Campaign for Affordable, Quality Child Care

UAW 2322 members include thousands of hardworking parents in Western Massachusetts who struggle to access affordable child care as well as child care center workers who are underpaid and undervalued.  The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the realities that affordable, quality child care is essential to all workers and that child care workers are essential to our economy. UAW 2322 has joined the campaign for a … Continue reading

Ice Skating Party … Sunday, February 25th!

Ice Skating Party … for UAW 2322 members, friends, and family Sunday, February 25, 2018 11:20 AM – 1:20 PM UMass Mullins Center – Amherst * free parking * No cost to members and their guests Skates – Bring your own or use free Mullins Center skates (kid sizes are limited). Refreshments – light refreshments will be on hand for our guests to enjoy. ** All … Continue reading

2016 Presidential Endorsement Poll Results

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT FOR ANY CANDIDATE   From January 11, 2016 through January 20, 2016, UAW Local 2322 joined local unions across the country in conducting a poll of members. The results of the poll are in: our members overwhelmingly favor that the UAW endorse VT Senator Bernie Sanders for president. Sanders received 77% of the vote, followed by 12% for … Continue reading

Equal Pay for Latinas and the Paycheck Fairness Act

By Brooks Ballenger Wage inequality means that most people are not paid what they deserve, while a precious few get way more than they deserve. Among the groups who are short-changed are latin women: Latinas. We need a law that prohibits employers from paying employees less because of gender, ethnicity, religion, or other arbitrary reasons. There is a proposal in Congress called the Paycheck Fairness … Continue reading

Tri-State Membership Meeting!

Last Thursday UAW 2322 attempted its first ever multi-state meeting. We have been working on a way to be inclusive of members we represent who are not able to attend our meetings because of physical locations and hours of driving to get there. We had a few glitches but overall we were successful in our goal of connecting multiple sites with video and audio. We … Continue reading