BOSTON (AP) — Members of unions representing staff and faculty at the University of Massachusetts-Boston are pushing to roll back recent fee increases.
The UMass board of trustees voted in June to raise the cost of attending the school system by up to five percent for in-state undergraduates, the first increase in three years.
Representatives of the Professional Staff Union, the Faculty Staff Union and the Classified Staff Union say they’ll attend the board’s Wednesday meeting to press their case.
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