n An Online Publication of United University Professions The Nation’s Largest Higher Education Union Working For You THE Vol. 3, No. 3 EchoEcho

ise up Rand defend — CoveRag e begins! with video link, page 2 To the Point

THE Echo Volume 3, Number 3 The Echo is an online publication of United University Professions (UUP), bargaining agent for the more than 35,000 academic and professional employees of the State University of New York.

Contact UUP at P.O. Box 15143, Albany, New York 12212-5143. Telephone (518) 640-6600 or toll-free at (800) 342-4206. UUP’s Internet site is www.uupinfo.org. UUP is Local 2190 of the American Federation of Teachers (AFL-CIO) and is affiliated with NYSUT and the National Education Association.

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FREDERICK E. KOWAL President Marching with Momentive UUP MARCHES IN SOLIDARITY WITH STRIKING MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS CHEMICAL PLANT WORKERS IN WATERFORD, N.Y. CLICK HERE TO WATCH.

J. PHILIPPE ABRAHAM Vice President for Professionals

An Online Publication of United University Professions The Nation’s Largest Higher Education Union Working For You THE JAMIE F. DANGLER Vol. 3, No. 3 WHATthis’S issue INSIDE Vice President Echo for Academics 3 Tell Regents to back task force Cover photo by UUp members are pressing their regents to Karen L. Mattison EILEEN LANDY support the recommendations of the edtpa task Secretary Force that would go a long way in addressing ISE UP RAND DEFEND — COVERAG E BEGINS! WITH VIDEO LINK, PAGE 2 the state’s flawed teacher certification exams.

ROWENA J. Resist! 9 Vote No on con con BLACKMAN-STROUD 4—UUp members are standing up for labor noting that a constitutional convention is a waste Treasurer and collective bargaining, public education of taxpayer dollars, the union wants members to and health care, and to trump administration tell their friends and colleagues: vote no! on this policies that threaten public education, health fall’s referendum for a constitutional convention. care, labor and collective bargaining. THOMAS C. HOEY Membership aLso: Delegates prepare to fight back Development Officer ALSO: 6 Dinapoli addresses Winter Delegate assembly 8 Let the advocacy begin! 11 esC Chapter holds Cap event UUP COMMUNICATIONS DEPT. FOLLOW UUP 12 ny tops all states in union membership MICHAEL LISI ON FACEBOOK, Director of Communications 12 Labor notes TWITTER AND senate conference opposes “right to work” KAREN L. MATTISON 13 Associate Director of Communications INSTAGRAM! 14 in the news briefs DONALD FELDSTEIN 15 spotlight shines on UUpers Media Relations Specialist Go to www.UUPinfo.org 16 election procedures DARRYL MCGRATH to sign up today. 20 Candidate statements due March 10 Communications Specialist 21 Union benefits ANGELL M. VILLAFAÑE Communications Assistant THE ECHO VOL. 3, NO. 3 2 Teacher education

Members’ voices matter in pending Regents vote By DaRRyl MCGRath • Establish a Standards Setting panel • Increase the voucher program for to determine whether the edTPA pass- student certification exam costs he postponement of a vote by ing score should be reset; (which requires legislative allocation the state Board of Regents • Invoke an emergency action to of funds). on proposed changes to the remove the Academic Literacy Skills There will be a public comment state’s teacher certification Test; period following the vote. process means that UUP members • Establish a Multiple Measures have more time to contact their Re- Review process for cases where there gents and urge them to support the pRobleMs with d esign , T is evidence that a teacher candidate Rollout sCoRing changes. , is ready to teach but did not pass the The proposed changes come out of Jamie Dangler, UUP’s statewide edTPA (with conditions for such can- the recommendations of the statewide vice president for academics, hopes didate review); edTPA task force that the that members will make the most of • Extend the edTPA safety net Regents reconvened last spring. UUP that extra time. pending completion of Standards members serving on the task force “Our members’ own words are the Setting Panel work and establishment with Dangler are Ken Lindblom of best way to effect change,” Dangler of a Multiple Measures Review SUNY Stony Brook and Joette Stefl- said. “The first-person accounts of process; Mabry of Albany. members who have Dangler and her worked with this statewide task force co- deeply flawed chair, David Cantaffa, certification system UUP is asking members to contact SUNY assistant provost helped us get this far. for teacher preparation, The Regents listened, SED Commissioner MaryEllen Elia presented the task and then they started force’s recommendations to ask many of the and members of the Board of Regents to the Regents at their same questions we Jan. 10 meeting. have been asking— and urge them to support the In their presentation, with the main question task force’s recommendations. Dangler and Cantaffa being, if this system is told the Regents that the so broken, why are we recommendations still using it?” developed by the The Regents had been scheduled to • Establish a process to review task force seek to vote on proposed changes to the certi- edTPA handbooks based on claims address longstand- fication exams at their Feb. 13 meet- brought forth by education profes- ing criticisms ing. That meeting was canceled sionals, with two possible outcomes: about the rollout, because of a snow storm. The Regents handbook revision or approval of an design and scoring are expected to vote on the proposals alternative performance assessment of the mandatory at their March 13 meeting. if handbook revision is not feasible DANGLER educative Teacher for the certification area under Performance id ea s to iMpRove teaCheR ed At the meeting, the Regents will evaluation; Assessment and other certification consider a number of proposals, • Provide for annual release of infor- exams. The edTPA is supposed to which would: mation revealing the qualifications of evaluate a student teacher’s compe- • Set up a process to review the Edu- edTPA scorers; tence in the classroom through written cating All Students exam, and extend • Establish a clinical practice work analysis and actual teaching, but, as the safety net for that exam until it is group to review the length and require- Dangler noted, there is no proof that it revised; ments of student teaching; is a valid predictor of ability to teach.

VOL. 3, NO. 3 THE ECHO 3 Cover story

‘weUUP delegates will unite rise up and defend’ over extremist agenda coming out of D.C.

