We want to invite you to attend an exciting rally with the UAW in Washington DC on August 24. We are gathering on that day to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. We are expecting this to be a huge event, and we hope you can join us to help raise awareness of unemployment, poverty, … Continue reading
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Goddard College faculty in the MFA-IA program joined with staff members on July 26, 2013 for a day of solidarity where members across campus wore UAW 2322 “More than Auto Workers” shirts during the MFA-IA Residency in Plainfield, VT. This is the third residency this semester where staff and faculty have united to show solidarity on the first Friday of the residency. … Continue reading
Wednesday, July 24, 2013 marked 4 years since the last time the federal minimum wage had increased, to $7.25 The Massachusetts minimum wage still stands at $8, as it has since 2008. To publicize this fact and to call for further increases, groups around the country participated in a national day of action to raise the minimum wage. In Massachusetts, Raise Up Massachusetts took the … Continue reading
ServiceNet is proposing that its employees accept low wages that do not keep pace with inflation. ServiceNet is proposing that counselors receive only 2% in guaranteed raises over 4 years. That’s one 2% raise and then 3 years with no guaranteed raises. A new full-time ServiceNet counselor earns $23,712; these are poverty wages. Yet the highest paid administrators at ServiceNet enjoyed raises in the range of 40% over the 4 … Continue reading
ServiceNet is proposing that its employees accept low wages that do not keep pace with inflation. ServiceNet is proposing that counselors receive only 2% in guaranteed raises over 4 years. That’s one 2% raise and then 3 years with no guaranteed raises. A new full-time ServiceNet counselor earns $23,712; these are poverty wages. Yet the highest paid administrators at ServiceNet enjoyed raises in the range of 40% over the 4 … Continue reading