Member Meeting Recap and Negotiations Update

Member Meeting Notes:

On August 4th, SHARE held a member meeting for dues paying SHARE members to vote on two issues.

The first issue was expanding the Childcare and Education Fund to include educational field trips, school uniforms, books, college scholarships and application fees for educational institutions. While all the details would still need to be worked out through the SHARE contract negotiations, this was the first step.

The second vote that was decided by SHARE members, was to appoint a proxy delegate for the AFSCME national convention. A proxy delegate means this person, from our sister union at UMass Memorial, would be allowed to cast a vote on our behalf at the convention, so we still have a vote.

SHARE members votes “yes” on both.

We look forward to sharing more information on both of these topics at our future member meetings.

Negotiations Update

UMass Chan Management and the SHARE negotiating team began to discuss money related issues. We met on August 11th and will meet again on August 25th. This can be a long process, and we appreciate our members staying connected to what is happening.

As many of you know, SHARE is working hard to stress the importance of keeping up with the rising cost of living in the Central Massachusetts area. We continue to push for a step raise system. A pay system like this will help to ensure predictable financial growth for SHARE members for years to come.

We hope to connect with all of you during negotiations and answer any questions we can. Feel free to reach out to your SHARE organizer any time.

In Solidarity, the SHARE staff

Notes from the SHARE Member Meeting 7/15/26

SHARE held back-to-back lunchtime member meetings on Wednesday, July 15. Below is what we talked about. If you have questions or want more detail, please reach out to your local rep, staff organizer, or email us at share.umms@theshareunion.org.

Agenda

  1. Backgrounds for remote meetings (Teams, Zoom, etc.) Show your SHARE pride with one of our meeting backgrounds below. Right-click on the image you want, save it where you can find it, add it to your Teams account, and flaunt the fact that you are Always Essential!

2. Meeting August 4 for dues-paying SHARE members to vote on 2 issues. See previous post for details.

3. Raises for non-union employees: Managers were recently informed by email that non-union employees are not getting the usual raise in July. UMass still hopes to be able to provide raises this year, and the question will be looked at again with the finalizing of the budget. UMass Chan is continuing to have financial stresses, and the budget will not be finalized until September. So it’s not “no raises” but it is “no raises yet” for our non-union coworkers.

4. Raises for SHARE members: The SHARE negotiating team is still in talks with the management negotiating team about raises for SHARE members. Two weeks ago we got a wage proposal that included a step raise pay system for the first time. This is important progress! There are still some aspects of the system that need to be decided on, and those decisions will make the difference between a pay system that helps SHARE members make real economic progress over time, and a pay system that looks different but does not address the problems of the current system.

This week, SHARE made a counter-proposal. Next week, we will hear management’s response to our proposal. We look forward to a constructive dialog.

What are the concerns?

A step raise system has 2 raises each year: an across-the-board raise like the usual July raise, and a step increase (usually on your anniversary date.) There are a few issues that are crucial for us to deal with:

  1. How big are the step raises? Do they give us equity with other groups?

  2. How high are the grade maxes? Are some people going to get “stuck” at max?

  3. How do we deal with the inevitable inequality of placing employee pay rates on the steps in the first year?

The first two questions are fairly straightforward. The third one is more complicated and needs a little explanation.

The first year of the contract

Once a step raise system is in place, it pretty much runs itself. Each year, you get an across the board raise, and also move up another step, farther through the grade. Every 3 years or so we negotiate the across the board raises for the next contract. Simple.

But in the current system, pay rates are spread throughout the grade. The first year of the contract will involve putting everyone’s pay rate at a step rate. And that causes inequalities. If I am 60 cents below the next step, I will get a 60 cent raise to put me on a step. But if I am 10 cents below the next step rate, I will get a 10 cent raise. My raise in the first year depends on a pretty random factor, which doesn’t feel fair.

One way to offset this unavoidable problem is with a bonus for people who get a smaller raise. We are also looking at other ideas. All the ideas are expensive, and the more expensive, the harder they will be to get UMass to agree to. The good news is that if we can figure out the first year, the raises will be better than we have ever had in the 2nd year, and 3rd year, and on into the future.

We will continue negotiating about this and keep you posted.

