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Dear USA members, At 3pm today, students will be staging a walkout in conjunction with over 130 other campuses to demand that the Chancellor Subbaswamy declare UMass Amherst a Sanctuary Campus. Several letters in support of this action have been circulated this week by students and faculty. In accordance with the non-discrimination article of the agreement between the … [Read more...] about Message from USA’s Executive Board regarding call to make UMass a sanctuary campus 11/16/16

Passed unanimously, 4/12/16 Whereas, the campus community at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has suffered cowardly acts of racism and intolerance, most recently the Islamophobic message painted on the Fine Arts Center; and Whereas, racist, sexist, anti-immigrant, and anti-Muslim rhetoric has become increasingly prevalent; and Whereas, we recognize that this rhetoric … [Read more...] about USA EXECUTIVE BOARD RESOLUTION AGAINST RACISM AND BIGOTRY

Passed unanimously, 4/12/16 Whereas, just cause protects workers from unjust discrimination, discipline, termination, and other forms of unequal treatment, and; Whereas, the protection of just cause is a fundamental component of any collective bargaining agreement, and; Whereas, the University Staff Association and all other bargaining units organized under the University of … [Read more...] about USA EXECUTIVE BOARD RESOLUTION ON THE BARGAINING IMPASSE BETWEEN UAW RA/PM AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

Congratulations and welcome to new stewards Marie-Lee Gallo-O'Connell, Sovann-Malis Loeung, and Victoria Rupp. Here is the current list of stewards: District 1 – Linda Fish District 2 – Vincent Wurster District 3 – Marcie-Lee Gallo-O’Connell District 4 – Sovann-Malis Loeung District 5 – Sheila Seuffert (Chair) District 6 – Chris Hrasna District 7 – Karen Markham District 8 – … [Read more...] about New Stewards!

Thank you to Dave Litterer and our Elections Committee for running our first online balloting.   Here are the results:   Total number who voted:  289.  Total number eligible to vote:  871. Note:  Candidates who did not win a seat are considered "successor delegates" who could potentially be offered a seat should an elected member be unable to serve.  They are … [Read more...] about USA DELEGATE ELECTION RESULTS