🍂 Monday, September 28th, 2026 🍂 Reminder! Fair Wages Now Campaign MeetingTuesday, September 29th,12-1pm over Zoom University Staff Association membership will be joining our colleagues from the Massachusetts Community Colleges, State Universities, and the rest of the UMass system in voting to endorse the Fair Wages Now campaign to demand a 30% wage increase from the … [Read more...] about University Staff Association Newsletter – September 2026
Kronos Impact Bargaining
University Staff Association Newsletter – August 2026
🌷 Monday, August 31st, 2026 🌻 Kronos is No Picnic!Major Victory due to Lunch on the Lawn Rally and March 📢 A huge contingent of USA members turned out to stand up to management alongside our allies in PSU, MSP, AFSCME, GEO, PRO, and others at Lunch on the Lawn on September 18th. Organizers stopped counting at over 120 rally participants! This action was a major opportunity … [Read more...] about University Staff Association Newsletter – August 2026
University Staff Association Newsletter – July 2026
🌷 Monday, July 27th, 2026 🌻 Knocking on Management's Door!Kronos Petition Delivery on July 21st With petition in hand, 40 of your USA coworkers paid a surprise lunchtime visit to the Whitmore building on July 21st to deliver your petition to decision makers on campus, including: When they arrived to the third floor of Whitmore, they were met with closed doors, confused … [Read more...] about University Staff Association Newsletter – July 2026
Kronos Update: June 30th Grievance Hearing & Solidarity Petition
Dear USA members, On Wednesday, June 30, USA members and PSU and MSP allies greeted the University’s representatives with chants of “respect your workers, respect our contract” as they arrived to hear our grievance about them breaking it by forcing Kronos on USA. Ryan Kennedy, Barbara Chaput, Jeremy Forgue, and Steve Reynolds (Executive Director of A&F) met with the USA … [Read more...] about Kronos Update: June 30th Grievance Hearing & Solidarity Petition
Kronos Update: Deliver your petition!
Dear USA members, On Wednesday, June 24, the USA organizing committee brought your petition, signed by over 450 members, to Ryan Kennedy, an HR Business Partner who is part of the team trying to push Kronos in violation of our contract. He was not there. HRBPs and management are trying to force us to use strict and bothersome location-tracking software while they continue … [Read more...] about Kronos Update: Deliver your petition!
