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| 10-2-08: |
Testimony of UMass Union Leaders to the UMass Board of Trustees posted.
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| 9-17-08: |
New Labor-Management Workplace Education schedule posted
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| 9-17-08: |
NEA Joins AFL-CIO (see article)
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| 5-8-08: |
HELC proposals posted
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 3-13-08: |
New page added for the Salary Administration Committee
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| 2-21-08: |
New Labor-Management Workplace Education schedule posted
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| 2-21-08: |
Delegate Council list of members updated
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| 1-18-08: |
PSU/MTA Bargaining Committee Election Notice sent out today
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| 12-18-08: |
Upcoming Event: Class Action Concert* (PDF) |
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January 18, 2008 -- 8:00 p.m.
All Souls Unitarian Church
399 Main Street
Greenfield, MA
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*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.
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| 11-8-07 |
JEC and other meeting announcements
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| 11-7-07 |
Statement Presented at the Chancellors Search Meetings
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| 10-5-07: |
Upcoming Event: In The Loop Workshop series (PDF)
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| 9-25-07: |
Unit B draft contract (HTML) (PDF)
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| 9-17-07: |
NOTICE OF CONTRACT RATIFICATION
Draft contracts coming soon. Check back.
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| 8-30-07: |
New post:
Trustee Guidelines to Implement the 43-Week Work Contract for Professional Staff
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| 8-3-07: |
Update from the Negotiation Team
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| 6-25-07: |
Recent Postings:
A look at the PSU budget, with emphasis on the reasons for the dues increase which will be effective July 1.
A brief history of PSU/MTA, with a timeline of events, a look at the governance structure of the union, and a list of some of our accomplishments over this short time period.
A history of the Professional Staff Salary Administration Plan over the past 10 years, showing how the pay grades have been manipulated by management, causing many PSU members's merit increases to be given as bonuses instead of their base rate of pay. This was presented to management at the bargaining table on April 20, and at the annual membership meeting on May 9.
An Excel worksheet you can use to calculate how much this manipulation could cost you through your retirement.
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| 5-22-07: |
Update from the Negotiation Team
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| 5-09-07: |
Elections for PSU Delegate Council will take place on June 6
More information and nomination form
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| 4-23-07: |
Annual Membership Meeting Scheduled:
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Campus Center room 163C
Agenda
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| 4-19-07: |
Upcoming Executive Committee meetings: See Calendar
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| 4-19-07: |
Upcoming Event:
"Creating and Maintaining a Family-friendly Workplace at UMass" on April 27th
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| 4-11-07: |
New members elected to Delegate Council.
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| 4/4/07: |
Latest update from the Negotiation Team:
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| 4/4/07: |
Delegate Council meetings scheduled for April, May & June
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| 4/4/07: |
PSU is looking for SAP stewards.
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| 4/4/07: |
Get involved in Higher Ed activism with Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts (PHENOM)
See also PHENOM's legislative agenda
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| 4/4/07: |
Delegates sought for annual MTA meeting
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| 2-18-07: |
Update from the Negotiation Team
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| 2-9-07: |
New offerings from the Labor-Management Workplace Education Program
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| 1-29-07: |
Upcoming meetings:
Joint Executive Board:
Tuesday, Feb. 6, 3 - 6 pm
48 Sword St., Auburn, MA
Delegate Council:
January 31, noon - 1:30
Campus Center room 161/175
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| 1-6-07: |
FMLA Needs Our Support
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| 12-28-06: |
Patrick vows to restore all of Romney's emergency budget cuts
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| 12-22-06: |
Notes...Requests...Updates:
1. 37.5 hour work week to begin on December 24
2. PMP... Survey - Look for it soon.
3. Delegate Council Standing Chairs - Here is the list of committe chairs. Contact one of us to see how you can get involved!
4. Other Committees that NEED YOU TODAY! - More opportunities to get involved and learn about your union.
5. FLSA Exempt and Non-Exempt - New overtime regulations
6. STANDING MEETINGS
7 Bargaining
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| 11-3-06: |
Election Results: Here is the contact list of the newly elected Delegate Council
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| 11-3-06: |
New change in Retroactive Pay Schedule
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10-16-06:
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Executive Committee Election Notice
Elections to be held on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 in Suffolk Room of the Student Union building.
Candidate Statements
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| 10-6-06: |
Retroactive Pay Schedule Updated
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| 10-3-06: |
Health and Safety Notice (Graduate Research Center & PBCs)
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| 9-25-06: |
Meet & Greet Election Information Session 9-26-06
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| 9-15-06: |
Bylaws Adopted; Elections Scheduled
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| 9-14-06: |
Retroactive Pay Schedule
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| 9-12-06: |
Take advantage of the Labor/Management Workplace Education Program.
See the brochure.
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| 8-24-06: |
Retroactive Pay Announcement
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| 8-24-06: |
Proposed PSUMTA-UMA Bylaws endorsed by Chapter Board
Don't forget: We vote to adopt the bylaws on September 13th.
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| 8-24-06: |
Proposed Bylaws for the PSU Amherst/Boston Joint Executive Council
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| 8-21-06: |
Election to Adopt By-laws September 13, 2006
Informational Meeting:
September 7, 2006, 12:00 PM–1:00 PM
Campus Center 803
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| 8-14-06: |
We will be having a membership meeting on TUESDAY AUGUST 15, 2006 at noon in
the Campus Center, room 803 (see full announcement). The primary focus of the meeting will be to review and take comments on the proposed structure and bylaws (MS Word format) for our local and our chapter.
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| 8-7-06: |
Subscribing & unsubscribing to the mailing lists
In response to several recent questions, instructions are posted here for subscribing and unsubscribing to the lists.
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| 6-16-06: |
Funding and 37.5 work week
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| 4-27-06: |
PSU/MTA’S position on Article 18 (“Work Schedules”)
There has been misleading information put forward by both the UMASS Amherst & Boston Human Resources Departments regarding Compensatory Time and hours of work, and the Negotiating Team for PSU/MTA would like to clarify our understanding of member rights under our new contract. More...
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| 4-21-06: |
Contact Your State Representatives To Support Group Health Insurance Premiums for State Employees
The proposed House Ways & Means budget for FY’07 places all state employees earning more than $40K at 80/20. Rep. Martin Walsh (D- Boston) has offered an amendment to restore all state employees to the 85/15 level. MTA and the entire public employee labor coalition are supporting his amendment. More...
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| 4-12-06: |
Contract posted for Unit A (HTML and Word formats)
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| 3-29-06: |
Contract Ratified:
Dear Members,
Congratulations, the 2004 - 2007 Contract has been ratified.
A summary of the contract highlights, major changes and the economic package has been prepared for your review.
View the new successor agreement and/or the summary.
Thank you to our bargaining team for all of their efforts.
Kathy A Rhines, Chapter President
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Unit A Ratification Announcement
Unit B Ratification Announcement
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| 3-14-06: |
A letter from the Negotiating Committees:
Dear Members,
The Negotiating Committees of the Professional Staff Union recommend ratification of the 2004- 2007 Contracts.
A summary of the contract highlights and changes has been prepared for your review.
In Unity,
For Unit A,
Kathy Rhines
Tom Coish
JoAnne Martone
Jane Lynch-Gilbert
Ted Davis
Fran Fortino
John Pepi
Peter Volpe
Tess Ewing
Bruce Haimowitz
MaryJo Marion
Diane Dujon |
For Unit B,
James Schaefer
Kim Whittemore |
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