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"Never let the odds keep you from doing
what you were meant to do."
- H. Jackson Brown

"No one is perfect - That's why pencils have erasers."
- Authur Unknown

UUP Negotiations Team is Visiting the Brockport Campus on September 15th.
12 pm in 220 Seymour

UUP President Phil Smith shakes hands with Brockport Chapter member Charles Callahan III. The Brockport Chapter received a UUP Best in Class Journalism Contest award for Best Website.

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

As America's largest higher education union, United University Professions (UUP) works for you and with you, representing every member with a clear, collective call to improve your personal and professional lives.

From competitive salaries and health benefits to job security, opportunities for advancement and retirement, UUP is here for you. There's strength in numbers and we're more than 35,000 members strong on SUNY's 29 state-operated campuses.

UUP is a unified voice, protecting members rights at the bargaining table and on the job, speaking on behalf of public higher education statewide, nationally and internationally. UUP is the voice of SUNY's academics and professional employees to the SUNY Board of Trustees, SUNY System Administration, the state's elected officials and the public.

UUP NEGOTIATES
UUP is the only organization designated to negotiate a contract with New York state on behalf of SUNY's academic and professional employees. The contract allows UUP to protect your fundamental rights by setting terms and conditions of your employment. Click here to view the contract.

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

• Dental and vision plan coverage* (Part-time members not eligible for NYSHIP can purchase these benefits at the group rate)
• Scholarship program*
• Free group life insurance
• Free tuition on a "space available" basis
• Discount products and services from: Apple; AT&T; Bally's Total Fitness; BJ'S Wholesale Club; Enterprise Rent-a-Car; Goodyear; Green Mountain Coffee Roasters; Liberty Mutual; Marabito Fuel; New Jersey Nets; OfficeMax; Sprint; and Verizon Wireless.

*Employee must be eligible for enrollment in the NYS Health Insurance Program.

MEMBERSHIP IN UUP entitles you to:

• Vote on the collective bargaining agreement;
• Attend union meetings;
• Hold union office;
• Elect union leaders on your campus and at the state and national levels;
• Upon separation of service, obtain Associate Membership with NYSUT and be eligible for benefit programs; and
• Maintain membership after retirement and be eligible for benefit programs.

Mark Your Calendar...

September

6 - Labor Day - Chapter Office Closed
8 - UUP Round Table Discussion - 8:30 am 220 Seymour
8 - Executive Committee Meeting
9 - Reception for Returning and New Faculty and Staff - 12 pm College Ballroom
11 - Patriot Day
15 - Negotiations Team Visit - 12 pm in 220 Seymour
13 - Part Time Labor Management Meeting
22 - Labor Management Meeting
23 - First Day of Autumn

October

1-2 - Fall Delegate Assembly, Adam's Mark, Buffalo
4 - Part time Labor Management Meeting
6 - Executive Board Meeting
8 - EOC Labor Management Meeting
11 - Columbus Day - Chapter Office Closed
18-19 - Mid Semsester Break
27 - Labor Management Meeting
31 - Halloween

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