Please let us stay firm with these 3 points. It is very important for us to stay united and this is why we have a union so that we wont get bullied to make concessions on tthings that we believe are for the best of evryemployee that we represent.
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Abed Jaradat
11 years ago
Please let us stay firm with these 3 points. It is very important for us to stay united and this is why we have a union so that we wont get bullied to make concessions on tthings that we believe are for the best of evryemployee that we represent.
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Anonymous
11 years ago
I would be concerned about the impact of the fitness for work clause in terms of opening the university to liability by excluding individuals with disabilities from continuing their employment. In addition, we are already paid substaintially less than others with similar jobs at other local state and private institutions. I am concerned reducing the COLA would impact UMass's ability to retain and recruit the best workers.
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Bridget Hynes
11 years ago
I would be concerned about the impact of the fitness for work clause in terms of opening the university to liability by excluding individuals with disabilities from continuing their employment. In addition, we are already paid substaintially less than others with similar jobs at other local state and private institutions. I am concerned reducing the COLA would impact UMass's ability to retain and recruit the best workers.
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Alison Ozer
11 years ago
We should not concede to unfair and discriminatory contracts. We already have fallen behind with cost of living wages over the past years, and have lost real value of our wages with the increase in costs of benefits.This has occured while teachers and other state employees have received theirs and kept up with inflation. Merit has increased the divide and been distributed unfairly over the years. According to our state reps the funding is there and the administration is refusing to allocate it. They are treating us unprofessionally, wihtout appreciation, and disrespectfully.
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Alison Ozer
11 years ago
We should not concede to unfair and discriminatory contracts. We already have fallen behind with cost of living wages over the past years, and have lost real value of our wages with the increase in costs of benefits.This has occured while teachers and other state employees have received theirs and kept up with inflation. Merit has increased the divide and been distributed unfairly over the years. According to our state reps the funding is there and the administration is refusing to allocate it. They are treating us unprofessionally, wihtout appreciation, and disrespectfully.
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Anonymous
11 years ago
NO COLA REDUCTION!!!!
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Jared Sharpe
11 years ago
NO COLA REDUCTION!!!!
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Peter West
11 years ago
Wouldn't be nice if we all worked together in mutual respect to create every day a better UMass?
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Peter West
11 years ago
Wouldn't be nice if we all worked together in mutual respect to create every day a better UMass?
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Lucia Miller
11 years ago
Please!
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Lucia Miller
11 years ago
Please!
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Michael Harvey
11 years ago
FItness-for-work would have to be applied to all levels of University staff and the administration, and be administered by a non-invested, objective third-party organization to ever be considered close to fair.
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Anonymous
11 years ago
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FItness-for-work would have to be applied to all levels of University staff and the administration, and be administered by a non-invested, objective third-party organization to ever be considered close to fair.
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Tom Carpenter
11 years ago
For an institution that sponsored a symposium and workshops on preventing workplace bullying, either the hypocrisy of their bargaining tactics are lost on them or their anti-bullying efforts are just a facade. No concessions!
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Tom Carpenter
11 years ago
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For an institution that sponsored a symposium and workshops on preventing workplace bullying, either the hypocrisy of their bargaining tactics are lost on them or their anti-bullying efforts are just a facade. No concessions!
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Martha Stearns
11 years ago
Professional staff work incredibly hard on this campus; outside of Whitmore I don't know a single office that isn't understaffed. Yet there is no fair or equitable treatment of staff by management. Thirty years ago, the low salaries on campus were acceptable because the benefits were excellent. That's not true today, and in fact the raises we get don't even seem to keep up with the increases in the costs of working here.
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Martha Stearns
11 years ago
Professional staff work incredibly hard on this campus; outside of Whitmore I don't know a single office that isn't understaffed. Yet there is no fair or equitable treatment of staff by management. Thirty years ago, the low salaries on campus were acceptable because the benefits were excellent. That's not true today, and in fact the raises we get don't even seem to keep up with the increases in the costs of working here.
