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Congratulations Crossing Guards

Springfield Crossing Guards Form a Union

SEIU Local 888, January 11, 2012

Citing frozen wages, no opportunity for advancement, lack of equipment, and no respect for the work they do protecting Springfield’s children on their way to and from school, Springfield School Crossing Guards union leaders submitted proof of majority support for collective bargaining with the state Department of Labor Relations on January 10.  There are approximately 125 crossing guards in the proposed union.

Bylaws Committee Meeting

UAW Local 2322 Bylaws Committee will be meeting on January 10th to review the current bylaws, review submitted suggestions for change and make sure all is in compliance with International policy. 

The Committee will then bring their updated bylaws to the January Joint Council for approval before submitting to the International UAW.

If you would like to join the committee please let our office know by sending your contact information at info@uaw2322.org. This meeting will be held at our Holyoke office starting at 4:00 pm.

Your Community Support

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With your support the UAW 2322 Community Services Committee was able to collect an incredible amount of items for the Food, Coat & Toy drives recently held at our Holyoke and Amherst offices. We asked you for help in giving aid to our neighbors throughout our work and living communities and you came through! These drives began in October and ended at last week's UAW Holiday Party.

UMass Director of Housing and Residential Life Nominated for National Scrooge of the Year Award

Congratulations to newly-hired UMass Director of Housing & Residential Life, Eddie Hull, for his recent nomination of Scrooge of the Year Award by Jobs with Justice for latest plans to fire 73 undergraduate employees at UMass-Amherst prior to the December holidays and radically reconfigure Housing & Residential Life to include more over-paid administrative positions.  Mr. Hull chose to announce this two weeks before the end of the fall semester.  When asked why no student workers had been involved in the decision to restructure these positions, Mr. Hull stated that there was more than one way to hear student concerns and “sometimes, students don’t need to be at the table to do this.”

Mr. Hull has the notoriety of being the first Western Massachusetts nominee for this national award. We want to make sure to congratulate him for such a distinction.  You can send him (and all his superiors!) a brief email message from the UAW 2322 website in order to help support workers and students at UMass Amherst.

Voting for the Scrooge of the Year Award began on December 15th and will conclude on December 21st with the announcement of the winner.  More information about the nominees and how to vote can be found at Scrooge of the Year Award.  Please take a moment to vote, and make sure to send Eddie and his bosses a note of congratulations!

Show Your Support for ServiceNet Workers

UAW ServiceNet employees and supporters will be rallying on the Greenfield Town Common Saturday, December 17, 9:30-11:00 am.  We ask that ServiceNet bargain a fair contract for its employees without further delay!

After 8 months of negotiations, ServiceNet says it wants a contract, but here’s what it’s been doing:

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