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		<title>Don&#8217;t let legislators pull the plug on collective bargaining</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Proposals threaten our health insurance The Legislature is considering several proposals that would take away the right of municipal employees to bargain over health insurance. Take action now.]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/prostaff/2009/04/01/dont-let-legislators-pull-the-plug-on-collective-bargaining/</link>
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		<title>The Folly Of Merit Pay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following is from an email being circulated within the negotiation committee. Regarding merit pay, it should be noted that many management experts completely discount the value of both merit pay and performance reviews, some going so far as to say they are counterproductive to the enterprise. Here are a couple of pieces that may [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/prostaff/2009/03/30/on-merit-pay/</link>
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		<title>Tom Goodkind’s opening remarks at contract bargaining, March 26th, 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Note: these remarks were delivered before both bargaining teams and approximately fifty concerned UMass Boston professional staff members.) These members who are here today come to wish us luck—on both sides—in our attempts to bring this contract in for a landing. Like all of us on both sides of the table, they are concerned about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/prostaff/2009/03/26/tom-goodkind%e2%80%99s-opening-remarks-at-contract-bargaining-march-26th-2009/</link>
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		<title>President Jack Wilson&#8217;s standard email response</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for your email concerning the ongoing collective bargaining under chapter 150e.  I share your concerns for fair and competitive salaries and benefits for faculty and staff and have been an ardent advocate for you and for those issues to the legislature and now to two governors.  One of the things of which I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/prostaff/2008/09/22/president-jack-wilsons-standard-email-response/</link>
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		<title>Negotiation Update 9/19/08</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PSU MEMBERS: WE ALL RECOGNIZE THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS FINANCES ARE VERY PRECARIOUS. WE ARE FURTHER CONCERNED ABOUT THE UNIVERSITIES PROPOSED 3% CUT TO STATE BASE FUNDS. A  SALARY PROPOSAL TO EMPLOYEES OF HIGHER ED THAT IS FAR BELOW CPI IS UNACCEPTABLE. WHEN COMPARED TO  PRESIDENT WILSON&#8217;S 2007-2008 15% RAISE** (MORE THAN 10% ABOVE CPI!) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/prostaff/2008/09/19/negotiation-update-91908/</link>
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		<title>Statement Presented at the Chancellors Search Meetings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My name is JoAnne Martone, and I am the co-chair of the Amherst chapter of the Professional Staff Union of MTA. I have come to read a brief statement on behalf of our members. Thank you for this opportunity to express our views. As you know, we believe that the Search Committee has a huge [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/prostaff/2007/11/08/statement-presented-at-the-chancellors-search-meetings/</link>
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		<title>The UMass Amherst Professional Staff Union Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s a mouthful. But hey, we&#8217;re a handful.]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.umass.edu/prostaff/2007/02/19/blog-one/</link>
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