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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

 

Update on parking fee proposal

1/30/18

Dear Colleagues:

The administration has now officially given the FSU its parking proposal, which can be seen here and is summarized below. 

  • Bayside (even with its impending sale, the university foresees parking at this lot for 3-5 years):

$9/day (from $6/day currently); $144 for monthly pass ($96 currently); $576/semester pass ($96/currently). 

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Reminder on health insurance coverage changes, and other news from the FSU

1/30/18

Dear Colleagues:

Please come to the 5 pm speak-out on your health care benefits right next to campus today or express your concerns over proposed health care changes. 

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Proposed parking fee increase and your health care benefits

1/26/18

Dear Colleagues:

A lot is going on.  This is the latest—please come to one of the events next week, summarized here.  

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Tenured Faculty Special Election Announcement

1/25/18

Dear FSU Member,

The FSU Executive Committee has a vacancy due to the resignation of a tenured faculty member.

The FSU Bylaws (Article III, Section 5) allows for a special election to fill a vacancy.

This email is to formally announce that a special election to fill the remainder of the term (March 2018 to May 2019) is taking place. The special election will take place simultaneously with the annual FSU elections. 

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Your health care benefits just changed—Take Action!

1/22/18

Dear Colleagues:

Welcome Back!  I will update you with more information later.  Right now we need to inform you about two important issues: 

► Last Thursday, the Group Insurance Commission (GIC) which governs your health care benefits, voted to reduce the health care plans they will offer you (for more information, see here):  

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Tell The State To Support Debt Relief for UMB!

1/17/18

Dear Colleagues:

Happy New Year, and hope you had a well-deserved rest.  Please call your State Senator below: 

► Budget Cuts:  Call your State Senator now! 

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FSU Election Information and Nomination Form

1/16/18

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 include: President, Librarian, Pre-tenure, Tenured (2 positions), and Non-Tenure track (2 positions). 

The following documents contains information regarding the election process specifically on nominations and campaigning:

Election Schedule

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NTT Promotion Application Deadline is January 22nd, 2018

Dear NTT Colleague,

We would like to remind those NTT eligible to apply for promotion this academic year that the deadline to apply is the first day of the Spring 18 semester (1/22/18).

For more information on the NTT promotion application process see Article 21.10.5 through 21.10.8 of the contract as well as the primer on NTT contract rights on the FSU website.

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Stand up tomorrow for adjuncts in MA community colleges

12/20/17

Dear Colleagues:

Happy holidays!  Before you go on a well-deserved break, please consider breaking from your grading to support adjunct faculty tomorrow.    

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Help community college adjunct faculty tomorrow at 9 am

12/11/17

Dear Colleagues:

We hope you will shortly have a restful break.  This is what is going on in the FSU: 

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