Questions? Let us know!

Aug 4 Meeting for Members Only

We recently mailed a postcard to all dues-paying SHARE members, giving notice of special Member Meetings on Tuesday, August 4. There will be four 30-minute meetings, starting at noon, 12:30PM, 1:00PM and 1:30PM. You must be a dues-paying member to participate. If you have not yet signed a membership card, here is the link: https://www.shareumms.org/join-share.

The meeting link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87547000999?pwd=axH0Z5BOYfUSxq0rwigoDRSbsxttmR.1
Meeting ID: 875 4700 0999
Passcode: 4000

There are two issues to vote on:

The first issue is the Childcare and Education Fund

As you may remember from last year’s contract negotiations, SHARE has a negotiated childcare fund to partially subsidize the cost of childcare and afterschool for SHARE members. Demand for the funds have decreased over the last few years. Therefore, we are interested in expanding the educational uses the fund could reimburse, so that more SHARE members can benefit from the fund.

We have been advised by our lawyer that the fund could be expanded as long as:

  1. It is expanding it in ways that are in the same spirit as the original plan.

  2. SHARE members support the idea.

We would like to increase the number of ways the fund supports education for SHARE members and their dependents. It would sitll subsidize childcare, afterschool, summer camps, adoption, and academic enrichment. In addition we would add subsidies for educational field trips, school uniforms, books, college scholarships and application fees for educational institutions.

To change the fund, we first need to negotiate with management (since they provide the funds) and then work with lawyers to edit the childcare fund’s plan document. Before we do all that, we want to make sure that there is support from SHARE members for this change. We have heard support in meetings, and we are asking for a formal vote on the question, to authorize the negotiating team to move forward on these changes.

The second issue is appointing a proxy delegate for the AFSCME convention

Every two years, our parent union AFSCME has its convention. This year our SHARE union in the Medical School does not have an officer who can go to the convention. AFSCME allows a union that cannot send a delegate to choose someone from another local union to carry their votes as a proxy delegate. The person chosen has to be someone from the same region, who is already an elected delegate for a different local union.

Our sister SHARE union in the Hospital is sending their officers as delegates to the convention, and we asked one of them if they would be willing to be our proxy delegate. A proxy delegate means they would be allowed to cast a vote on our behalf, so we still have a vote. They are willing, we just need to vote to appoint them.

There would actually be two questions to vote on for this issue. The first is whether to ask someone from another local to be our proxy delegate. If the answer to the first question is yes, then the follow-up would be to vote for the specific person.

If you have questions before the meeting, call 508-929-4020 or email share.umms@theshareunion.org.

Contract Negotiations Update

We want to give you a quick update on contract negotiations and invite you to a member meeting next week where we will have the latest contract updates.

Member meetings Weds, July 15:

·        Noon – 12:30pm

·        12:30pm – 1pm

·        1pm – 1:30pm

Click to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89371776434?pwd=SVppcXXgpQvmOqP6RbJPq8HRkbix75.1&from=addon

 Or enter Meeting ID: 893 7177 6434 and Passcode: 886228

SHARE Backgrounds for Remote Meeting

SHARE has created a few backgrounds for remote meetings, which you can use to support the SHARE negotiating team in their efforts to negotiate good raises and other contract items. The backgrounds, and instructions for using them, are attached.

 Current Update

 As you know, the main focus of these contract negotiations has been getting step raises for SHARE members. Step raises are an additional raise, on top of the usual July across-the-board raise, that moves pay rates up until you get to the grade max.

 We recently got a proposal from the management negotiating team that included a step system – a big step forward since this is the first time we have seen that. Now we are talking with the management team about some of the crucial details: How big are the steps? How high do they go? How do we transition from our old system to a steps system?

 We don’t have an agreement on these issues yet, but the conversation has been civil, and we are making progress. We hope to have more information at the member meetings next week.

 

As always, feel free to reach out with any questions, concerns, or suggestions.

 

Member Meeting Recap 5/20/2026

On Wednesday, May 20th, SHARE held back-to-back half-hour meetings for members, at 12:00, 12:30, and 1:00. People dropped in on their lunch break. For those who were not able to attend there is a summary below. Please let us know if you have any questions.

