Supporting Advocates, Supporting Survivors - SASS UAW 2322

03/24/2021

The Western Massachusetts Area Labor Federation joined forces with Labor Notes last month to organize a virtual Troublemakers School. Nurses, carpenters, grocery workers, teachers, and social workers met to share strategies and build solidarity. It’s unusual (though not unheard of) for a labor fed...

02/05/2021

We have asked in good faith for transparency regarding campus safety and have received only general information that has yet to inspire confidence that UMass Amherst is safe for the community. Despit

01/31/2021

“Pointing to recent turnover among high-level staff as well as issues surrounding workplace safety, members of Safe Passage’s union say their demands regarding discipline and health policies are much needed but not being met by management.”

Some employees at Safe Passage are claiming the support center’s outward image isn’t lining up with how management treats its staff internally.

01/29/2021

“Management and their anti-union lawyer have ‘repeatedly shot down worker-centered contract language written and proposed by SASS members’ at the bargaining table.”

By R. Nicholas On March 22nd, 2020, The Shoestring reported on the unionization effort at Safe Passage, a Northampton organization offering services to survivors of domestic violence and those esca…

01/23/2021

“We won because we fought.”

01/23/2021

01/21/2021

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01/13/2021

Solidarity with CBK workers. We're hype for our new union family!

By R. Nicholas On December 7th, 2020, UAW Local 2322 released a press statement on behalf of the paralegals and admin staff at Northampton immigration law firm Curran, Berger & Kludt (CBK). Acc…

01/10/2021

SASS is excited to announce that we've reached our first tentative contract agreements with Safe Passage management, on military leave, dues check-off, and bereavement leave. We're especially proud of our language on bereavement leave, which ensures workers taking time to mourn chosen or nontraditional loved ones are treated equally to those mourning legal or biological family members.

Under Safe Passage's current policy, workers need special supervisory permission to take bereavement leave for chosen families. This forced LGBTQ workers to out themselves to supervisors, and left their right to mourn at management's discretion. While management initially defended their policy, claiming it guarded against misuse of bereavement leave, we were able to push them to accept our proposal to give all workers an equal right to mourn their loved ones.

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12/27/2020