Union, advocates rally to release SUNY funds
Chanting, “Hey, hey, ho, ho, SUNY cuts have got to go,” more than 300 members of United University Professions and other advocates rallied at the state Capitol in Albany urging Gov. Paterson to allow SUNY to spend nearly $110 million in revenues it collects from students and hospital patients that the state Division of the Budget has frozen. (more)
2008 NYSUT RA
From left, UUPers Patty Bentley of Plattsburgh, Treasurer Rowena Blackman-Stroud of Brooklyn HSC, and Tom Matthews of Geneseo like what they hear at the 2008 NYSUT RA held in Manhattan April 10-12. All three won re-election to new three-year terms on the NYSUT Board of Directors. UUP President Phil Smith also won election to an at-large seat on the NYSUT board. (more)
Advocates promote budget priorities
Steve Grassl of Upstate Medical University, third from left, stresses the importance of meeting the funding needs of SUNY’s hospital in Syracuse in a meeting with Sen. David Valesky (D-Oneida), center, during UUP’s Western and Central New York and Southern Tier advocacy day in Albany. (more)