Dear Colleagues,

The Faculty Staff Union (FSU) holds an election every Spring semester for positions on the FSU Executive Committee.  The positions up for election or re-election include: Vice President, Pre-tenure, Tenured (2 positions), and Non-Tenure track (2 positions).  Due to the recent inclement weather the nomination deadline has been extended to Wednesday, 2/17/17, 9AM. Nomination forms can be submitted in hard copy or electronically.

2/10/17

Dear Colleague,

Welcome back to campus for those of you who are returning.  For those of you who are new, welcome to UMass Boston.  This is what is going on:

►  Please take the FSU bargaining survey. It was sent on Tuesday, Feb. 7^th with the subject:  ‘Your input is needed for bargaining.’ Because it is being sent by a third party, you may have received a notice saying that it failed the fraud detector test.  It is legitimate!  Please take it!  A reminder notice will be sent today. 

Dear Colleagues,

The Faculty Staff Union (FSU) holds an election every Spring semester for positions on the FSU Executive Committee.  The positions up for election or re-election include: Vice President, Pre-tenure, Tenured (2 positions), and Non-Tenure track (2 positions). 

See here for information regarding the election process specifically on nominations, including an official nomination form, and campaigning.  The nomination period is Monday, January 30^th to Friday, February 10th. 

We are bargaining our new contract and need your feedback. A bargaining survey was emailed to all bargaining unit members. Completing the survey won’t take long, and your input is critical.  If you have ideas or suggestions beyond our prompts, please enter them in the fields at the end of each category. NOTE- We have had some technical problems with the survey that have since been resolved.

2/2/17

Dear Colleague,

The Group Insurance Commission (GIC) heard from members across the state yesterday, all of us opposing them for the health care cost increases they want to impose on us.  These include: