collective voice when arguing for fair treatment at the bargaining table, grieving management practices in the work place, and speaking on behalf of public higher education statewide, nationally and internationally. UUP is the voice of SUNY's academic and professional faculty before the SUNY Board of Trustees, SUNY System Administration the Legislature and the media.

UUP NEGOTIATES
UUP negotiates with New York state on behalf of all SUNY academic and professional faculty to set the terms and conditions of your employment. It is the only organization duly designated to do so. The contract makes it possible for UUP to protect your fundamental rights. The union argues grievances, settles disputes, provides legal and procedural information, acts as a watchdog and keeps abreast of pertinent legislation that affects the terms and conditions of employment. Click here to view the contract.

UUP PROVIDES
UUP provides benefits to all members of the bargaining unit, including access to a wide range of attractive programs sponsored by its affiliates, New York State United Teachers and the American Federation of Teachers. Among the UUP benefits:

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Mark Your Calendar...

May

2 - College Recognition Dinner
2-3 - Spring Delegate Assembly
6 - End of the Year Dinner
11 - Mother's Day
12 - Price of Stamps = 42¢
17 - Commencement
21 - Employee Appreciation Day - 11:30 am - 2:30 pm
23 - Labor Management for Part-time Concerns @ 9:30
26 - Memorial Day - Chapter Office Closed

June

4 - Labor Management Meeting - Noon B116 Seymour
14 - Flag Day
15 - Father's Day

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