Negotiations

2/10/17

Dear Colleague,

Welcome back to campus for those of you who are returning.  For those of you who are new, welcome to UMass Boston.  This is what is going on:

►  Please take the FSU bargaining survey. It was sent on Tuesday, Feb. 7^th with the subject:  ‘Your input is needed for bargaining.’ Because it is being sent by a third party, you may have received a notice saying that it failed the fraud detector test.  It is legitimate!  Please take it!  A reminder notice will be sent today. 

We are bargaining our new contract and need your feedback. A bargaining survey was emailed to all bargaining unit members. Completing the survey won’t take long, and your input is critical.  If you have ideas or suggestions beyond our prompts, please enter them in the fields at the end of each category. NOTE- We have had some technical problems with the survey that have since been resolved.

Dear Colleague,

Below is an update on compensation and course caps for CAPS distance learning courses (please see here for a general update on grievances, including the issue below). 

Dear Colleague,

Dear Colleagues,

Please join is on Monday afternoon to prevent draconian budget cuts.  Information on other events is below:

► Budget Crisis and cuts.  We are hearing that the university is considering cutting 20% of all department and unit budgets across the board, and increasing parking fees up to $10. 

Tell the administration to cut ribbons, not budgets!