By KaREn l. MattiSon

he 2017 Winter Delegate Assembly felt less like the union’s traditional policy- making convention and more like a counterdemonstration. It wasn’t just President Fred Kowal’s Tclarion call for UUP members to rise up and defend our democracy. Or keynote speaker Comptroller DONALD FELDSTEIN Thomas DiNapoli’s unscripted remarks UUP PRESIDENT FRED KOWAL CALLS ON UNION MEMBERS TO RISE UPAND DEFEND AGAINST FORCES HELL BENT ON DESTROYING THE VERY FABRIC OF OUR NATION. about Donald Trump’s “unbelievable” election and chaotic first weeks in office. It was the absolute belief that free all that is good and just, and right and topics ranging from intellectual prop- public education, labor and collective hopeful,” he said. erty/copyright issues, to online labs, to bargaining rights—nay, the very fabric UUP joined the resistance from the the upcoming referendum on whether to of our nation—could soon unravel. onset, first when it partnered with the his- hold a New York state constitutional con- Delegates to the Jan. 29-30 Winter DA toric Women’s March on Washington; vention (see related story, page 9). proved they are ready to act. More than hundreds of UUP members joined hun- Dangler asked members who have ex- 80 members boarded buses to support dreds of thousands of protester in Wash- perience with simulated labs and online striking Momentive chemical plant work- ington, D.C., New York City and areas lab modules in STEM fields to consider ers in Waterford, following an impromptu around the state. UUP then began working attending the FACT2 symposium April 7 collection that raised nearly $2,000 for with SUNY to stem the “explosion of hate in Albany. The symposium will look at their strike fund. The strike ended just language events” on campuses and, once the role virtual labs may play in class- weeks later (see related story, page 7). again, with its demands to establish SUNY room and online education at SUNY. Delegates also passed resolutions as sanctuary campuses to defend the col- “This is the perfect opportunity for our condemning Islamophobia; opposing lege community against the “cruel hand of members to provide input on the possible Trump’s executive order to ban travel to government.” expansion of online labs,” she said. the U.S. by refugees and immigrants “This is a sign of what we can do in the UUP is offering limited reimbursement from seven predominantly Muslim coun- Trump Era,” Kowal said. “We saw it in for members who attend the symposium. tries; and against the then-confirmations the many hundreds of UUPers who Contact Dangler for more details at jdan- of five Cabinet nominees. joined in women’s marches. We saw it [email protected] or at (800) 342-4206. when we joined the picket line with IUE- Meanwhile, dozens of professional fiRed up CWA Local 81359 outside the gates of members were part of an in-depth discus- In his 35-minute speech, interrupted Momentive. And we are seeing it in those sion on how to achieve salary increases often by applause and shouts of agree- wanting to take part in our plans to con- and promotions. The discussion was led ment, Kowal noted that unionists and po- front members of New York’s Congres- by Darryl Wood, a UUP/NYSUT labor litical progressives “didn’t do enough” to sional delegation who support Trump’s relations specialist. expose Trump’s destructive policy propos- extremist agenda.” “It is important for our members to take als, or his unfathomable rejection of facts, advantage of workshops and presenta- or his complete disregard for science, his- aCadeMiCs, pRofessionals Meet tions on avenues for promotion and per- tory, and education as a public good. Kowal’s address fired up members to manent appointment,” said Vice President But that’s all in the past, Kowal said. take action to strengthen UUP and SUNY. for Professionals Philippe Abraham. “We may have fallen, but we are ready During the Academic Delegates Meet- “Networking is a good way for profes- to rise up and reclaim our democracy and ing, Vice President for Academics Jamie sionals to meet people who can help them our nation from those who would destroy Dangler updated academic delegates on stay on the right career path.”

THE ECHO VOL. 3, NO. 3 4 BELOW, NEWLY ELECTED STATE ASSEMBLYMEMBER MONICA WALLACE, A BUFFALO CENTER CHAPTER MEMBERS, STANDS WITH BUFFALO CENTER CHAPTER PRESIDENT TOM TUCKER BEFORE ADDRESSING DELEGATES. SHE WAS GREETED WITH A STANDING OVATION BY DELEGATES.

KAREN L. MATTISON FROM LEFT, YOLANDA SEGARRA OF FARMINGDALE, BARBARA TEPPER OF EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE AND GRACE MAXON-CLARKE OF OSWEGO PARTICIPATE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING.

DONALD FELDSTEIN

affected by the ban. getting d own to business In other business, delegates: The union has also • Heard from Assemblymember Monica launched a webpage with Wallace (D-Cheektowaga), a Buffalo important information and Center Chapter member, who thanked links to support organiza- UUPers in Western New York for her tions, such as the American victory last fall. Wallace said she looks Civil Liberties Union. forward to working with her UUP col- These resources may leagues and invited members to visit her come in handy again; in Albany and in her district office. Trump’s latest travel ban • Amended the UUP Investment Policy neared completion as The to allow up to 25 percent of the union’s Echo was being posted. Reserve Fund to be invested in more Early reports are that the aggressive and socially responsible new ban addresses the con- KAREN L. MATTISON investments. cerns of the 9th Circuit COMMITTEE MEMBERS, FROM RIGHT, JACLYN PITTSLEY OF • Approved the 2017 UUP budget Court of Appeals, and in- CORTLAND, BEN ALLOCCO OF OSWEGO AND DAVE HARTLE and legislative agenda. Delegates also cludes only “minor techni- OF CANTON DISCUSS CONTINGENT ISSUES. approved a retiree legislative agenda to cal differences,” according fight the governor’s proposed state to a White House advisor. retiree health insurance reforms, includ- • Opposed the confirmations of Trump tions in Muslim communities; act in de- ing differential health care premiums Cabinet appointees Attorney General fense of and in solidarity with victims of based on years of service; elimination of Jeff Sessions, Education Secretary Betsy Islamophobia; and urge UUP affiliates subsidies for Medicare Part B; and a cap DeVos, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, and cental labor councils to adopt similar on Medicare Part B reimbursement. Health and Human Services Secretary resolutions. • Opposed Trump’s executive order to Tom Price, and Andrew Puzder. Puzder • Passed a special order of business in ban travel to the U.S. by refugees and withdrew his name from consideration solidarity with the Islamic Cultural Cen- immigrants from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Soma- for secretary of labor amid reports that tre, a Quebec City mosque, following the lia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The travel several Republican senators—who were Jan. 30 bombing by college student ban was later blocked by the courts, but being pressured by UUP members and Alexandre Bissonnette, a self-professed UUP answered delegates’ call to assist other labor unionists—would not support supporter of Trump and the French far- faculty, staff and students affected by the his nomination. right politician Marine Le Pen. federal ban. • Condemned Islamophobia and any • Honored the life and service of Al Following the DA, UUP established a unwarranted attacks against Islam and Ermanovics of the Buffalo Center Chap- hotline (518-640-6633) and email address Muslin people. The resolution calls on ter, a long-time delegate and chair of the ([email protected]) to UUP to: oppose ethnic and religious pro- union’s statewide Grievance Committee, help members of the SUNY community filing, mass surveillance or “sting” opera- who died Oct. 10.

