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The Faculty Staff Union of UMass Boston

Welcome to the FSU Site. Here you will find important information about our union, including the contract, a list of officers and  Executive Committee members, the FSU office telephone number and our address. You will also find information about current issues.   Please be sure to check the site regularly for the most recent issues facing our unit. We also have provided links to related sites that   you may find useful for union issues and for professional activities.



Caroline Coscia, President 

fsu@umb.edu

 

Bargaining Update and Invitation

11/4/2020

Dear FSU Members,

Friday - Racial Justice and Bargaining – an FSU Forum

11/4/2020

Dear FSU Members,   

Reminder about the FSU Forum this Friday - Nov 6th from 4:30 to 6:00pm (contact the FSU or Steve Striffler for Zoom info)

Update on Status of NTT’s Who Received Non-Reappointment Notices for Fall 20

11/3/2020

Dear FSU Members,

We wanted to provide you with a brief update on the status of about 250 of our NTT colleagues who received non-reappointment notices at the end of the Spring 20 semester (see here for more):

Come today Monday 11.2 at 3pm, support NTTs at Faculty Council

11/2/2020

Dear Non-Tenure Track Faculty,  

As elected non-tenure track members of the FSU Executive Committee, we represent your interests and work on your behalf.  All Executive Committee members, regardless of rank, have the same voting rights and authority.   

The Faculty Council does not allow NTTs to serve as elected members, but we are trying to change that. 

The Point: Labor and Democracy

11/2/2020

I cannot too often repeat that Democracy is a word the real gist of which still sleeps, quite unawakened, notwithstanding the resonance and the many angry tempests out of which its syllables have come, from pen or tongue. It is a great word, whose history, I suppose, remains unwritten because that history has yet to be enacted.

--Walt Whitman

Greetings, Colleagues:

We send you warmest wishes and the steadfast hope that you are experiencing good health and some measure of peace in your life.

Indigenous Peoples' Day - final event, 11/2 @ 6pm: "Indigenous Resilience, Survivance, Art, and Activism"

10/30/2020

Dear FSU Members,

Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) and the Institute for New England Native American Studies (INENAS) at UMass Boston, presents a concluding celebration of INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY 2020 @ UMass Boston.

Join us on November 2nd 2020, 6.00pm for exciting presentations, art, and music to conclude our celebration of Indigenous Peoples' Day at UMass Boston.  Registration below.

Event:  "Indigenous Resilience, Survivance, Art, and Activism"

FSU Executive Committee Meeting today, 4-5:30

10/30/2020

Dear FSU Members,

The FSU Executive Committee will be meeting TODAY Friday from 4-5:30 pm.

These meetings are open to all members.  Contact the FSU or Steve Striffler for Zoom info.

The meetings tend to be a mix of routine, keep-the-trains-running, agenda items along with more substantive discussion about the larger issues facing faculty and librarians.   This week we will be talking about FSU Forums, outreach to members, the Reorganization Taskforce, and other issues.

TODAY’s Action: Defend Higher Education, 3:30pm

10/29/2020

Dear FSU Members,

Contact FSU or Steve Striffler for the zoom link for today’s Teach-in and Legislative Call Out from 3:30 to 4:30. 

If you are tired of zoom, you join us at the State Capitol at 3:30 for a socially-distanced rally!

There will be an artistic performance, speakers from local higher ed institutions, and more.  

Racial Justice and Bargaining – an FSU Forum

10/29/2020

Dear FSU Members,   

[Save the Date: Nov 6th from 4:30 to 6:00pm:contact the FSU or Steve Striffler for Zoom info]

UMB-Sankofa Anti-Racism Conversation II

10/27/2020

Dear FSU Members,

Please participate in the second campus/community-wide Sankofa conversation – this Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30.

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