{"id":899,"date":"2020-06-09T12:35:36","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T12:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/binghamton\/?p=899"},"modified":"2020-06-09T12:42:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T12:42:18","slug":"petition-in-support-of-our-contingent-colleagues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/binghamton\/?p=899","title":{"rendered":"Petition in support of our contingent colleagues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"122\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/binghamton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BinghamtonChapterUpdate.png\" alt=\"UUP, Binghamton Chapter Update\" class=\"wp-image-897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/binghamton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BinghamtonChapterUpdate.png 640w, https:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/binghamton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BinghamtonChapterUpdate-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/binghamton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BinghamtonChapterUpdate-500x95.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Colleagues,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you know, many of our contingent colleagues have been working along side us for years,&nbsp;demonstrating their commitment to the success of this institution and its mission. They have&nbsp;provided expertise and labor, and are a key part of the excellence that makes Binghamton a&nbsp;\u201cPremier Public University\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the current fiscal challenges have left many of them vulnerable to departmental budget cuts.&nbsp;Some of our long-time colleagues, many who have dedicated years to this institution, are at&nbsp;risk of losing their appointments and\/or health insurance in the&nbsp;middle of a global pandemic and&nbsp;economic crisis \u2014 a time when both are critical&nbsp;to their security and wellbeing and that of their&nbsp;families.&nbsp;This is unacceptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the faculty and professional staff who remain may be expected to cover the courses&nbsp;or other professional obligations that are now unassigned, without compensation or an&nbsp;equivalent reduction in other professional obligations.&nbsp;&nbsp;This would also be unacceptable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are alternatives to consider before eliminating positions, before threatening the health and&nbsp;wellbeing of our colleagues, and before diminishing the quality of the education our students will&nbsp;receive.&nbsp;Together&nbsp;with UUP chapters across the SUNY system, the Binghamton chapter urges&nbsp;our administration to&nbsp;take a strong stance in support of our contingent colleagues.&nbsp;<br>I also encourage each of you to&nbsp;click on the link below, read the petition, and to add your name to show you stand in&nbsp;solidarity with our contingent colleagues!<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.impactvalidity.com\/files\/petition2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PETITION IN SUPPORT OF CONTINGENT EMPLOYEES<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In solidarity!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"88\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/binghamton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/SeanSignature.png\" alt=\"Sean G. Massey PhD, UUP Chapter President, Binghamton University Ph. #(607) 4382\" class=\"wp-image-898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/binghamton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/SeanSignature.png 640w, https:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/binghamton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/SeanSignature-300x41.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/binghamton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/SeanSignature-500x69.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Colleagues, As you know, many of our contingent colleagues have been working along side us for years,&nbsp;demonstrating their commitment to the success of this institution and its mission. They have&nbsp;provided expertise and labor, and are a key part of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/binghamton\/?p=899\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/binghamton\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/binghamton\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/binghamton\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/binghamton\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/binghamton\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=899"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/binghamton\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":901,"href":"https:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/binghamton\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899\/revisions\/901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/binghamton\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/binghamton\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uuphost.org\/binghamton\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}