VOL. 3, NO. 3 THE ECHO 5 Cover story dinapoli pledges continued support for uup By DaRRyl MCGRath

t a time when unions will need loyal friends more than ever, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is once again proving himself a powerful ally to UUP and its legislative goals—a commit- Ament that DiNapoli is prepared to sustain for the long haul. DiNapoli has told UUP members he will support their call for more full-time SUNY faculty, for the DREAM Act that would allow undocumented college stu- dents to qualify for financial aid, and for more realistic funding for SUNY’s cam- puses and hospitals in the upcoming budget year. But he’s also backing the union in its effort to change the culture of public KAREN L. MATTISON higher education, not just here in New NEW YORK STATE COMPTROLLER TOM DINAPOLI ADDRESSES UNION DELEGATES ATTENDING THE York but at a national level. Key in that 2017 WINTER DELEGATE ASSEMBLY JAN. 29-30 IN SARATOGA SPRINGS. effort for UUP: its call for student debt relief, for greater oversight of SUNY’s procurement process and for the protec- telling delegates that union members upheaval about Donald Trump’s ill- tion of academic freedom. All have “deserve a retirement pension that is safe.” considered ban on travel and immigra- implications for public universities and And in keeping with his responsibility to tion from seven predominantly Muslim colleges nationwide. ensure sound fiscal practices by state nations. “UUP members are very much the agencies, he also supports UUP’s call for The ban was later overturned in federal front-line leaders on our campuses,” oversight of the state’s procurement court, before its full effects on SUNY DiNapoli told more than 300 delegates in process. SUNY is caught up in a multi- could be realized. But one thing is clear: his keynote address at the 2017 Winter billion-dollar bid-rigging scandal involv- Actions like this make UUP’s work on Delegate Assembly Jan. 29. ing the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, behalf of its members, SUNY students “You are the men and women who which occurred after the state removed and hospital patients all the more urgent, make SUNY synonymous with afford- DiNapoli’s oversight of procurement. and make the need for stalwart friends able, accessible higher education.” DiNapoli predicted that the Legislature like DiNapoli all the more essential. “will be very open” to UUP’s advocacy In a nod to the extraordinary events this year, given the disgust that many since Trump’s inauguration—a period fisCa l sa feg uaRds essential DiNapoli called for a realistic approach lawmakers have expressed about the marked by rapid-fire executive orders to the student debt crisis. He said the gov- scandal at SUNY that resulted in state that have undone many of President ernor’s recent proposal for free tuition for and federal indictments of advisers close Obama’s safeguards for the environ- SUNY students meeting certain academic to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, including former ment, for working people and for the and income criteria is a welcome addition SUNY Polytechnic Institute President nation as a haven for the oppressed— to a much-debated national topic—and one Alain Kaloyeros. DiNapoli encouraged DiNapoli digressed from his prepared to which UUP has given qualified support. members to approach their advocacy with remarks to comment on the post-election But additional funding and faculty for optimism and the certainty that right is period. SUNY are also necessary; without them, on their side. “It’s just unbelievable,” DiNapoli said SUNY’s increased enrollment under a free Said DiNapoli, “When you build up of the Trump presidency. “We need to tuition plan would add additional burdens SUNY, you build up New York state.” have a continued discussion about why to a system that already has a very high many of the men and women who will student-to-faculty ratio. tRa vel ba n Chaos be hurt the most by what’s happening DiNapoli is the sole trustee of the state The comptroller’s pledge of solidarity voted the wrong way—and many of pension system, a role he referenced by came at a time of chaotic national them were union members.”

THE ECHO VOL. 3, NO. 3 6 uupersBy KaREn l. MattiSon rise up for striking Momentive workers CAROLYN KUBE OF STONY BROOK HSC MARCHES THE MOMENTIVE PICKET LINE WITH triking unionists at Momentive BRUCE SIMON OF FREDONIA. Performance Materials in Waterford ratified a new con- tract agreement Feb. 15, just weeks after UUP members joined the to honk their horns in support. picket line in a strong show of solidarity. “We’re here to show solidarity, today, More than 70 UUP members, all of them tomorrow, for as long as it takes,” said S Buffalo Center Chapter President Tom statewide delegates who attended the 2017 Winter Delegate Assembly in Saratoga Tucker, who co-chairs the UUP Outreach Springs, braved a frigid wind and bitter Committee. “Nobody walks alone. temperatures as they walked Jan. 30, Nobody. Walks. Alone.” chanting, taunting scab workers crossing the picket line, and carrying signs sup- fighting the fight porting IUE-CWA Local 81359. Momen- Walking in a tight-knit circle—broken tive workers went on strike Nov. 2, when only when scab workers were entering or more than 700 chemical plant employees leaving the facility—the unionists had walked out over incremental concessions their heads bowed to keep the wind at in the last two contracts, and proposals to KAREN L. MATTISON PHOTOS bay. But you could see the resolve etched further cut retirement benefits, salaries across their reddened faces. and earned leave. for retirees. “We’re here because our brothers and “We have been in step with our fellow “I couldn’t be more proud of our sisters sisters at Momentive need to feed their unionists because their fight is our fight, and brothers who stood on the line, day families and have a decent life,” said too,” said UUP President Fred Kowal. and night, through the coldest days of this UUP Membership Development Officer “What’s happened here at Momentive can winter,” Kowal said. “And I couldn’t be Tom Hoey. “So, were’ here for them.’ happen anywhere, and we must fight happier about the role we played in help- Local 81359 Vice President Darryl back and fight back hard.” ing them out.” Houshower said, “I can’t thank you guys The months-long action—and support enough for coming down here and help- walking the wa lk ing us out. All the support has been really from the community, labor unions like It was cold when the delegates stepped unbelievable.” UUP and statewide leaders like the gov- off the bus from the comfort of their Earlier in the day, delegates donated ernor and state Comptroller Thomas meeting rooms at the Saratoga-based $1,800 in an impromptu gesture to sup- DiNapoli—finally forced management policymaking convention, but not nearly port the workers’ strike fund; UUP back to the table with a better deal than cold enough to keep them from standing pledged an additional $1,000. two pre-picket offers rejected by workers. with their union sisters and brothers. This was the second time UUP mem- Momentive’s new three-year deal in- Wearing grey knit caps and red scarves bers braved the cold to join the strikers. cludes raises and protects the workers’ emblazoned with the UUP logo, delegates Several officers and Executive Board retirement fund match, but it also cuts chanted loudly as they walked with members walked the line Dec. 9. health insurance and vacation accruals, Momentive workers. Their enthusiastic and ends health and life insurance benefits presence prompted drivers in passing cars — Michael Lisi contributed to this report.