Topics included: Contract Negotiations Updates, Performance Evaluations and uniting for a contract campaign.

Negotiations Updates

  • Steps Raise System: The SHARE negotiating team continues to stress the importance of converting our current raise system to a Steps Raise System. This was a hot topic during our member meeting, as those who attended seemed to be well informed of the advantages to a step raise system and the effort we’ve put into making this a reality. As our members know, this would not only be easier for UMass Chan to implement but would provide predictability and financial growth for our members.

  • No money on the table yet: We have yet to begin negotiating financial details of the contract. We are continuing to discuss other priorities which our members indicated are important through our Contract Priorities survey. These negotiations have been productive to this point, and we believe the financial conversations will begin soon. We all need to “hang in there” and stay informed.

Performance Evaluations

  • We talked about how its going so far for those who have taken part in the evaluation process.

  • Are there any hangups? Lots of questions around the merit bonuses. Nothing is changing for this year.

  • Members asked about differences in evaluations between departments and Union/Non-Union

  • Self-Evaluations: Some departments do them, some don’t. But we think its a good idea to complete these.

  • Questions about the evaluation process? Please reach out to Share.umms@theshareunion.org

Other Topics

  • Contract Campaign: We shared ideas of what a good contract campaign would look like, and how we can make sure all SHARE members are connected.

  • Inclement Weather: How has your department handled these situations? Are their plans in place when you lose power/internet working from home?

  • Artificial Intelligence: It’s a concern among unions across the country. Based on our conversations so far, our members aren’t seeing an impact, but if you are, please reach out to tell us about it.

As always, if any of these topics resonate with you, or raises questions please feel free to reach out any time.

In Solidarity, The SHARE staff

 

Annual Performance Evaluations

Hi SHARE Members, we hope you’re enjoying the Spring!

Performance evaluation season is upon us. As you know, SHARE is currently in contract negotiations with the Medical School. Because SHARE and the Medical School have not fully negotiated this topic, the evaluation format will remain the same for this year.

Please see the official communication from HR to Union Employees below:

This year's Performance Evaluation period begins today, Monday, May 11 and closes on Friday, June 26.

The form and process is the same as last year. Connect with your manager to begin the process.

This review process ensures you have the feedback you need to support your performance and professional development. It’s an important opportunity to engage in a two-way, constructive, and collaborative conversation with your manager about the past year and your future goals.

Thank you for your participation.

Contract Negotiations Updates

On March 24th and April 7th, SHARE and UMass Chan Management participated in two contract negotiations meetings.

In the March 24th session, topics discussed included: The Inclement weather policy, The Bilingual pay policy for members in Disability Evaluation Services and annual performance evaluations and resulting merit bonuses. 

In the April 7th session, we continued our conversation about Performance Evaluations. The SHARE team had requested that management invite an expert on this topic. We were joined by Jackie McGravey, the Assistant Vice Chancellor of People and Wellness.  She answered questions that we had about the process and provided helpful additional information.

Other topics introduced: Shoe fund, Pharmacy certifications and Shift Differentials

We are continuing conversations about these topics and will provide more detailed information when we can.

Member Meeting Recap: March 25th, 2026

On Wednesday, March 25th, SHARE held back-to-back half-hour meetings for members, at 12:00, 12:30, and 1:00. People dropped in on their lunch break. For those who were not able to attend there is a summary below. Please let us know if you have any questions.

 

Per the data and results from our contract negotiations survey, SHARE members indicated that they would like more information on how step raises work. With this being an identified priority for our contract negotiations, we devoted most of our member meeting to providing additional education about this raise system.

  • The Basics: A Steps Raise system is typically defined as having 2 separate and predictable increases in one year, one based on service and the other based on a negotiated increase.

  • ATB or Across the Board Raise: This is the raise we have come to know as our yearly raise, that arrives in July. This is the negotiated increase, as a result of SHARE and UMass Chan coming to an agreement on a contract which includes annual raises.

  • Anniversary Raise: In addition to the ATB, an annual increase would come through automatically when you have reached your yearly anniversary for working at UMass Chan. Eg: If you were hired on March 13th, every year on March 13th, you would receive this increase. This is the increase that would move you up a “step” in the pay grade.   

