UMass Unions – June 17th Car Caravan Protest in Boston

6/11/2020

Dear FSU Members,

Below is information about an important day of action being held on 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, Director of the Labor Resource Center and Professor, Anthropology

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