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UUP Commends Gov's State of State Call For More Higher Ed. Faculty

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:21:18 -0500

Gov. Eliot Spitzer is on the right track in linking state investment in public higher education to the future of the state’s economy. That is the view of Fred Floss, president of United University Professions, the union that represents aca...

United University Professions, New York State Reach Tentative Contract Agreement

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:02:00 -0500

United University Professions (UUP), the union that represents 34,000 academic and professional faculty on 29 State University of New York (SUNY) campuses, has reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract with New York state.

UUP Encouraged by Commission’s Call for More Full-Time Faculty, urges full state funding for new SUNY facility

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:42:53 -0500

United University Professions Acting President Frederick G. Floss today praised Gov. Spitzer for establishing the New York State Commission on Higher Education to improve access to and quality for the state’s public higher education institut...

UUP Executive Board selects acting president

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:16:18 -0500

The Executive Board of United University Professions (UUP) today appointed Frederick G. Floss, Ph.D., as the union’s acting president, filling the vacancy left by William E. Scheuerman, who resigned today to become president of the National ...

Board Selects Veteran Labor Leader, SUNY Scholar to Head College

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:27:50 -0500

John J. Sweeney, Chairman of the National Labor College Board of Trustees and AFL-CIO President, today announced the appointment of William E. Scheuerman, Ph.D., as President of the National Labor College. Scheuerman, of Scotia, New York, will le...

News from UHPP

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:46:56 -0400

Saying downstate members need more money to live, members of United University Professions (UUP) rallied for economic justice during a noontime rally today in City Hall Park in Manhattan. They called for cost-of-living pay increases in the metropo...

Campus Equity Week Calls for Action to Help SUNY Part-time Faculty

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:31:58 -0400

Seeking justice for often exploited part-time faculty is the goal of Campus Equity Week. United University Professions (UUP) is leading efforts on SUNY campuses to press the need for better pay and better recognition for adjunct faculty during Cam...

Statement Regarding State Senate Confirmation of H. Carl McCall and Carl Hayden to the SUNY Board of Trustees

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:31:44 -0400

Statement by William E. Scheuerman, President of United University Professions Regarding State Senate Confirmation of H. Carl McCall and Carl Hayden to the SUNY Board of Trustees

UUP Offers Scholarships for SUNY Students

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:20:38 -0400

United University Professions (UUP), the nation’s largest higher education union, is looking for up to four SUNY undergraduates to qualify for $2,000 annual scholarships.

UUP: SUNY Classes Resume with Additional Faculty, but More are Needed

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:47:23 -0400

As a new academic year begins, the president of the nation’s largest higher education union says that SUNY is better equipped than it’s been in years to handle the record number of students enrolled this fall, thanks in no small measur...

Recent Supreme Court Decision Makes Action Needed Urgent

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:56:09 -0400

Representatives of the New York State Pay Equity Coalition (NYSPEC) today at 11:00 a.m. will deliver more than 2,000 petition signatures to Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno and Gov. Eliot Spitzer, asking them to pass the New York State Fair Pay...

Pay Equity Coalition Holds News Conference to Demand Passage of the Fair Pay Act

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:52:48 -0400

Who: New York State Pay Equity Coalition*

Statement by William E. Scheuerman, President of United University Professions

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:35:29 -0400

"Carl McCall is an excellent nominee for SUNY trustee. Having worked with Carl in his role as co-chairman of the New York State Public Higher Education Conference Board for four years, I know that he will spare no energy to help make SUNY a g...

Statement by William E. Scheuerman, President of United University Professions

Tue, 29 May 2007 11:56:20 -0400

"I'm delighted to be appointed by the governor to serve as a member of his Commission on Higher Education.