We hope to discuss these, and the other priorities identified by SHARE members as our contract negotiations continue. We will keep you updated.

Contract Negotiations and Member Meeting

Negotiation Session One:

On Friday March 13, SHARE and UMass Chan came together for the first session of negotiations for our next contract. Our current contract expires at 11:59pm on June 30th of this year.

SHARE Executive Board members and SHARE staff joined together with representatives from UMass Chan Human Resources, Employee and Labor Relations and management from various departments. This session was mostly introductory in nature. We discussed the bargaining format we would be using as a template for our negotiations, established ground rules and presented opening statements which outlined our members’ priorities.  We will be meeting again on Tuesday, March 24th and will continue to meet approximately every other week going forward, until we have a tentative agreement with UMass Chan.

Contract Negotiations Basics:

The end result of contract negotiations is reaching a tentative agreement with management which we believe our members will benefit from. This agreement remains tentative until it has been reviewed and voted on by dues paying SHARE members. Once the tentative agreement is ratified, all necessary signatures will be gathered, and the contract will then be implemented.

If for some reason our membership does not ratify the tentative agreement with a majority “yes” vote, SHARE and the Executive Board will return to the bargaining table with UMass Chan until a satisfactory agreement is reached.

If you would like to be part of the voting process once a tentative agreement is reached, please ensure that you are a dues paying SHARE member. If you have not yet signed up, please CLICK HERE and make sure your vote counts!

 

Next Member Meeting:

During contract negotiations, it’s important to stay in touch with SHARE. Member meetings are a great way to connect with SHARE members and the negotiating team. Our next monthly member meeting will be held the day after our next negotiation session, Wednesday March 25th. We will be holding three half-hour meetings from 12pm to 1:30 over Zoom.

As you know from taking the contract survey, we have many thoughts and ideas about changing the current pay structure for SHARE members. We plan to use some of this next member meeting time as a “training” about what a Step Raise System is, and to answer any questions you may have.

We hope you can join us! 

SHARE

 

Contract Survey Results

SHARE Members’ Priorities

In preparation for these negotiations, SHARE sent our members a survey to complete. We know this took some time and reflection, and we would like to thank those who responded quickly, and thoughtfully. These responses not only help our negotiating team identify what the most important priorities are for our members but also help us understand how our members are feeling about their financial situations and work/life balance.

Below is a cloud of themes which were evident throughout our analysis of the contract survey responses.

From the survey responses we can see that SHARE members’ biggest priorities are:

·  Finances- significant raises to afford the rising cost of living, parking costs

·  Equity- mainly when comparing benefits to those of salaried employees, or employees working for similar institutions

·  Time off/flexibility- Both vacation time, personal time and flexible scheduling

·  Many other topics have been expressed which affect smaller groups of people, and those topics will be brought forward in negotiations as well

Health insurance costs- Many of our members brought forward the rising health insurance costs as a priority. We at SHARE understand that these costs hit our members hard. We unfortunately cannot negotiate the cost of health insurance with the Group Insurance Commission but historically have lobbied the state to make changes. This year, SHARE lobbied with other unions representing state employees, and reached out to local legislators, with recent success. Thank you to all our members who took the time to help with that effort!

If you’d like to know more about what has been happening this year with the GIC and increases, please see our blog post from March 18th.  

All of these topics are important to a significant number of SHARE members, and they are also important to the SHARE Executive Board; the SHARE members you have elected to represent you at the bargaining table. The survey responses help to shape what your union leaders will advocate for as we move forward with these negotiations. Again, we want to thank you for being a part of this process.

In Solidarity,

SHARE

Update: Plans for Large Increases to GIC Have Halted

SHARE, among other Unions who represent Massachusetts state employees, successfully lobbied over the last couple months to stop proposed increases to GIC health insurance coverage. The state, looking to find about $100 million in savings, planned to increase out-of-pocket expenses for state employees through higher deductibles and copays.

On February 10th SHARE posted links to the Massachusetts Teachers’ Association, one of the leaders in this fight, to provide more information on this issue and a portal to use to contact your local and state legislators. Many of you have reached out opposing these increases, and it worked. Through our collective voice, union members across the state were heard loud and clear, and Governor Healey withdrew most of the proposed cost hikes.

