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4/3/2018

Dear Colleague,

Please join us tomorrow or Friday:

► PICKET Tomorrow, Wed. April 4, 8:30—9:30 am, 1 Beacon Street (1 block from the Park Street T Station), Boston: Janelle Quarles, President of the Classified Staff Union, and Tom Kane, Director of the Joiner Center, will be addressing the Board of Trustees’ Administration and Finance Committee meeting on how the budget cuts have affected staff, students, and the university. 

3/29/2018

Dear Colleagues,

We hope your semester is going well. 

►Bargaining update: We finally received a written salary offer of:

2/23/2018

Dear Colleagues:

We hope your semester is going well.  Here’s the latest news:  

2/12/18

Dear Colleagues:

A lot has been going on. 

► Parking fee increase:  We will be sending you a survey soon for your thoughts on this.  Thanks to many of you for your thoughts already.  In the meantime, for those of you opposing the parking fee increase, please sign and circulate this petition here:  https://www.change.org/p/say-no-to-a-huge-parking-fee-increase-at-umass-boston

2/6/2018

Dear Colleagues:

We usually have a welcome back letter at the beginning of the semester, with events of interest, but so many things occurred, we never did.  So please let me belatedly welcome new faculty and librarians to campus and for those who are returning, welcome you back to campus.  We will have more information shortly on the progress of bargaining and on the latest parking fee increase proposal from the Administration. In the meantime, here is the latest: