November 20th, 2024
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Bargaining Update 04-23-25
Article 8 Inclement Weather
At a previous bargaining session, Management presented a proposal intended to ensure that USA staff would be able to switch to remote work in the event of a campus closure. USA’s bargaining team and several Silent …
The Strike Conference: Building Workers’ Power Today
By Camille Godbout-Chouinard, USA Communications Committee
At the end of March, the UMass Amherst Labor Center ran The Strike Conference. Attended by many of the incoming USA board, the conference was an amazing opportunity to hear from unionized workers from …
Bargaining Update 04-09-25
Where we are: In the bargaining session on 4/9, USA presented several counter proposals previously rejected by the management bargaining team, and asked for rationale on previously rejected proposals. During and after a 30 minute caucus, management returned to the …
Bargaining Update 03-12-25 and 03-26-25
Where we are: On 3/26 we reached 3 tentative agreements! This is a first step towards coming to an agreement with management and there is still a lot of work to be done. A tentative agreement (TA) is reached when …