Faculty Staff Union

9/14/2021

Dear Tenure Track Colleagues,

The FSU is looking for a tenure track member to fill an opening on the FSU Grievance Committee.   Below is a job description.   There are two TT grievance officers. Each receives one paid course release per academic year.  You can expect to work on grievance matters a few hours a week on average (approximately 3-4  per week during the academic year) -- some weeks more, some weeks less.  It is very important and rewarding work!

9/13/2021

Dear FSU Members,

We hope your first week of classes was productive and safe.    Several quick things:

Get Tested for Covid right on campus:  The university is not requiring Covid testing of the campus community – the kind of testing that would allow us to be better on top of any increases in Covid cases.  However, testing is available, and we encourage faculty/librarians to call the UHS testing hotline at 617-287-4355 to request a regular/weekly COVID-19 test.  The more of us who get tested the better.

9/10/2021

Please join us today (3:30-4:30pm) for a Week One Check-In: (contact FSU or Steve Striffler for Zoom information).

9/9/2021

Hello members,

The union parking bargaining coalition (Classified Staff Union, Department Chairs Union, Faculty Staff Union, and Professional Staff Union) continues to meet with the administration to bargain over parking. While we still do not have a response to any of the proposals we have made to implement a more fair, affordable, and equitable parking system, the University administration has moved forward with the new parking system they chose for us and was not bargained over.