11/7/2024

Like you, the Point Team is still processing Tuesday’s results. There will be time in the coming weeks and months to reflect on the election’s implications for the labor movement and suggest lessons and paths forward for FSU. For now, the spirit of the voting season has inspired us to introduce you to your FSU Executive Committee—leaders who you elected to serve you. 

Introducing FSU’s 2024-2025 Executive Committee

11/4/2024

FSU Calendar November 4th to November 8th

Tuesday, November 5th 11:45- 1:30PM for Java with Joe

Stop by the University Dining Club for some coffee, tea, cookies and converse with Provost Joe Berger.  Joe will be joining to answer questions. 

Dear Members, 

10/30/2024

FSU Executive Committee Statement of Protest Regarding Administration Actions and Space Policy

10/31/2024

This week’s Point is written by Alex Mueller, Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of English.   The essay below addresses the Administration’s new policy for allocating Graduate Student Assistantships which creates an unnecessary layer of bureaucracy, ignores shared governance, and will be actively harmful to many graduate students and many graduate programs. The accompanying attachment is a “Resolution on Graduate Assistantship Allocation Policies” that will be considered at Faculty Council meeting on November 4^th.

10/30/2024

Dear Colleagues,

Please join all the campus unions at the UMASS UNION UNITED Speak Out Tomorrow, October 31^st from 11:30 to 12:30 right outside of Wheatley.  Representatives for all the Campus Unions will speak to the pay/salary issues facing our members. 

We had intended to march to the FSU bargaining session after the Speak Out but just learned the Administration cancelled our bargaining session.  Even more reason to Speak Out!