{"id":1116665,"date":"2026-07-10T10:52:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/newpaltzwp\/?p=1116665"},"modified":"2026-07-10T10:52:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:52:27","slug":"uup-2026-2031-contract-ratification-begins-today-july-10th-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/newpaltzwp\/uup-2026-2031-contract-ratification-begins-today-july-10th-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"UUP 2026-2031 Contract Ratification begins today, July 10th, 2026!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/newpaltzwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vote.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"447\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/newpaltzwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vote.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1116666\" style=\"width:583px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/newpaltzwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vote.jpeg 447w, http:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/newpaltzwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vote-300x300.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/newpaltzwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vote-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All eligible members will receive an email with a unique code to submit their vote. Votes must be submitted by 5:00pm on July 27th 2026.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a strong five-year agreement that provides across-the-board raises in each year of the contract, includes retention awards for eligible employees, protects exceptional health benefits, establishes AI provisions,&nbsp;and contains expanded job and due process protections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We urge you to vote yes on this contract, which will serve our membership well for years to come. The full contract language of the tentative agreement between UUP and New York state (indicating\u00a0all additions and deletions)\u00a0can be viewed on UUP&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/us.list-manage.com\/oG1NHJcKcPy?e=3e2a782873&amp;c2id=1f75ed3c82fc6851e6008b86cf83a76a\">Members Only<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/us.list-manage.com\/BaPh1pd1dyq?e=3e2a782873&amp;c2id=1f75ed3c82fc6851e6008b86cf83a76a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0<\/a>page on the UUP website. \u00a0Additionally, you can review a copy of the PowerPoint presentation used during the campus ratification visits, as well as an overview of all the negotiated changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All eligible members will receive an email with a unique code to submit their vote. Votes must be submitted by 5:00pm on July 27th 2026.&nbsp; This is a strong five-year agreement that provides across-the-board raises in each year of the contract, includes retention awards for eligible employees, protects exceptional health benefits, establishes AI provisions,&nbsp;and contains [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1116665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/newpaltzwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/newpaltzwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/newpaltzwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/newpaltzwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/newpaltzwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1116665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/newpaltzwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1116667,"href":"http:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/newpaltzwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116665\/revisions\/1116667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/newpaltzwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1116665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/newpaltzwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1116665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/newpaltzwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1116665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}