STONY BROOK HSC MEMBERS ED DRUMMOND, RIGHT, AND CHARLES HINES ARE AMONG 80 UUPERS TO JOIN STRIKING MOMENTIVE WORKERS IN WATERFORD. THE UUP MEMBERS BOARDED BUSES IN SARATOGA SPRINGS FOLLOWING THE 2017 WINTER DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.

VOL. 3, NO. 3 THE ECHO 7 Political action

ByuupersDaRRyl MCGRath determined, optimistic about advocacy

his budget season, UUP members will bring a greater sense of Invest in SUNY hope along with their Educational Programs advocacy materials when they meet with lawmakers in the com- ing weeks.

T That’s because, as UUP prepares

A Renewed Commitment to SUNY’s for a rapid succession of crucial State-Operated Hospitals

advocacy days in Albany, several and Health Sciences Centers

indicators signal that the union “The mission of the state university system shall be to provide to the people of New York educaonal 1 services of the highest will find more positive responses quality with the broadest possible access fully representave of all segments of the populaon.” in the Senate and the Assembly Over the last decade, state support for the State University of New York has declined so drama+cally that it is no longer than it has in recent years. certain that SUNY can fulfill its mandated mission.

The +me is now for a renewed state investment in SUNY’s Key among those indicators: state­operated campuses. To wait would further jeopardize the future of SUNY’s 200,000 students, and the hundreds of 1 Sec+on 351 of State Educa+onal Law a major higher education proposal thousands who will follow in years to come.

SUNY’s teaching hospitals and health sciences centers were by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that established as public entities with the promise that all New Yorkers would have access to quality health care regardless has received generally favorable of the ability to pay. responses, along with constructive With that promise was the provision of state funding to fully UUP MEMBERS WILL MAKE AN ALL-OUT PUSH support that public mission. As state support has diminished over time, deficits have surfaced that, if not corrected, will undermine criticisms; and a sense of urgency FOR MORE SUNY FUNDING, DURING SEVERAL the capacity of these vital state-operated institutions to serve their communities, act as hospitals of last resort, and educate about the future of one of the UPCOMING ADVOCACY EVENTS IN ALBANY. tomorrow’s doctors and medical professionals.

country’s great public university systems, as an unqualified federal secretary of education—who has been openly dismissive of public education—takes over in Washington, D.C. up for SUNY, for its dedicated faculty there are some challenges in that pro- and staff, and for its students, will be posal,” state Comptroller Thomas shared by many.” DiNapoli told members as he referenced abundant oppoRtunities The prospect of greater support in the the proposal during his keynote address Legislature doesn’t mean the task ahead aCRoss-the-boaRd aid at UUP’s 2017 Winter Delegate Assem- is easy, however. If anything, it means Three main categories will dominate bly Jan. 29. “Will you have the staff, the that UUP members advocating for the their discussions: general operating aid full-time faculty, to meet the demand?” union need to redouble their efforts to for SUNY’s state-operated campuses; a capitalize on a window of opportunity. solid investment for the academic oppor- pRoMises to be kept They will have plenty of chances to do tunity programs, including a proposed Those are just a few of the questions so, with four additional advocacy days pilot teacher education opportunity pro- that members will be asking during their in early March. That schedule begins gram; and desperately needed restoration advocacy days in March. As budget nego- March 2 with an across-the-board push of the state subsidy to SUNY’s hospitals tiations progress, they will also be doing for all public higher education and again, and health sciences centers. more than asking – they will be demand- March 6-7, in conjunction with NYSUT’s The governor has taken a significant step ing that lawmakers make good on their Committee of 100. Members will turn out in his support for public higher education promises of support. Several lawmakers for SUNY’s academic opportunity pro- by proposing a plan for free tuition to stu- who met with UUP members Jan. 31 on grams March 8, and for the Tech Sector dents whose families earn less than the hospitals and health sciences centers colleges March 14. In-district advocacy $125,000 a year. While lawmakers point pledged that they will, indeed, speak up days are set for March 3 and 10. out that the fine print of that proposal sets for SUNY this year. “We ask a great deal of our members certain conditions—for example, part-time “We are in an excellent position to see each budget season,” UUP President Fred students would not qualify—the prospect genuine gains in the next budget,” Kowal Kowal said. “With the strength generated of a free tuition program confers on the said. “I ask those who have never before by hundreds of new UUP members, we state the responsibility to meet the in- joined an advocacy effort to please do so. believe we can ask for that effort this creased enrollment that it would generate. Every member who gives of their time year knowing that the work of speaking “We all welcome that discussion, but stands to make a real difference.”

THE ECHO VOL. 3, NO. 3 8 ByuupDaRRyl M CsaysGRath vote noThe to union a is preparingconstitutional conventionvoting public about the materials and gathering dangers posed by a con- ow do you, as a UUP mem- resources that chapter stitutional convention,” ber, help defeat a proposal on leaders can turn to as they Dangler said. “Our whether to hold a constitu- help plan events. statewide officers are tional convention? Check out “Constitu- also ready to come to First, you learn why UUP considers a tional Convention: Facts campuses to do presenta- constitutional convention such a bad idea. and Concerns” and “A tions and lead discus- HThen you take action at the chapter Road Map to a Constitu- sions. We encourage level and in your communities. tional Convention” on the every chapter to either And then you, your family, friends and UUP website. hold an event, or to par- colleagues vote “No” in November on the Chapters are encouraged to check back ticipate in a community event.” referendum that voters will see on their often for forthcoming information, sug- Members with questions can either con- ballots. gested actions, and background materials sult with their chapter leaders or contact Jamie Dangler, UUP’s statewide vice that will explain the hazards of a constitu- Dangler by calling her at (800) 342-4206 president for academics, is encouraging tional convention and will help members or by email at [email protected] members and chapter leaders to use the seize the initiative in defeating it. UUP leaders will also participate in a time between now and the November training session so that they can better election to lay solid groundwork on their lea deRs Ready to help help organize events and lead discus- campuses and in their communities that “UUP officers are working with chapter sions. That training will take place during will result in the defeat of a constitutional leaders, to help them plan events that will the NYSUT Committee of 100 advocacy convention. educate our members and the rest of the event March 6-7.

