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Massachusetts Society of Professors

The Union of Faculty and Librarians at UMass Amherst

Attacks on Public Unions and Janus

Learn why public sector unions are being targeted, illustrated through informative statistics and charts.

As the document demonstrates:
-- Unions grew in the 1930s and the right wing has been fighting them ever since.
-- Unions brought us the 8-hour day and the 5-day, 40-hour work week.
-- Unions brought us pensions, paid vacations, holidays, and health care.
-- Unions brought us overtime, comp time, worker’s comp, and more.
-- Unions helped establish fair wages and relative income equality.
-- Unions lift wages for all workers and raise the middle class.

Read more about Janus.

Join us Monday, February 26, at noon in the Cape Cod Lounge as the UMass Amherst Unions come together to talk about this threat in the Labor movement.