This proposal is about protecting your union-benefitted job and the jobs of your colleagues. We’re defending not just our own livelihoods, but the strength and security of every member in our union.

UMass will agree to obey the Taxpayer Protection Act (commonly known as the “Pacheco Law”), which was created to ensure that any privatization of state services can be shown to provide the same or greater level of services for a lower cost. This includes obeying the determinations of the state auditor as to whether UMass […]

Before UMass hires non-union help for work previously done by the bargaining unit members, they must first inform PSU leadership. They will then meet with the union to try to prevent layoffs and discuss the details of outsourcing the work.