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VOL. 3, NO. 3 THE ECHO 9 Negotiations update Join UUP’s ‘Fair Contract’ Campaaign

SUPPORT YOUR UNION’S EFFORTS TO NEGOTIATE A NEW CONTRACT Here’s what you can do: • Post a UUP ‘United for a Fair Contract’ sign or sticker on your office door and in other prominent locations, e.g., bulletin boards, car windows. • Wear a Fair Contract button or sticker. • Attend chapter meetings on your campus to discuss the contract and other union issues. • Put a sticker on the bumper of your car, and ask family and friends to do the same. • Wear red on Fridays!

Call or email your UUP chapter office to get a ‘United for a Fair Contract’ sign, button or sticker.

Check the UUP website at www.uupinfo.org—and the union’s new members-only section in particular—for periodic negotiations updates. Encourage your UUP co-workers to view the site at http://bit.ly/2cBv57P; tell them to follow the directions posted there.

Contract questions can be sent to UUP at [email protected]

THE ECHO VOL. 3, NO. 3 10 Chapter Action Project esC uupers, senators work toward common goals By KaREn l. MattiSon NIAGARA FRONTIER CENTER UUP MEMBER JANE CUDMORE MAKES A POINT UNY Empire State College DURING THE MEETING. LOOKING ON ARE union members and their FELLOW UUPERS TOM BRADY, CENTER, peers on the College Senate AND ALEC MEIKLEJOHN. BRADY AND came together for a two- MEIKLEJOHN ATTENDED AS REPRESENTA- TIVES OF THE ESC COLLEGE SENATE. day brainstorming session as part of UUP’s Chapter Action Project. The chapter is mobilizing members S campus-level and state-level through CAP, a three-year initiative to assist in building a chapter-based SUNY administrators to act in structure to recruit and engage new the best interests of the college union members and activists. The community and in keeping with Feb. 16-17 event was one of many SUNY’s mission,” Dangler said. held at chapters since the start of the KAREN L. MATTISON “Success in reaching these goals academic year. depends on soliciting input and Bringing together more than 30 union ent perspectives, we can identify issues participation from colleagues—and members—half of whom serve as college that both sides share, and brainstorm demonstrating collective support and senators—can achieve outcomes that solutions so that we can better serve the strength.” improve the college and a student’s over- college and our students.” Participants split into smallers groups to all educational experience, said ESC Statewide Vice President for Academics discuss working conditions, miscommu- Chapter President Pamela Malone. Jamie Dangler, who presented to the nication, and educational quality and “It’s no secret that Empire State College group Feb. 16, said there are a number of service. They came out of the meeting is in a state of flux,” Malone said. “The issues on which the two sides can collab- with several action plans that will be college has reorganized away from the orate, including monitoring online educa- brought to their respective constituencies traditional geographic districts, and it has tion and addressing threats to tenure and for further input. resulted in a significant change in our academic freedom. The group will reconnect in March at work. This has led to a sense of disorgani- “The union and governance groups are the 2017 All College Conference in zation and concern. By sharing our differ- engaged in continuous efforts to press Saratoga Springs.

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VOL. 3, NO. 3 THE ECHO 11 Labor notes new york has top percentage of union members in u.s. !"#$"%&'()'*+,#-%./01% By DaRRyl MCGRath salary workers belong- ing to unions stood at hat do New York and 14.6 million in 2016, Hawaii have in common? a decrease of 240,000 Here’s a hint: The answer people since 2015. is not their weather. In 1983, the first year It’s that these two are among the top in which the U.S. union states in the country, with 23.6 per- tracked comparable Wcent of New York’s wage and salary union data, the country workers belonging to a union in 2016, had 17.7 million union according to the federal Bureau of Labor workers. other noteworthy findings: 8()91-:0,-! Statistics. That’s the highest percentage in And even in New York, the percent of • Public-sector workers have a union the United States, followed by Hawaii, at wage and salary workers who belong5.4!6,7*! to a membership rate (34.4 percent) more 19.9 percent. union has declined since 2015, when it than five times higher than private-sector The state rankings are included in the was 24.7 percent. 3(4(11! workers (6.4 percent). ;.7/.-0!,?',@.A! bureau’s “Union Members Summary,” for The three-page summary is drawn+,--./01/2 0!from • Workers in education, training, library 2016, which the bureau released Jan. 26. the bureau’s “Current Population Sur- occupations and protective service occu- New York’s first-place ranking is the vey,” a monthly survey of basic data&'()*(!! on pations have the highest unionization good news in the summary. In the “We the U.S. labor force, employment and"! #! rates$"! in the$#! country.%"! And,%#! while New have our work cut out for us” category: unemployment. York has the highest union membership Union membership in the U.S. continues The summary is packed with facts and rate, South Carolina has the lowest, at to decline. The number of wage and figures on union membership. Among the 1.6 percent. !

Veterans regalia cords available from UUP work of Ohio charter schools, including NEO K-8. On Feb. 1, UUP is again distributing regalia cords to chapters that the petition was verified by an independent third party. request them, to hand out to veterans—faculty, staff and NEO K-8 is the fourth I Can charter school to unionize in the students—for upcoming graduation ceremonies. past year; last summer, three other high-performing charters The intertwined cords of red, white and royal blue can be educating more than 900 students ratified a historic first con- requested by contacting Lynn Alderman, UUP executive assis- tract that guaranteed job security, more planning time and a tant to the president, at [email protected] or at (518) joint labor-management committee. The contract also con- 640-6600. tained a clause allowing other I Can educators across Cleve- “I would like to thank the union’s Veterans Affairs Commit- land to organize a union without interference or intimidation. tee, especially Co-chairs Bill Borgstede and Justin Culkowski, for their hard work and dedication to UUP members who Porter scholarship deadline is March 31 have served our country,” said UUP President Fred Kowal. Applications are now available for the AFT’s Robert G. Porter Scholars Program, which offers $8,000 post-secondary Educators unionize at Ohio charter school scholarships to four high school seniors who show outstand- Educators at a fourth Cleveland charter school have won ing service to their community and an understanding of union representation after administrators agreed to voluntar- the role unions can play to create a more just society. ily recognize the educators’ effort to join Applicants must be dependents of AFT/UUP members. The program also awards 10 one-time grants of $1,000 the Cleveland Alliance of Charter Teachers each to AFT/UUP members to assist in their continuing and Staff (ACTS). education. An overwhelming 94 percent of staff at the Since its inception in 1993, the Robert G. Porter Scholars lower campus of Northeast Ohio College Program has awarded more than $575,000 to AFT members Preparatory School (NEO K-8) signed a peti- and their dependents to further their education and to help tion in January in support of joining Cleve- achieve the goals of AFT-affiliated unions, such as UUP. The land ACTS, an affiliate of the Ohio Federation of Teachers and scholarship program honors the late AFT secretary-treasurer, the AFT. Cleveland ACTS secured a formal card check agree- who served from 1963 to 1991. ment with I Can Schools, the company that manages a net- Porter was a longtime union activist who dedicated his life

