Two University of Massachusetts unions are filing labor violation charges against UMass, alleging that the university is threatening its members with 300 layoff notices if the union does not agree to the university’s most recent proposal aimed at dealing with a big budget gap caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Professional Staff Union (PSU) and University Staff Association (USA) filed the charges Wednesday, also alleging that the university did not provide relevant and necessary data and went back on an earlier proposal.
