by Justin | Aug 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Graduate Workers, UAW Local 2322
The union representing resident assistants and peer mentors at the University of Massachusetts has filed a formal grievance against the university for allegedly violating a contract agreement stating that laid off workers must be compensated their full salaries. Read...
by Justin | Jul 28, 2020 | COVID-19, UAW Local 2322
AMHERST — The resident assistants and peer mentors union at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has voted by a 95% margin to permit its bargaining team to formally refuse to work under the reopening conditions outlined by the university, which the union says...
by Justin | Jul 28, 2020 | COVID-19, UAW Local 2322
The Resident Assistant/Peer Mentor Union is calling on the University of Massachusetts to agree to a list of demands that will protect the health of on-campus workers during the upcoming semester and minimize the possibility of a coronavirus outbreak on campus. RA/PM...
by Justin | Jun 22, 2020 | UAW Local 2322
When Cambridge Health Alliance decided to shut down Cambridge Hospital’s pediatric unit in 2009, longtime pediatric nurse Donna Kelly-Williams said she was alarmed at how easy it was for the hospital system to close her unit. In the following decade, Kelly-Williams —...
by Justin | Jun 22, 2020 | UAW Local 2322
SPRINGFIELD, MA — Providence Behavioral Health’s owners — Mercy Medical Center and its parent Trinity Health operating locally as Trinity Health New England — are going through the state regulatory process now and have not yet received final permission to close...