THE ECHO VOL. 3, NO. 3 12 senate idC issues report; opposes ‘right-to-work’ laws By KaREn l. MattiSon the labor movement to protect the rights of “job creation and economic growth.” workers,” said New York State AFL-CIO That’s not what the research shows. he state Senate’s Independent President Mario Cilento, who was among According to the IDC, right-to-work states Democratic Conference has nearly a dozen state labor leaders to part- have seen a significant loss in manufactur- issued a four-point action plan ner with the IDC on the report. “It is ing jobs between 1998-2013. Tennessee, to fight “right-to-work” imperative that working men and women for example, lost 191,700 jobs, or 7.3 per- legislation and any other policies that throughout New York state continue to cent; manufacturing jobs were 11.6 per- would undermine labor protections. have the right to collectively bargain.” cent of the total employment in 2013. TThat’s good news for UUP members UUP President Fred Kowal agreed. “Proponents of right-to-work laws mis- and their families. He noted the recent reintroduction of the lead the public by saying that jobs and In the February 2017 report “Union National Right to Work Act as one of wages increase in states with this legisla- Strong: The IDC Labor Protection Plan,” many proposed anti-union policies that tion,” the report states. It notes that the IDC has pledged to: could come out of the 115th Congress. neighboring Kentucky—which has not • Oppose right-to-work legislation at “It’s more crucial now than ever to have passed right-to-work legislation—has the state level. friends like the IDC working alongside outperformed Virginia and Tennessee in • Call on New York’s federal delegation labor to stave off threats to working-class manufacturing jobs growth since the to prevent the passage of a national right- Americans,” Kowal said. Great Recession. to-work law. Kowal said UUP “will not sit idly by • Ensure that no state dollars go to fedeRal legisla tion and let the Trump administration take groups promoting right-to-work laws. U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), who away our hard-won protections.” • Oppose calling a new constitutional reintroduced the federal bill with U.S. IDC members are Sens. Jeff Klein, convention and work to educate voters on Rep. Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina), Diane Savino, Tony Avella, David the dangers (see related story, page 9). issued a statement crediting South Valesky, David Carlucci, Jesse Hamilton, “We applaud the IDC for standing with Carolina’s right-to-work legislation with Marisol Alcantara and Jose Peralta.

to championing the rights of working people, promoting Use Them to Your Advantage; Permanent Appointment: civil rights and ensuring that the union was a vehicle to Freedom after Seven Years of Indentured Servitude; and achieve justice. The Path to Continuing Appointment. The application deadline is March 31. The workshops are planned and presented by NYSUT labor For more information, go to http://bit.ly/1wYZHZx relations specialists assigned to UUP, and guest presenters. Courses are less than an hour long. Members are encouraged to help spread the word about LEAD Institute online training available LEAD Institute offerings. UUP is pleased to offer members and chapter leaders a series of online workshops to assist members in developing UUP: Join the March for Science their careers. UUP is encouraging its members to take part in the March Workshops can be taken in learning tracks by theme; they for Science to support and safeguard the national are designed for chapter leaders who assist members scientific community. directly, for prospective chap- The March for Science is slated to ter leaders, or as individual step off on Earth Day, April 22, in workshops that are of interest Washington, D.C., and in satellite to individual members. locations across the United States The workshops can be and internationally. accessed from the UUP According to the March for Science website at www.uupinfo.org; website, the “mischaracterization of science as a partisan click on LEAD Institute under Links on the horizontal toolbar, issue”—which has given policymakers permission to reject and then on the specific workshop. overwhelming evidence—and recent federal policy changes Workshops are available on demand by selecting a workshop have caused heightened worry among scientists and resulted link from the menu. They include: Dealing Effectively with Diffi- in an outpouring of concern by the public at large. cult People; Grievance Investigation, Filing and Presentation; Go to www.marchforscience.com for more information Introduction to Collective Bargaining; Member Engagement; on the march and watch the UUP website for information Motivating Members to Action; Performance Programs: How to about the union’s involvement in marches across the state.

VOL. 3, NO. 3 THE ECHO 13 In the news COMPILED BY DONALD FELDSTEIN

In The News is a compilation of media in the last three Jan. 4: “Senate Republicans looking for details in Cuomo’s months radio, TV and papers across the state) featuring UUP. tuition plan” Politico NY Feb. 17: “Underwhelming DeVos gets over the top as Pence Kowal says if SUNY adopts the governor’s tuition plan, the state unbuckles tie” needs to provide the funds to support campus programs. The Chief-Leader UUP President Fred Kowal says the furor over federal Education Jan. 3: “Cuomo proposes free tuition at New York State Secretary Betsy DeVos’ nomination underscores the opposition to colleges for eligible students” Donald Trump and his agenda. The New York Times UUP says more full-time faculty would be required if the governor’s Feb. 14: “Much-criticized teache Excelsior Scholarship proposal is adopted. literacy test could be on the chopping block next month” Dec. 29: “Standing Rock” Chalkbeat NY WAMC Northeast Public Radio UUP Vice President for Academics Jamie Kowal delivers a moving commentary about the Standing Rock Sioux Dangler explains the necessity for the Nation and its hard-fought battle to stop the proposed route of the Regents to adopt recommendations to Dakota Access Pipeline. address problems with the state’s teacher certification exams. Dec. 13: “I will not be silent” WAMC Northeast Public Radio Feb. 7: “Restoring state investment in SUNY” In a strong commentary, Kowal promises he won’t stand by as the The Capitol Pressroom nation faces harm from radical and regressive policies enacted by In a radio interview, Kowal stresses the need for additional budget Donald Trump’s incoming administration. funds for SUNY to hire more full-time faculty and financially shore up its public hospitals. Dec. 11: “We’re in for a fight” WNYM 970 AM “The Answer” Feb. 7: Letters to the editor Kowal says the union will take on the new administration in Wash- Newsday ington, D.C., to fight for public higher education, during an inter- UUP members Ken Lindblom and Patricia Dunn share their criticisms view on “Blue Collar Buzz,” a radio program produced by Labor of the educative Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA), part of Press. the teacher certification process, in letters to the editor.

