Faculty Staff Union of UMass Boston

Official Twitter account for the Faculty Staff Union at UMass Boston.

[Brookline BEU @BeuBrookline]

Without Contract, Brookline Educators Authorize Strike for Monday

[Faculty Staff Union of UMass Boston @FSU_UMB]

R.I.P. Bobby De La Cruz, a pioneering labor rights organizer. https://t.co/g3lTZFI2HA

[Kim Kelly @GrimKim]

As I write in this new op-ed for @inthesetimesmag, abortion rights are a labor issue—and the labor movement needs to show up on this latest front of the class war to fight with deeds, not just words https://t.co/aSAqNScofs

[Starbucks Workers United @SBWorkersUnited]

Our movement is fighting for more autonomy and more humanity for all of us -- both in the workplace and outside of it. No boss and no court should ever have the right to tell us what to do with our own bodies. All of us in the labor movement must fight for our abortion rights.

[Faculty Staff Union of UMass Boston @FSU_UMB]

The Classified Staff Union represents the workers that keep UMass Boston up and running — but they're still struggling to settle a fair contract. Sign this petition and help us show administration the entire UMB community stands in solidarity with the CSU: https://t.co/2wEBKNJoW8

[Faculty Staff Union of UMass Boston @FSU_UMB]

“I think it’s really a setback for higher education in Massachusetts. There are challenges facing the African American community the Trotter Institute was created to address.” https://t.co/GAyo9nJQ6a

[Jeff Melnick @melnickjeffrey1]

In moments of honest self-critique I acknowledge that I can be a rigid thinker.

And other times I have to insist that so much of the rhetoric currently issuing from upper admin is a purposeful distraction from the real story.

https://t.co/o9bR6WsuiW

[Faculty Staff Union of UMass Boston @FSU_UMB]

Join us TOMORROW, 4/13, and Thursday, 4/14 outside of Wheatley Hall to demand safe learning and working conditions! We will be there from 8-4. A healthy, safe campus environment is non-negotiable.

[Dr. Mona Abo-Zena @Dr_MonaAboZena]

I learn from:
Examples: @FSU_UMB @pkruegerhenney @chriscmartel who respond, collaborate, & troubleshoot expansively in humanizing ways; suggest how to reframe

Non-examples: gaslighting,actively rude or blaming, radio silence when someone asks for help or shares vulnerable info

[Faculty Staff Union of UMass Boston @FSU_UMB]

Further information about voting will be sent via email, and is also available here: https://t.co/bTOto9YCqE

[Faculty Staff Union of UMass Boston @FSU_UMB]

Because of Caroline Coscia’s election as FSU President (congrats again, Caroline!), we're holding a special election to fill the role of VP. @melnickjeffrey1, our current communications director, is running to fill this position. Read his statement here: https://t.co/1tyypCdhCr

[Faculty Staff Union of UMass Boston @FSU_UMB]

To read more about our ongoing ventilation issues, read here: https://t.co/XnFxJbDCgg

[Faculty Staff Union of UMass Boston @FSU_UMB]

UMass Boston faculty, staff and students: Our campus-wide mask mandate was lifted last week — while our ventilation systems remain inadequate — and we want to know how you feel about it. Please take this survey here:
https://t.co/2wgDSQacKP

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

'Roughly 350 non-tenure-track & adjunct professors at Howard University, one of the nation’s most important historically black universities, are demanding fairer compensation and better job security. If no agreement is reached by Wednesday, they’ll strike'
https://t.co/VZr1YqO1mD

[Rutgers AAUP-AFT Academic Worker Union @ruaaup]

📝🗣Sign a letter in support of Howard University Non-Tenure-Track and Adjunct Faculty. They deserve fair pay, a stable workload, job security, and respect for their work.✊🏾
#Solidarity
👉🏾 https://t.co/IyW2nTcvx9

[Higher Education Labor United (HELU) @HigherEdLabor]

We invite everyone to sign on to HELU's statement in support of #HowardUniversity non-tenure-track faculty and adjuncts who plan to strike for fair wages and stable employment March 23-25. https://t.co/AzO0VkGPvq

#HBCU #Strike #Solidarity

[Jeff Melnick @melnickjeffrey1]

Well, here is something delightful to report: we have a president-elect for the Faculty-Staff Union @umassboston and it is the first time in our history that the position will be held by a non-tenure track faculty member.

And it's the truly fantastic Caroline Coscia!

[Jeff Melnick @melnickjeffrey1]

As Neil Young once sang, "sooner or later, it all gets real."

Still amazed that admin on my campus thought they could just brazenly lie and faculty would just sorta gulp and say, oh ok.

https://t.co/BsrCl5b6Gv

[Faculty Staff Union of UMass Boston @FSU_UMB]

Free speech on campus isn’t just about offensive language. Restricting faculty speech reinforces existing power imbalances and limits educators’ ability to help students work through difficult (but important!) issues.