{"id":309993,"date":"2026-07-30T18:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T18:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/309993\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T18:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T18:03:09","slug":"suny-faculty-and-staff-union-ratifies-new-5-year-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/309993\/","title":{"rendered":"SUNY faculty and staff union ratifies new 5-year contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a class=\"noslideshow fancybox\" data-fancybox=\"\" title=\"SUNY Potsdam. Photo: Julia Ritchey\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_20200827_141534.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_20200827_141534.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SUNY Potsdam. Photo: Julia Ritchey<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fullscreen\" href=\"https:\/\/www.northcountrypublicradio.org\/news\/story\/53770\/20260730\/suny-faculty-and-staff-union-ratifies-new-5-year-contract\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jul 30, 2026 \u2014 <\/p>\n<p>The union representing 42,000 faculty and staff at the State University of New York has ratified a new five-year contract with New York State.<\/p>\n<p>The United University Professions contract was supported by 98% of its members. It includes pay raises in each year of the agreement and upgrades to health benefits. <a href=\"https:\/\/uupinfo.org\/communications\/releases\/260727.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">In a press release<\/a>, union president Fred Kowal called the deal &#8220;a solid agreement with the state that will provide our members with fair compensation, increased job protections and security for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SUNY maintains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.suny.edu\/careers\/employment\/map.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">seven campuses<\/a> in the North Country in Watertown, Canton, Potsdam, Plattsburgh, Malone, Saranac Lake, and Glens Falls. The university system is a major economic driver in the region.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Governor Kathy Hochul praised the deal as &#8220;a worthy investment in New York State\u2019s future.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SUNY Potsdam. Photo: Julia Ritchey Jul 30, 2026 \u2014 The union representing 42,000 faculty and staff at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[22273,3365,67,117245,9,11,10,49,51,50,117246,117247,2326,99303,2325,7524],"class_list":["post-309993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-clinton-community-college","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-jefferson-community-college","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-north-country-community-college","tag-suny-adirondack","tag-suny-canton","tag-suny-plattsburgh","tag-suny-potsdam","tag-watertown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}