Feb. 6: “Maintaining state aid for SUNY” Dec. 2: “Union urges SUNY aid increase before tuition hike” Capital Tonight Politico NY In a television interview, Kowal discusses UUP’s legislative initiatives, Kowal says SUNY should concentrate on securing additional state which include hiring more full-time faculty at SUNY and fully funding support before hiking tuition. the University’s public hospitals. Nov. 22: “SUNY urged to counter ‘expressions of hate’” Feb 2: “Colleges have limited legal options ... to Trump ban” Newsday Politico NY UUP issues a statement urging SUNY and its Faculty Senate to UUP President Fred Kowal comments on the concept of creating counter hate crimes on SUNY campuses and to come together to sanctuary campuses. oppose them.

Jan. 30: “Union joins picket line with Momentive strikers” Nov. 21: “Colleges condemn acts of harassment or violence” WTEN/Fox 23 News Capital Tonight More than 70 UUP members march with striking workers at Momen- In an extensive TV interview, Kowal explains why the union is tive Performance Materials in Waterford in a show of labor solidarity. speaking out against campus hate crimes that have proliferated since the presidential election. Jan. 20: “Regents eye changes in how to certify teachers” The Chief-Leader Nov. 21: “UUP joins condemnation of hate crimes” Dangler hopes the Regents will adopt recommendations from a spe- Times Union cial task force to make important changes in the teacher certifica- UUP issues a statement against hate crimes on SUNY campuses and tion process. campuses nationwide. Jan. 11: “Recommendations for teacher certification exams Nov. 7: “Focus on academics at SUNY” draw praise” The Capitol Pressroom Public News Service Saying that SUNY’s role in economic development is being overem- Dangler says changes recommended by a special task force would phasized, Kowal stresses the need for the University to focus on its reduce obstacles for students working to be certified as teachers. academic mission. Jan. 10: “Regents, State Ed look to change teacher certifica- tion requirements” Nov. 3: “A better future for all” Politico NY WAMC Northeast Public Radio Dangler says a special task force’s recommendations to change the Kowal exposes the presidential campaign slogans “Make America flawed teacher certification process should be adopted by the Regents. Great Again” and “Take Back Our Country” for what they really are.

THE ECHO VOL. 3, NO. 3 14 Spotlight shines on UUPers

ach year, hundreds of uup members publish books and articles, and are recognized for accomplishments E on campus and in their communities. The Echo is pleased to recognize three members in this issue. Angella Forde, Bruce Miroff, a Natalie Sarrazin, a Stony Brook HSC political science pro- an associate professor Chapter delegate, fessor and Collins in theater and music Affirmative Action Fellow at the Univer- studies at SUNY chair and CAP sity at Albany’s Brockport, spent the Committee co-chair, Rockefeller College last three years work- was honored with the of Public Affairs, ing with other music 2017 Outstanding recently published a educators to establish SARRAZIN Service Award for FORDE book that was high- MIROFF an international music the Department of lighted in a post- education association in India. Pathology/Anatomical Pathology. She election Washington Post article about the The National Association for Music received the award Feb. 17 at the annual “perils of a presidency too reliant on star Education in January approved the pathology department gala. power.” Miroff’s book, Presidents on Po- Western Music Education Association The award recognizes Forde’s outstand- litical Ground: Leaders in Action and (WMEA) as an affiliate organization. ing dedication and service that have What They Face (University Press of The WMEA will bring about significant helped to shape the health sciences center Kansas, 2016), was one of four books changes in curriculum, resources, and op- over the years. The Post cited as suggested reading for portunities for professional development Stony Brook HSC Chapter President Donald Trump. In it, Miroff likens “a for teachers of Western music in India. Carol Gizzi said Forde shows that same growing amount of presidential activity” Sarrazin serves as WMEA’s founding dedication to UUP. to pro wrestling, complete with “a larger- executive director. “Angella does so much for her fellow than-life main character and a supporting Her extensive scholarship includes union members and our community,” said team engaged in emblematic bouts with work on teaching Indian music in the Gizzi. “She makes UUP look good.” immoral or dangerous adversaries.” classroom and the music of Bollywood.

You may order as many copies of UUP’s sale benefits as you wish “Simply Delicious” cookbook for $10 each, plus $2.50 for shipping scholarshipUP is selling fundcook- per book ordered. Enclose check payable books filled with to “UUP College Scholarship Fund” favorite recipes submit- and mail with completed form to: ted by UUP members, family, friends and staff. All proceeds from the sale go to united university professions Uthe UUP College Scholarship Fund, po box 15143 which each year awards scholar- albany, ny 12212-5143 ships to up to five SUNY under- graduate and post-baccalaureate students. Please mail ______copies of the UUP cookbook @ $12.50 each to: UUP’s “Simply Delicious” cook- books cost $10, plus $2.50 for Name postage and handling, if using the coupon at left. Check with your Address chapter, or with members of the Scholarship Committee—which City, State, Zip produced the cookbook and organ- ized the sale—to see if they have copies on hand.

VOL. 3, NO. 3 THE ECHO 15 ELECTIONNotice of 2017 UUP elections Election The UUP Executive Board approved the Calendar* Elections and Credentials Committee n early January, UUP began the recommendation that the list of Empire process for its 2017 Chapter, Retiree and State College Chapter members eligible to Retiree Election IAffiliate Convention elections. The union’s participate in this election be sent to each Ballots Due...... 3/22/17 election certification deadline was Jan. 11, UUP chapter in addition to its own chapter 2017. Election nomination forms were list. The UUP Constitution requires that E&C Committee: Count Retiree mailed Jan. 18 from the UUP Administra- these lists be available for examination by Ballots...... 3/23-24/17 tive Office. chapter members. Election policies and As election materials are mailed to mem- procedures do not allow mechanical or Mail Chapter Elections bers, copies will also be posted on the UUP electronic copying of these names or Ballots...... 3/8-10/17 website. Except for ballots, these items will addresses. For hours of availability at a Chapter Elections be downloadable and printable. given chapter, please call that chapter Ballots Due...... 4/12/17 No UUP or SUNY equipment and/or office. If you have any questions, contact resources may be used to produce and/or Secretary Eileen Landy at (800) 342-4206 Count Chapter Elections distribute campaign material for UUP elec- or by email at [email protected] Ballots...... 4/13-14/17 tions. This prohibition includes printers, The Executive Board has approved copiers, supplies, campus mail system, the following policies and procedures email, and campus.edu and uupmail.org for obtaining members’ address labels for Conduct Run-off Elections domains from ANY computer. distribution of campaign literature. as required

