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1-5-12: New PSU staff position announced: Billing and Office Manager
 
11-9-11: Membership meeting announced (click for more details): November 18, 12:00 - 1:00, Thompson, 106. On the agenda: voting to change Executive Committee elections from June to March.  Please mark your calendars.  The proposed changes will be posted here within a day.
 
11-9-11: JEC meeting announced: November 18, 10-noon, CC 177;
and 1:30 - 4:00, Hampshire House 120.
 
3-14-11: 2010 Dues Deduction Schedule posted (PDF).
 
2-9-11: New Downloads section added to the web site. (See link in the left panel.)
 
2-8-11: The results of the Delegate Council elections (PDF). Congratulations to the new and returning delegates. 
 
1-19-11: New Labor-Management Workplace Education schedule posted (PDF)
 
9-17-10: Sick Leave Bank application form posted to PSUMTA web site: PDF Word
 
6-1-10: Message from the PSU co-chairs: Call your legislators to fund our contract!
 
5-20-10: Annual Meeting set for Wednesday, May 26, 12-1 in Campus Center room 162/75
 
2-25-10: The Women’s Institute for Leadership Development and the UMass Amherst Labor Extension Program announce:
WILD in the Winter West - Standing Up to Bullying in the Workplace
More info and registration
 
12-2-09: Database Manager position for PSU posted.
 
9-21-09: Our first Delegate Council meeting for the 2009-2010 session will be next Wednesday, September 23 at noon in Campus Center room 168. Agenda
 
8-19-09: No Delegate Council meeting in August:
Message from DC Chair , Bruce Fieldman
 
6/29/09: Save a Tree! Sign up for the online version of MTA Today
 
6-23-09: The PSU - UMass Collective Bargaining Agreements for 2008 - 2012 were overwhelmingly approved by the Amherst and Boston Chapters.

The agreements have been signed by the PSU Bargaining teams and are being sent to President Wilson for his signature.
 
5-14-09: Amherst Family Center Family Dinner Party announcement (PDF for printing)
 
5-5-09: Unit B Draft Memo of Understanding posted
 
4-30-09: Proposed Contracts posted for membership review before ratification vote
 
2-12-09:

Special Event: Understanding the UMass Budget Crisis

Time: Wednesday, Feb. 18, 12:00 - 1:00
Place: Campus Center Auditorium
 

2-6-09: Check the new website for the Labor-Management Workplace Education program!
 
1-08-09: Professional Development form posted (PDF).
 
10-2-08: Testimony of UMass Union Leaders to the UMass Board of Trustees posted.
 
9-17-08: The new Fall 2008 Labor-Management Workplace Education schedule has been posted. (Yes, the link has been fixed.)
 
9-17-08: NEA Joins AFL-CIO (see article)
 
5-8-08: HELC proposals posted
 
4-30-08: Here is the Excel spreadsheet to calculate the effects of the proposed changes in health care costs. Save it to your computer and open it in Excel to use it.
 
3-26-08: The PSU Delegate Council has a few vacancies and is looking for volunteers from these areas:
Administration & Finance
OIT
Student Affairs areas.
Please contact someone on the Elections Committee, if you or someone you know is interested.
 
3-13-08: New page added for the Salary Administration Committee
 
2-21-08: New Labor-Management Workplace Education schedule posted
 
2-21-08: Delegate Council list of members updated
 
1-18-08: PSU/MTA Bargaining Committee Election Notice sent out today
 
12-18-07: Upcoming Event: Class Action Concert* (PDF)
   

January 18, 2008 -- 8:00 p.m.
All Souls Unitarian Church
399 Main Street
Greenfield, MA
 
 
*Class Action inspires action to end classism.  We raise awareness, facilitate cross-class dialogue, support cross-class alliances, and work with others to promote economic justice.  USA/MTA President Donna Johnson is a leader of Class Action. 
 
11-8-07 JEC and other meeting announcements
 
11-7-07 Statement Presented at the Chancellors Search Meetings
 
10-5-07: Upcoming Event: In The Loop Workshop series (PDF)
 

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