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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

 

FSU LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group's Five and a Slide

10/5/2022

Dear FSU Colleagues,

The Queer Trans Trivia Bee was so fun that we want to keep the good times rolling!

We are hosting an on-campus 5 and a Slide event that you are all invited to attend and engage. This is part of a more deliberate effort to bring lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex scholars, and their co-conspirators together in caring community.

Here's how it works:

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REMINDER: International faculty zoom social this Friday Oct 7, 9.30 am

10/4/2022

International Faculty (Zoom) Social

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Seeking bargaining team members - deadline to apply extended to Tuesday 10/11/22

10/3/2022

Dear Member,

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FSU Nuts & Bolts: Parking Bargaining has begun!

10/3/2022

Dear Member,

This issue of Nuts & Bolts contains information on parking bargaining and to share our proposal. 

Who is bargaining? 

The FSU is in coalition with the Classified Staff Union (CSU), Department Chairs’ Union (DCU), and Professional Staff Union (PSU).  The presidents of each union are at the table for their respective union.  

Why bargaining? 

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The Point: “Another Self-Inflicted Embarrassment”

10/3/2022

Greetings, Colleagues:

Crisis point? Tipping point? Inflection point?  Call it what you want, but it is really time for all faculty and librarians at UMB and concerned members of the wider community to take notice of what great harm our administration is doing to our colleagues in Africana Studies and, by extension, what great harm they are doing to our students.  Given the horribly disruptive construction projects we have all been living with in the recent past it is tempting to say that management on campus is gutting the department “down to the studs.”

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Announcement of FSU Special Election for Tenured Faculty Representative

9/30/2022

Dear FSU Member, 

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Seeking bargaining team members - deadline to apply is Monday 10/3/22

9/28/2022

Dear Member,

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FSU Executive Committee Meeting Friday, 9/30, 3:45-4:30

9/28/2022

Dear FSU Members,

The FSU Executive Committee is meeting Friday, September 30th 3:45PM - 4:30PM (this was moved from the original start time of 3PM)

These meetings are open to all members.   

The meetings will be hybrid. For those joining in person, we are meeting in ISC 1 - 1400. (contact FSU or Caroline Coscia for Zoom information).

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Covid 19 Hazard Duty Payment

9/27/2022

Dear FSU Members, 

As part of the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the university system has received funding to pay a one-time covid-19 hazardous duty payment.  The FSU is in discussion with our administration to identify eligible members including those who applied for and were granted campus access.  The result will be a memorandum of agreement (MOA).  

Eligibility 

The MOA language lists the two types of eligibility: 

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FSU Nuts & Bolts: Parking, Budgeting and UACCESS

9/26/2022

Dear Member,

This issue of Nuts & Bolts contains information in three items:  Parking bargaining support, MTA workshop on higher education finances, and information on a fundraiser supporting UACCESS.   

Parking Bargaining Support, September 29th at 10AM  

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