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Cost of Living Increases and Retro Payments – December 2023
From the Office of the Comptroller: Cost of Living Increases, Retro Payments will be processed simultaneously; paychecks issues with a check date of Friday, December 22. Due to the Legislature’s recent enactment and Governor’s signature of the Closeout Supplemental Budget for Fiscal Year 2023, the Office of the Comptroller will process collectively bargained cost-of-living adjustments…
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President’s Message: December 4, 2023
Hello APA Members, Our contracts have passed the State Legislature! Thanks to our advocacy, as a union, as unions working together across industries and across the state, 116 representatives showed up today, during an informal session, and DID THEIR JOB! They had the votes to certify they had a quorum of members to vote on…
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President’s Message: December 1, 2023
Hello APA Members, Yesterday was a great day in Union Solidarity, as Higher Education unions including APA, MSCA, AFSCME, and unions representing members at the community colleges and the UMASS system all demonstrated at Noon yesterday in protest of the delay of our contracts being funded. Please check our website, www.maapa.org, for links to the media…
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November 30 Demonstrations
On Thursday, state university employees on campuses across the Commonwealth gathered to urge the state Legislature to fund the already negotiated and ratified contracts for 60,000 state employees, including 15,000 MTA higher ed members. Photo Highlights News Articles
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Letter From APA Executive Board
November 21, 2023 Hello APA Members, Yesterday was a great day for Massachusetts union solidarity. APA joined thousands of union workers across the state from many different state departments who showed up to make it clear that our contracts need to be funded. Our very own Susan McNeil, State-wide VP and MassArt Chapter President, did…
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Letter From MTA President Max Page and Vice President Deb McCarthy
November 16, 2023 Greetings, Roughly 15,000 MTA members working at community colleges, state universities and UMass are caught up in the dysfunction of a state Legislature unable to pass a supplemental budget that will fund their negotiated contracts. These contracts were settled months ago. Governor Maura Healey forwarded the contracts to the Legislature, yet lawmakers…
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President’s Message: November 9, 2023
Hello APA Members! Thanks to the efforts of our APA Executive Board and APA members across the state, our state representatives heard our requests, pleas, demands for the APA and MSCA contracts to be added to the closeout budget bill. The APA and MSCA contracts were both added to an amendment to House Bill…
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President’s Message: September 1, 2023
Hello APA Members, The Executive Board of the APA has reached tentative agreement with the representatives of the Board of Higher Education and the Council of Presidents for a one-year extension of our current collective bargaining agreement. This agreement will include an important retroactive 4% raise on July 1, 2023, and 4% on January 1, 2024. This…
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Minutes 2023-06
Date/Time: Friday, June 16, 2023 at 10:00am Location: Emery Rice Hall, 101 Academy Dr, Buzzards Bay MA 02532 Present APA Statewide APA Chapter Presidents Guests Absent APA Statewide APA Chapter Presidents Call to Order Approval of Minutes Public Comments President’s Report – (S. McNeil) Treasurer’s Report – Maria Brunelle Membership and Data – Aaron Childs Website –…
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Minutes 2023-04
Date/Time: Friday, April 21, 2023 at 9:00am Location: Zoom Room Present APA Statewide APA Chapter Presidents Guests Absent APA Statewide APA Chapter Presidents Call to Order Approval of Minutes Public Comments President’s Report – Seth Bean APA Delegates for MTA Annual Meeting April 28-29, 2023 @ MassMutual Center, Springfield MA – 25 Delegates spots are available for…