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Duly declared candidates may request o provide equal and uniform access mailing labels of members’ last known to all candidates for the distribution of home addresses for distribution of cam- Tcampaign literature, UUP will include the paign literature. Candidates shall sign a following policies and procedures in the statement governing the use of mailing conduct of its elections. labels and limiting their use to UUP These policies and procedures provide elections. equal and uniform access to all candi- Such signed statements shall be sub- dates for the distribution of campaign lit- mitted to the Office of the Secretary of erature. Equally important, they ensure UUP, which shall check eligibility and the members’ privacy and fulfill UUP’s obliga- parameters of the mailing labels. All de- tion to conduct fair and honest elections. clared candidates may obtain mailing la- All duly declared candidates shall have bels by contacting the UUP Secretary’s equal access to appropriate membership Office in writing (or by email). Such information, to mailing privileges and to requests must specify the category(ies) publications of UUP in accordance with of eligible members for whom they wish procedures issued by the UUP Elections labels. Candidates will cover the cost of and Credentials Committee. labels and mailing.

THE ECHO VOL. 3, NO. 3 16 Mailing labels will include only UUP members, including • Empire State Chapter Retirees will be included in the Contingents, Regular (Active) and Retired in good standing region in which such member’s primary work site was as of the certification date for eligibility to participate in a located prior to retirement. given election. Executive Board: Candidates must specify in their formal requests which of • All Elected Delegates, including Contingents, (Regular and the following categories of eligible members, including contin- Retired) gents, they wish to receive their mailings. • Regular Elected Delegates, including Contingents, Chapter: Only (Academic and Professional) • All Chapter Members, including Contingents, (Regular and • Retired Elected Delegates, including Contingents, Retired) Only (Academic and Professional) • Regular Chapter Members, including Contingents, • Contingents Only (Academic and Professional) Only (Academic and Professional) • All Academic Elected Delegates, including Contingents, • Retired Chapter Members, including Contingents, (Regular and Retired) Only (Academic and Professional) • Regular Academic Elected Delegates, including • Contingents Only (Academic and Professional) Contingents, Only • All Academic Chapter Members, including Contingents, • Retired Academic Elected Delegates Only (Regular and Retired) • Contingents Only (Academic) • Regular Academic Chapter Members, including • All Professional Elected Delegates, including Contingents, Contingents, Only (Regular and Retired) • Retired Academic Chapter Members, including • Regular Professional Elected Delegates, including Contingents, Only Contingents, Only • Contingents Only (Academic) • Retired Professional Elected Delegates, including • All Professional Chapter Members, including Contingents, Contingents, Only (Regular and Retired) • Contingents Only (Professional) • Regular Professional Chapter Members, including Affiliate Convention Delegates: Contingents, Only • All Regular Members, including Contingents • Retired Professional Chapter Members, including • Regular Academic Members, including Contingents, Only Contingents, Only • Regular Professional Members, including Contingents, Only • Contingents Only (Professional) Retired Delegate to the Delegate Assembly: • All Retirees UUP will not be involved in any other distribution of cam- • Retired Academics Only paign literature for candidates, except for official publications • Retired Professionals Only that provide for candidate statements on an equal and uni- form basis. Retiree Regions: UUP and NYSUT provide a variety of lists and labels of All options listed below are available in each region members’ home addresses necessary for UUP to conduct its All Retirees; Academics Only; Professionals Only programs and business. Candidates may not access or use • Capital District—Region A: (Albany, System Administration, these in the distribution of campaign literature, except for the Cobleskill, New Paltz) printed list available in the Chapter Office provided by the • Long Island—Region B: (Farmingdale, Old Westbury, Stony Elections and Credentials Committee and/or the Leadership Brook, Stony Brook HSC) Directory. • North Country—Region C: (Canton, Plattsburgh, Potsdam) In election years, UUP will publish these policies and proce- • Western New York—Region D: (Alfred, Brockport, Buffalo dures in HSC, Buffalo Center, Buffalo State, Fredonia, Geneseo) The Voice and post them on the UUP website prior • Central New York—Region E: (ESF, Morrisville, Oswego, to the beginning of the election cycle. A copy will be in each SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Upstate Medical) Chapter Office and upon request to the UUP Secretary. • Metropolitan—Region F: (Downstate, Maritime, Optometry, The UUP Secretary and the Elections and Credentials Purchase) Committee will be responsible for implementing these poli- cies and procedures. Questions should be directed to the • Southern Tier—Region G: (Binghamton, Cortland, Delhi, UUP Secretary. Oneonta)

VOL. 3, NO. 3 THE ECHO 17 ELECTION

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VOL. 3, NO. 3 THE ECHO 19 ELECTION Candidate statements due March 10

uup toBY KAREN L. MATTISON elect officers, executive• Send statements board and photos members to the attention of UUP Director of Communications Michael Lisi. elegates to the 2017 Spring Delegate Assembly They must be received at the UUP Administrative Office, will elect three statewide officers and nine P.O. Box 15143, Albany, N.Y. 12212, by 5 p.m. Friday, Executive Board members. The Spring DA will March 10. Email versions may be sent to Lisi at be held May 5-6 in Albany. [email protected] (CC to [email protected]). Delegates will cast their ballots to elect a president, secre- • Statements will be published by order of election and tary/treasurer, and membership development officer to three- in alphabetical order in even-numbered years and reverse year terms. Eight Executive Board seats are for three-year alphabetical order in odd-numbered years. D • Candidates are urged to submit statements and photos terms; one seat is for a one-year term. If the membership ratio of academics to professionals by email, or on computer disk with a printed copy. remains the same as the present ratio, of the 12 people to be elected, seven must be academics and five must be Note: UUP policy prohibits the use of UUP or state professionals. If the ratio changes, elections will be adjusted equipment or resources (including email) to produce or accordingly. distribute campaign material for UUP elections. In accordance with DA policy, candidates running for statewide elective positions may have statements printed in Statements will be published in the April 2017 issue of The Voice, which is mailed to all bargaining unit members. The Voice and online at www.uupinfo.org The following provisions apply: Copies of the policy on the distribution of campaign • Candidates may submit a statement of up to 500 words material can be found on pages 16-19, at chapter offices, and a photo for publication. If a candidate submits a length- or by contacting statewide Secretary Eileen Landy at ier statement, it will be set in smaller type to give all candi- [email protected] or at (800) 342-4206. dates equal space.

THE ECHO VOL. 3, NO. 3 20 Union benefits

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