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Leanne Every
11 years ago
We work very hard for the University and the Commonwealth. What we ask is reasonable - a chance to keep our heads above water.
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Leanne Every
11 years ago
We work very hard for the University and the Commonwealth. What we ask is reasonable - a chance to keep our heads above water.
Please let us stay firm with these 3 points. It is very important for us to stay united and this is why we have a union so that we wont get bullied to make concessions on tthings that we believe are for the best of evryemployee that we represent.
Please let us stay firm with these 3 points. It is very important for us to stay united and this is why we have a union so that we wont get bullied to make concessions on tthings that we believe are for the best of evryemployee that we represent.
I would be concerned about the impact of the fitness for work clause in terms of opening the university to liability by excluding individuals with disabilities from continuing their employment. In addition, we are already paid substaintially less than others with similar jobs at other local state and private institutions. I am concerned reducing the COLA would impact UMass's ability to retain and recruit the best workers.
I would be concerned about the impact of the fitness for work clause in terms of opening the university to liability by excluding individuals with disabilities from continuing their employment. In addition, we are already paid substaintially less than others with similar jobs at other local state and private institutions. I am concerned reducing the COLA would impact UMass's ability to retain and recruit the best workers.
We should not concede to unfair and discriminatory contracts. We already have fallen behind with cost of living wages over the past years, and have lost real value of our wages with the increase in costs of benefits.This has occured while teachers and other state employees have received theirs and kept up with inflation. Merit has increased the divide and been distributed unfairly over the years. According to our state reps the funding is there and the administration is refusing to allocate it. They are treating us unprofessionally, wihtout appreciation, and disrespectfully.
We should not concede to unfair and discriminatory contracts. We already have fallen behind with cost of living wages over the past years, and have lost real value of our wages with the increase in costs of benefits.This has occured while teachers and other state employees have received theirs and kept up with inflation. Merit has increased the divide and been distributed unfairly over the years. According to our state reps the funding is there and the administration is refusing to allocate it. They are treating us unprofessionally, wihtout appreciation, and disrespectfully.
NO COLA REDUCTION!!!!
NO COLA REDUCTION!!!!
Wouldn't be nice if we all worked together in mutual respect to create every day a better UMass?
Wouldn't be nice if we all worked together in mutual respect to create every day a better UMass?
Please!
Please!
FItness-for-work would have to be applied to all levels of University staff and the administration, and be administered by a non-invested, objective third-party organization to ever be considered close to fair.
FItness-for-work would have to be applied to all levels of University staff and the administration, and be administered by a non-invested, objective third-party organization to ever be considered close to fair.
For an institution that sponsored a symposium and workshops on preventing workplace bullying, either the hypocrisy of their bargaining tactics are lost on them or their anti-bullying efforts are just a facade. No concessions!
For an institution that sponsored a symposium and workshops on preventing workplace bullying, either the hypocrisy of their bargaining tactics are lost on them or their anti-bullying efforts are just a facade. No concessions!
Professional staff work incredibly hard on this campus; outside of Whitmore I don't know a single office that isn't understaffed. Yet there is no fair or equitable treatment of staff by management. Thirty years ago, the low salaries on campus were acceptable because the benefits were excellent. That's not true today, and in fact the raises we get don't even seem to keep up with the increases in the costs of working here.
Professional staff work incredibly hard on this campus; outside of Whitmore I don't know a single office that isn't understaffed. Yet there is no fair or equitable treatment of staff by management. Thirty years ago, the low salaries on campus were acceptable because the benefits were excellent. That's not true today, and in fact the raises we get don't even seem to keep up with the increases in the costs of working here.
We work very hard for the University and the Commonwealth. What we ask is reasonable - a chance to keep our heads above water.
We work very hard for the University and the Commonwealth. What we ask is reasonable - a chance to keep our heads above water.