UAW Local 2322 is sponsoring a food drive to help local pantries restock their shelves for the upcoming winter season. We encourage everyone to donate whatever they can to this drive and help us support the needs of our communities. We will be collecting non-perishable food items in our Holyoke & UMass (GEO) offices until December 9th, and then we will send the donations to … Continue reading
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On Wednesday, September 21, 2011, United Auto Workers Local 2322 joined a number of community and advocacy groups with whom we have been working to save UMass student health care to file a complaint with the Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy, stating that the University’s new Student Health Insurance Plan violates Massachusetts law. The text of the complaint is available in full … Continue reading
UAW Local 2322 is holding a training for GEO and RA Union stewards, activists, and members. While all members are encouraged to attend, a basic stewards’ training is a requirement for acting as a steward for GEO or the RA Union. If you think you might want to become a steward in your department or residence hall at some point this year, or just want … Continue reading
Your local union is looking for volunteers to join our standing committees. We will be hosting a start-up meeting encompassing all the committees listed below. We’ll discuss how they will work together then break off into groups to begin planning individual committee needs. Check the descriptions below to identify your area of interest: Education/Solidarity Conservation and Recreation Community Services Civil and Human Rights Citizenship and … Continue reading
University’s Defense of Changes to Student Health Insurance Based on False Claims and Manufactured Deficit Amherst, MA – Information recently received by the UMass Graduate Employee Organization (GEO), a unit of UAW Local 2322, demonstrates that the University of Massachusetts Amherst has based its defense of massive changes to the Student Health Insurance plan on false claims and manufactured deficits. On August 1, 2011, the … Continue reading