NOTICE
OF CONTRACT RATIFICATION
Ratification of the proposed collective
bargaining agreement between the Professional Staff Union/MTA/NEA and the Board
of Trustees of the University of Massachusetts will be held as follows:
Tuesday,
March 28, 2006
UMass
Amherst Campus Center, Room 101
8:00
AM – 5:00 PM
The proposed agreement contains an agency
fee provision. If the agreement is ratified by a majority of those present and
voting, the agency fee will require each bargaining unit member who elects not
to join or to maintain membership in the Union to pay to the Union an agency
service fee on an annual basis as a condition of employment. The amount of the
agency fee for 2005-2006 is MTA $287.44; NEA $71.40; PSU $25.62.
All employees in the bargaining unit who
are covered by the proposed agreement are eligible to vote, regardless of their
membership or non-membership in the union.
To answer your questions, to discuss and
clarify the contract, please come to an
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