REMINDER: Car Caravan Protest – Wednesday – sign up now!
6/15/2020
Dear FSU Members,
Below is information about an important day of action being held this Wednesday, June 17th, by all of the labor unions on the UMass campuses – to protect our students, our health, our jobs, and our campuses. Unions from each campus will hold actions on the same day on/around their particular campuses. We -- the UMass Boston unions -- are hosting a Car Caravan Protest and we are asking people to register here: https://forms.gle/Gphv1A3ohyCzGNJq8
We're also looking for volunteers on the day-of; drivers who are comfortable with other folks in their cars, a police liaison, videographers, photographers. If you want to volunteer for any of those roles, please email me at steve.striffler@umb.edu
See below.
Sincerely,
Steve Striffler, FSU President
We have a message for Marty Meehan:
Save UMB!
Protect UMB!
Fund UMB!
Join UMass Unions from across the state in a day of action
to protect our students, our health, and our jobs.
We demand:
- Save UMB: No cuts or layoffs! Cuts and layoffs wreck our urban mission, reducing staffing, teachers, and courses.
- Protect UMB: Ensure a safe campus for all! Prioritize the health and welfare of all members of our community by protecting us from Coronavirus and police violence.
- Fund UMB: Fund Classrooms not Cops! Budgets are priority lists--put education above policing and surveillance.
We are hosting A CAR CARAVAN PROTEST for JUNE 17TH at 11:00AM!
We’ll start with a rally at the Boston Teachers Union parking lot (180 Mount Vernon St., next to Bayside), then get in our cars to drive past the President’s office at 1 Beacon St. where we’ll meet a rally of fellow protesters and continue on to some fun and surprising destinations! We will do a couple of slow-drive loops in loud and joyful celebration to get dear Marty to pay attention to our demands.
Don’t want to drive? Join the stand out at 1 Beacon St to cheer on the car caravan! You can hold signs and make a lot of noise.
Sign up to join the standout or the car caravan so we know you’re coming: https://forms.gle/Gphv1A3ohyCzGNJq8
#NoCuts #NoLayoffs #FundUMB#UMBSafe
#NoCuts #NoLayoffs #FundUMB#UMBSafe