UPDATES

ELECTION BALLOTS

Election ballots should have arrived

Please fill and return your ballots - Your Vote Matters!

For more information, view our "Candidate Edition" of our Newsletter

Updates on UUP's annual 2% increases are coming soon!

Once all information has been formally released, we will update you ASAP!

Keep an eye on your email and Newsletter!

Walk/Run 4 week competition

Register NOW! Click for more information and Registration

​​4 Categories - Each Category will have a

1st place prize $75.00

2nd place prize $50.00

​3rd place prize $25.00

Winners choice of Gift certificate to the Potsdam Chamber of Commerce or a local business!

*Each participant can select a UUP Logo shirt during registration

limited shirts available, distributed by order of registrations

A LITTLE FUN FOR EVERYONE

1- Prediction Race * YOU - Predict how many miles YOU will complete between 04/04/2021 - 05/01/2021​

2- Prediction Race * Group - Predict how many miles UUP Potsdam participants complete between 04/04/2021 - 05/01/2021 (this will be text or email to you to complete once all members have registered)

3- Most Creative way to be Healthy - Like our UUP Potsdam facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/uuppotsdam

page and post a photo showing a creative way to be mobile preferably sporting your UUP logo (The most likes at the end of the competition will win)

4- Most Creative way to be UUP Proud -
- Like our UUP Potsdam facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/uuppotsdam page and post a UUP Proud photo, be creative!! (The most likes at the end of the competition will win)

*Make sure you like and follow us on Facebook to post and vote on your favorite photos

Don't Underestimate the Power of a Walk

by Deborah Grayson Riegel (Click to Read Article)

Take a moment and read this great perspective

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" 1. Walk for perspective...."

"2. Walk for connection...."

"3. Walk for learning...."

"4. Walk for gratitude...."

"5. Walk for productivity...."

"Here’s the bottom line: Walk when you can, where you can. Your body, mind, and soul will thank you for it."

IDA Program Guidelines have been posted on the NYS/UUP JLMC website. The process for awarding 2020-2021 funds will be the same as the 2019-2020.

ALL CAMPUSES must use the IDA Program Application which can be accessed at: NYS/UUP Joint Labor Management Committees | Governor's Office of Employee Relations

Testing is Ongoing and MANDITORY!

If you are on campus, you are subject to Testing!

For all those who have a presence on campus, regardless of length of time spent or if you have contact with others, you must test weekly!

UUP under the Stars

When warmer weather hits

UUP under the Stars will go into effect. (subject to NYS pandemic rules and guidelines)

• UUP music night at the park
• UUP Drive In Movie Night

New York State Senate and Assembly house bills address the TAP GAP and include new revenue raisers of $7-8 billion dollars. This is good news and a tribute to the advocacy work we and our allies have done so far!

But we're not over the finish line yet as there are powerful interests pressing legislators to roll back on this new revenue. We can’t let this happen and must re-double our advocacy efforts before the April 1st budget deadline. Specifically, there are three key issues we need to stress with Albany lawmakers:

• We must urge legislators to keep these measures in the final NYS budget during the final days of budget negotiations with the Executive Branch and the Division of Budget;
• The Senate one house bill contains $40 million dollars designated for hazard pay for our frontline health care workers in our public SUNY hospitals. The Assembly bill does not contain this funding, so we must contact our State Assembly-members and tell them to include hazard pay in the final NYS budget; and
• The Senate budget bill also proposes that the state pay the debt service for the three SUNY hospitals and the Assembly version does not. So, we need to tell our State Assembly-members to see that this language is included in the final budget bills due April 1st.

Please send a letter to your State Legislators by visiting: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/the-time-is-now-to-invest-in-suny/

Please call your Assembly-member’s office and leave a message emphasizing these things.

You can find your Assembly-member's contact information here: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/

If you would like guidance or support in making these calls, please sign up for any of the upcoming UUP Legislative Call-Ins here: https://www.mobilize.us/aft/event/379305/

We're close, but the work’s not done yet. Now is the time to make your voice heard to support elimination of the TAP GAP, hazard pay for our health care workers, and debt service relief for the public hospitals where they work.

Thank you for your advocacy.

In solidarity,

Fred

Please join the UUP Benefits Department Wednesdays at 12 pm for Benefits 101 Webinar. During the webinar, UUP’s Director of Member Benefits Doreen Bango will give you tips for maximizing your benefits.

You can register Here

Dear Colleagues,

Over 12 million people in the United States are struggling to make their monthly student loan payments, and millions more see economic and personal opportunities pass as they prioritize paying down their debt. Does this sound like you or someone you know?

Many of these people may qualify for free federal programs that can help reduce their monthly payments and eventually lead to student loan forgiveness, but these lifeline programs are significantly under-enrolled. In an effort to help our members get access to these programs, United University Professions and the American Federation of Teachers are proud to host a Student Debt Clinic which will provide information on how to enroll in Income-Driven Repayment plans and Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

We will be offering virtual Student Debt Clinics on the following dates:

Wednesday, March 03, 2021 from 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM via webinar.

Wednesday, March 17, 2021 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM via webinar.

Wednesday, March 31, 2021 from 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM via webinar.

To attend a Student Debt Clinic, you must pre-register here: http://go.aft.org/StudentDebtClinicRSVP. From the “student debt clinic” drop down menu, please select the UUP clinic that you are interested in attending – they are labeled “UUP [Virtual Student Debt Clinic] [date] [time].” In the affiliate field, type in the full name of our local (United University Professions), and it will autofill after a few keystrokes.

Registration is first come, first serve, and we must cap attendance for a single clinic at 75 participants in order to ensure that we are able to provide maximum assistance to attendees. Registration will close 48 hours prior to the virtual clinic. Webinar login information will be provided prior to the clinic to all who register. [If you can’t make one of these clinics, don’t worry – we’re planning on offering them every payday. If you want to help host a clinic at your worksite, please let us know!]

Managing your student loan debt is the first step in taking on the inequities which plague our system of higher education, and we look forward to seeing you at the Student Debt Clinic and working together to find a collective solution to the problems of student debt and college affordability!

Register now!

Potsdam Chapter Office

Email: potsdam@uupmail.org
Website: https://www.uuppotsdam.org/
Location: SUNY Potsdam
Phone: 315-267-3177
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UUPPotsdam/