Inside UMB-FSU

7/6/2022

Dear FSU Member,

The Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) summer conference is back!    

Come join fellow MTA members July 31^st to August 3^rd at UMass Amherst.   

This year’s conference is ‘offering program tracks focused on union leadership, advocacy, bargaining and political organizing’.  

6/1/2022

Dear FSU Members,

As part of the contract negotiated by the FSU and UMB administration, the university agreed to establish a “$25,000 pool of funding in each year [of the contract that] shall be allocated to and distributed by the Provost’s office in consultation with the FSU to support anti-racism activities for faculty and librarians.” 

5/31/2022

Dear Colleague,

Grades have been submitted, Commencement done and now we can think of warm days, sunshine, and beach reading.  

We want to send you off on summer break with some joy.  This past academic year has not been easy – masks on, masks off, student absences, late assignments and zoom meetings - through it all you persevered.   Somedays were harder than others.  

5/23/2022

Greetings, colleagues!

This final Point of the year is co-authored by outgoing President Steve Striffler, incoming President Caroline Coscia, and incoming Vice President Jeff Melnick.  As we shuffle the seats a bit as the semester ends, we remain clear that the real work of the union is carried out by all of you, every day, in your various roles educating, mentoring, and supporting our students during a truly unprecedented time.

5/20/2022

Dear FSU Members,

The below response is from the Executive Committees of both the CLA Senate and the FSU, as well as the outgoing Chair of the Faculty Council.

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Dear Colleagues,