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The Faculty Staff Union of UMass Boston Quinn/2/81A 100 Morrissey Blvd Boston MA 02125 617-287-6295 | fsu@umb.edu 

The Faculty Staff Union of UMass Boston

Welcome to the FSU Site. Here you will find important information about our union, including the contract, a list of officers and  Executive Committee members, the FSU office telephone number and our address. You will also find information about current issues.   Please be sure to check the site regularly for the most recent issues facing our unit. We also have provided links to related sites that   you may find useful for union issues and for professional activities.



Caroline Coscia, President 

fsu@umb.edu

 

The Point: Labor Loves Libraries

2/15/2024

This week’s Point was written by our colleagues in the Healey Library, Jessica Holden (Reference Archivist) and Mary Moser (Engagement and Advancement Librarian).

Greetings, faculty colleagues!

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REMINDER: Nomination Period for FSU Spring 2024 Elections

2/14/2024

Dear Colleagues, 

The Faculty Staff Union (FSU) holds an election every Spring semester for positions on the FSU Executive Committee.  

The positions up for election or re-election in Spring 2024 include: 

President

Non-Tenure Track (2 positions)

Librarian

Pre-Tenure (1 position)

Tenured (2 positions)

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TODAY at 3:30pm: FSU LGBTQIA+ Caucus

2/14/2024

Union Colleagues of the FSU LGBTQIA+ Caucus,

Please join us today at 3:30pm to discuss LGBTQIA+ issues as a caucus and report back to the FSU and the Core Bargaining Team. We will meet via Zoom  (contact FSU or Janna, Jessica, or TImothy directly for Zoom information).. If you cannot join us, please email Janna, Jessica, or Timothy to share your thoughts before this time. We will share your thoughts with those who attend and let folks know who sent them unless you wish to remain anonymous.

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FSU Executive Committee Meeting CHANGE Tues, 2/20 4:05-5

2/13/2024

Dear FSU Members,

The FSU Executive Committee meeting of today is being moved to Tuesday, February 20th, 3:30-5PM. Please note that the Executive Committee will be in executive session until 4:05 to discuss confidential grievance matters. Members will be able to attend the open portion of the meeting starting at 4:05.

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FSU Nuts & Bolts: MTA rep, Canvas is coming, Paid Leave and Longevity Bonus

2/12/2024

Dear Members,

If you are reading this from your UMB office, then you are not one of the estimated sixteen million who call in sick the day after the super bowl.  There is even a legislative push to make this Monday a national holiday.  With so many with the super bowl flu, I hope for a lighter commute.

MTA Field Representative

Each MTA local is assigned a field representative to assist and support the local in such areas as bargaining, organizing, membership development and contracts.

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NEW TIME: FSU LGBTQIA+ Caucus, Wednesday 2/14 at 3:30pm

2/8/2024

Union Colleagues of the FSU LGBTQIA+ Caucus,

We invite everyone to a Zoom meeting to discuss LGBTQIA+ issues as a caucus and report back to the FSU and the Core Bargaining Team. We believe a synchronous Zoom experience can help us better know each other and amplify our collective needs, as well as accommodate people’s schedules and transportation needs. We hope you aren’t Zoom fatigued just yet!

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The Point: Calling all union parents

2/8/2024

This week's Point was written by Linda Liu, Lecturer, Sociology; Jared Poole, Assistant Professor, Management; and Joseph G. Ramsey, Senior Lecturer, English, American Studies, and Honors College.

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FSU Nuts & Bolts: Elections, Sick Leave Bank, Canvas and Upcoming Events

2/5/2024

Dear Members,

I hope your first two weeks of classes are going well.  For early morning arrivals, sunrise is finally before 7AM! Monday, February 5th is truck day.  This is the day an eighteen-wheeler is stuffed with Red Sox equipment and leaves Fenway Park heading south to spring training. When baseball begins spring cannot be far away.

FSU Spring 2024 Elections

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POSTPONED - FSU LGBTQIA+ Caucus, Thursday 2/8 at 2:00

2/1/2024

The FSU LGBTQIA+ Caucus meeting on February 8 has been postponed so as to not conflict with a WGSS candidate talk that has been scheduled for the same time. We are consulting with that department and will send out an update as soon as this caucus meeting has been rescheduled.

Janna Kellinger, Jessica Holden, and Timothy Oleksiak

FSU LGBTQIA+ Caucus Leaders

 

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The Point: UMB and the Corporatized University

2/1/2024

Towards the end of last semester we at The Point came across an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education that captures so much of what is happening within higher ed that we decided to simply reprint it.  Although UMass Boston has (up until now) avoided some of the corporate incursions into higher education and concomitant disinvestment by the government, much of what follows hits far too close to home.  It highlights many of the dangers to avoid while suggesting alternative models for building a better system of higher education. 

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