Upstate UUP

UUP has signed an agreement with New York State and SUNY for a pilot overtime pay pilot program. Effective beginning October 14, 2021, non-exempt UUP employees in eligible State titles will earn 2.5 times their regular pay for overtime hours worked over 40 hours per week thru January 30, 2022. Employees in the below titles that are non-exempt or classified as overtime-eligible authorized to receive the 2.5 overtime pay include:

Eligible UUP employees in the above titles at Upstate Medical University will be notified by Human Resources as soon as possible. Other OT eligible/non-exempt employees directly related to providing patient access or health care services authorized to receive this 2.5 OT Pay will be determined in consultation with Upstate Medical University leadership.

For more information, please visit UUP, SUNY, state agree on overtime pay for hospitals (uupinfo.org)

Details of the agreement are in the MOA, which can be downloaded by clicking HERE.

UUP has launched a letter-writing campaign focused on advocating for key provisions to be included in the American Families Plan. This work is part of the ongoing joint efforts with our coalition partners that we met with last week during the Higher Education Labor Summit. If you haven’t already, please send a letter to New York’s congressional representatives here.   

To increase awareness, UUP has developed a social media toolkit with graphics and sample posts that can be used to easily share the letter via personal and chapter social media pages. You can view that toolkit here.   

Thank you for your continued support as we advocate for SUNY and public higher education at the federal level.

Need Help Managing Your Student Loan Debt?  

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 Members Only Student Debt Clinics on the following dates:    

• November 10, 2021 from 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM via webinar.
• November 24, 2021 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM via webinar.

To attend one of the virtual Members Only Student Debt Clinics, 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 virtual clinics, don’t worry – we’re planning on offering them every payday. If you want to help host a chapter-specific virtual clinic, 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 virtual Student Debt Clinic and working together to find a collective solution to the problems of student debt and college affordability!  

Register now!

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