3/27/2013 Goddard Staff Bargaining Update

Dear Fellow Goddard Staff Union Members, We want to let you know of positive steps forward: the Administration has notified supervisors that “for the time being” staff who spend time “directly in union negotiations” will be paid for that time. This not only means that the Bargaining Team members (including hourly /temp employees) will be paid or get release time for their efforts in the negotiation of the … Continue reading

3/24/2013 Goddard Staff Bargaining Update

Dear Fellow Goddard College Staff Union Members, We are writing to update you on our first bargaining committee meeting with GC management and their attorney held at the college Tuesday March 12, 2013. We will be providing regular updates to notify our members of how thing are progressing at the bargaining table. We are also looking for feedback and will be seeking participation from members in any actions that … Continue reading

2013 Notice of Nomination and Elections for Executive Board of UAW Local 2322

2013 Notice of Nominations and Elections Executive Board UAW Local 2322 This spring, the membership of UAW Local 2322 will elect Executive Board officers. This is the official notice of such nominations and elections. The Joint Council approved this process on February 27, 2013. The Local considers all members in good standing nominated for all positions. Local 2322 Executive Board The Executive Board meets monthly to … Continue reading

Film Screening: “Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin”

When: Wednesday, March 20, 6:00 PM Where: Forbes Library Community Room, 20 West St., Northampton, MA During his 60-year career as an activist, organizer and “troublemaker,” Bayard Rustin formulated many of the strategies that propelled the American civil rights movement. His passionate belief in Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolence drew Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders to him in the 1940’s and 50’s; his practice … Continue reading