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	"author_name": "UMass Unions United",
	"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/umass-unions-united",
	"title": " Tell UMass President Marty Meehan, No Cuts to Personnel!",
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	"description": "Cutting jobs and increasing unemployment is bad for everybody: for workers, for our families, for our communities, for our local economies, and for recovery! Tell UMass President Marty Meehan and UMass Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Manning: To revive our economy, it will be crucial for the state, with federal assistance, to support the jobs, facilities, and services that make up our public sector and particularly the higher education system. As partners in this eventual success, we demand the following from our elected officials and University decision makers: Commit to NOT cutting programs, people, or services. Acknowledge the contributions of the university system to the quality of life in the state, needed more than ever in times of crisis. Utilize non-personnel cost saving measures to address budget shortfalls. The administration should open their books and discuss cost saving measures with the unions such as re-negotiating debt interest, ending contracts with external consultants and attorneys, in-sourcing campus projects, and cutting administration salaries. Maintain existing employment appointments for graduate and undergraduate students, staff, and faculty. The savings yielded by reducing the employment does not justify the economic impact on the individuals affected by such cuts. Advocate to secure federal and state funding to sustain public higher education. A robust public workforce and education system benefits everyone and will help secure a healthy economic future for the Commonwealth. Transparency in use of relief funding. These funds should go towards preserving campus jobs, providing debt-free education to students, and forgiving student and campus capital debt. Engage faculty, staff, and students to jointly determine plans for reopening campus. Including faculty, staff and students in the planning process will help ensure a safe and successful return to campus in Fall 2020.",
	"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-umass-president-marty-meehan-no-cuts-to-personnel"
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