🌷 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
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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
University Staff Association Newsletter – June 2026
🌷 Monday, June 29th, 2026 🌻 Kronos Listening Session Updates On Wednesday June 17th, several elected USA leaders joined with a contingent of interested rank-and-file USA members as they again met with management to discuss their proposed implementation of Kronos timekeeping and location tracking software. Sadly, the information provided only raised more serious concerns … [Read more...] about University Staff Association Newsletter – June 2026
University Staff Association Newsletter – May 2026
🌷 Tuesday, May 26th, 2026 🌻 USA Member Elected to MTA Executive Committee!New MTA President and Vice President Elected at Annual Meeting! Sixteen USA delegates (pictured above) attended this year's Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) Annual Meeting to vote in the MTA elections and on the budget, bylaws, ballot initiatives, and new business items presented before the … [Read more...] about University Staff Association Newsletter – May 2026
University Staff Association Newsletter – April 2026
🌧️Monday, April 27, 2026☔ Vigil for Emma As we process the death of our co-worker and union sibling Emma, the campus labor unions will be holding a vigil for UMass workers and community members to gather together. This vigil will begin at 2:30pm at the Flagstone Terrace (shortly after the annual UMass Amherst Founder’s Day event). We will hold space for a brief community … [Read more...] about University Staff Association Newsletter – April 2026
