This website is a portal to resources for faculty and librarian members of our union, as well as part-time faculty who may or may not yet be members of our union. While this page is public, many of the resources provided here are only intended for union members! To control access, we have made a Google Classroom the repository for these sensitive materials.
In order to access the various links on this site, you must first join the Google Classroom with your personal, non-MassArt email address. We share the invitation to this classroom at our opening day union meetings, but if you were unable to attend one of these or you don't have access for some other reason, please contact one of the union officers, whose emails are listed below.
Below is general information that may be useful throughout the year.
MSCA Union Officers FA25/SP26:
President - Katie Riel kriel@massart.edu
1st Vice President - Erik DeLuca edeluca@massart.edu
2nd Vice President - Emily Cobb ecobb@massart.edu
Board Member at Large - Nita Sturiale nsturiale@massart.edu
Secretary - Maura Smyth msmyth@massart.edu
Treasurer - Caroline Hu chu2354@massart.edu
Grievance Officer - Katie Riel kriel@massart.edu
Part-time Faculty Representatives - Helen Miller hmiller@massart.edu
Union Council Coordinator - Eli Neuman-Hammond enhammond@massart.edu
Websites and Resources
Internal Google Classroom for MSCA MassArt Union Members only (non massart email only) - https://classroom.google.com/u/1/c/ODEzOTYwNTE2NjE3
MSCA - Massachusetts State College Association - includes all 9 state colleges and collectively bargains our contracts - MassArt is a Chapter of the MSCA - https://www.mscaunion.org/
MTA - Massachusetts Teachers Association - includes APA, most Community College and UMass faculty and staff, and most public K-12 schools - MSCA is a part of the MTA - https://massteacher.org/
NEA - National Education Association - MTA is a part of the NEA - https://www.nea.org/
Day Contract - https://www.mscaunion.org/_files/ugd/ae3adc_2988387c21af47ffa2db1fa0674d5e0a.pdf
DGCE (Graduate and Continuing Ed) Contract - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OlFXAEGJWitVsPJbZb3vUJ4ru3C45SHr/view and the 2024-2026 DGCE Contract Changes - https://www.mscaunion.org/_files/ugd/1baa4f_e2396fdd46234dc091b922373c026bbb.pdf
MassArt Faculty Handbook - https://sites.google.com/massart.edu/faculty-handbook/home
MassArt Faculty/Librarian Listservs
There are three faculty/librarian listservs created and controlled by the Union (there are no administrators on either listserv)
MSCA Faculty (mscafaculty-group@massart.edu) - full-time faculty, librarians - this is used by Union Officers to send announcements to full-time faculty and librarians; any replies to emails on this listserv will only be seen by Katie Riel
MSCA Forum (mscaforum-group@massart.edu) - full-time and part-time faculty, librarians - this listserv is a forum and everyone is welcome to use it to email everyone on the listserv - there is a link to unsubscribe from this listserv on the bottom of the emails
MSCA Part-Time Faculty (mscaparttime-group@massart.edu) - part-time faculty - this listserv is used by the Union Chapter President and the union Part-Time Faculty Representatives to send announcements to part-time faculty; it is also a forum for part-time faculty; there are no full-time faculty or librarians on this list serve other than the Chapter President - there is a link to unsubscribe from this listserv on the bottom of the emails
Reminders
You have the right to have union representation at any meeting with the administration (Academic Affairs, HR, EO/Title IX Officer, etc.). You have the right to stop any meeting you attend with administration and ask for union representation. You have the right to know what the meeting is about before you attend. These are called your Weingarten Rights. Protect yourself and contact me before attending any meeting.
If you have any issues or questions about your pay, please contact me immediately.
Grievances - if the administration violates the contract, we can file a grievance. However, we must file a grievance within 15 days of the violations so contact Katie or Gretchen immediately - attached is a document with more information on grievances.
MassArt email is public record - never write anything using your MassArt account that you wouldn't want the public (or HR or President Grant or the Boston Herald) to read.
Union Membership
We will reach out to all new faculty about how to join the union. If you are a returning faculty member or librarian and have a question about your union membership, email the MSCA Treasurer's Office (treasurer.exec.assistant@mscaunion.org). Information about joining the union, including this year's union dues, can be found on the MSCA website here.
If you would like to contact our Union President off of MassArt email, her personal email account is katie.lou.riel@gmail.com
Please contact nsturiale@massart.edu with any issues or suggestions for this webpage.