UMass Amherst Student Labor Action Project

05/12/2016

GOING INTO THE SUMMER WITH A HUGE WIN! Get ready for fall Residential Life orientation and ratification!

VICTORY!!! After almost a year of bargaining, today RAs and PMs reached a tentative agreement on a contract.

Our wins include:
-JUST CAUSE for termination
-NO new duty hours
-INCREASED COMPENSATION
-Cheaper parking in purple lots
-Paid release time for union organizers

We would like to thank our members and allies including Congressman McGovern, Senator Rosenberg, MA AFL-CIO President Tollman, Western MA Jobs with Justice Director Jon Weissman, UAW Region 9A Director Julie Kushner, and so many more.

04/15/2016

1 year ago today was historic for UMass SLAP. We won three long campaigns on the same day. We saw temporary dining hall workers win their first union contract after 3 years. We saw Peer Mentors finally win their union. And we saw Student Businesses able to accept dining dollars for the upcoming year. We built a lot of student power last spring and the relationships we built are still standing. Today we stand in solidarity with UMass Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign during their occupation of Whitmore. We can feel and see the student power continuing to build one year later. All the love!!!!!!

04/12/2016

~*~ IT'S GOIN DOWN!!!! IM YELLIN CLIMATE JUSTICE !!!!

SHOW UP FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE. SHOW UP FOR THESE STUDENTS AND FACULTY. SHOW UP TO !!!! 5:45PM IN FRONT OF WHITMORE.

04/11/2016

30 STUDENTS are a part of the happening NOW telling the University to and from the fossil fuel industry!

The time is NOW to take a stand against climate change! Show up to the Student Union TODAY AT 12 PM to stand in solidarity with these students and make your voice heard that WE will not stand for the investment in 5.1 million/deaths per year at the hands of the fossil fuel industry!

04/11/2016

04/07/2016

PLEASE RETURN ALL SIGNED POSTCARDS YOU HAVE and/or COME BY CEPA/GEO TO SIGN ONE IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY!

SUPPORT YOUR RAs & PMs!

04/07/2016

PART TWO IS HERE. Watch, Share, and JOIN US in 4 DAYS, 12 HOURS, to raise our voices and demand that our leaders and

Text DivestUMass to 781-728-9542 for crucial action updates.

And join us THIS SUNDAY 2-5 pm. Gordon Hall.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1053759841334133/

UMass students are calling on our leaders to and

03/31/2016

She wanted to show off her shoes

03/31/2016

LOOK at the growing amount of UMass Amherst students who believe that a 15 dollar minimum wage is important!

COME to our EVENT, Raise the Wage: A Conversation, on April 5th at the CHC events Hall from 7:15pm-8:30pm and listen to students, workers, professors, and community members discuss a $15 minimum wage and what that could look like at UMass Amherst. Free food and refreshments!

https://www.facebook.com/events/897155243734514/

03/30/2016

Look at all these UMass Amherst students who believe that a 15 dollar minimum wage is important! Come to our event, Raise the Wage: A Conversation, on April 5th at the CHC events Hall from 7:15pm-8:30pm and listen to students, workers, professors, and community members discuss a $15 minimum wage and what that could look like at UMass Amherst. Free food and refreshments!

https://www.facebook.com/events/897155243734514/

03/28/2016

WATCH THIS VIDEO RIGHT NOW. SHARE IT. Come get trained and get involved THIS SUNDAY, 2-5 pm. JOIN THE FIGHT!!!!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1715717465342697/

This video is about Divest UMass