Unfortunately, its not all good news. On February 26th, in a 10-7 decision, the GIC voted to end coverage for GLP-1 drugs, affecting roughly 22,000 GIC members. President Max Page of the MTA said “Health care in this country is broken, but asking public employees to pay more is not the solution. MTA members will continue to fight for affordable access to GLP-1 medications that have been live-changing for so many people.”

SHARE will continue to monitor this situation, help where we can, and keep our members informed. Thank you for your help!

Take Action TODAY Against Proposed GIC Increases

This past week there was an informational and planning meeting to discuss increases to state employees’ heath insurance costs, which have been proposed by Governor Healey. Unions from across Massachusetts who represent state workers, including SHARE, gathered with the Massachusetts Teachers’ Association, who is leading the opposition. The purpose of the meeting was to not only bring awareness to workers who will be affected, but also to discuss collective action.

The agenda included:

  • Discussion on the progress of our actions thus far

  • Review of upcoming events

  • Brainstorming how we can stop the proposed increases to our GIC deductibles, copays and other rising costs.

Deductibles, copays and drug coverage could all be affected. For more information, check out this link from the Massachusetts Teachers’ Association:

take action:

To create a message which goes to Gov. Healey, GIC Chair Valerie Sullivan, State Senator Mike Moore and Representative Dan Donahue, click this link and craft your own message. (The pre-filled text assumes you are an MTA member, but you can change it and just ask the Governor and other leaders to protect the health care you and your family rely on.)

Member Meeting Recap- January 21st

On Wednesday, January 21st, SHARE held back-to-back half-hour meetings for members, at 12:00, 12:30, and 1:00. People dropped in on their lunch break. For those who were not able to attend, below are the agenda topics (numbered) and some of the things that came up in discussion (the bullets). Please let us know if you have any questions.

Next series of Member Meetings: Wednesday Febuary 18th, beginning at 12pm

1.  Contract Priorities- Developing a “Steps” pay system

  • The bulk of the meetings on Wednesday focused on developing a Steps raise system, and what that would look like for our members.

  • A system like this involves 2 raises per year. The first would be a smaller raise, based on your anniversary date in addition to the yearly ATB (across the board) raise. That second ATB raise is the normal contractual raise that usually comes in July.

  • These two raises would result in a larger annual increase for our members as the two raises combined would equal more than our normal July raise.

  • Steps are widely used by other unions, and throughout the UMass system.

  • Even though this may cost more money for the university, this streamlines the process and makes things easier for payroll.

2. Contract Survey

  • We talked about shortening the contract survey this year, since we had an in depth survey completed by SHARE members at this time last year.

  • The survey will be out in February, and we hope you all complete it as your input is essential to contract negotiations.

3.   Reclassification Requests

2026 Dues Rates

AFSCME, SHARE’s parent union, has announced a small dues rate increase for the upcoming year. The new bi-weekly rate for most SHARE members will be $23.13. This increase is a little under one cent per hour. For SHARE members who work 20 hours/week, the new bi-weekly rate will be $17.33. The new rates are effective January 1, so they should be reflected in the January 16th paycheck.

WHY SHOULD I PAY DUES?

Dues are an investment that SHARE members make in themselves and their coworkers. Without a union, employees have very little leverage to make change, or even to hold onto what they have.

SHARE members want respect for the work that they do, fair treatment, opportunities for advancement, and good raises so that they can take care of themselves and their families. SHARE gives employees a voice in various ways:

  • In contract negotiations, we have a voice in our pay, benefits and work policies.

  • In union meetings and individual conversations, we have a voice in the direction and priorities of the union

  • Through the problem-solving process, we have a voice when individual problems/conflicts come up at work

  • In union elections, we have a voice in who our representatives will be

  • Through committees, department-based Joint Working Groups, and ad-hoc negotiations, we have a voice in issues that face groups of SHARE members

When it comes down to dollars and cents, dues pay for themselves. SHARE has consistently negotiated raises each year that our union has existed - 29 years now. Those increases have resulted in better raises than our non-union counterparts and policies that reflect SHARE members’ needs.

Working together through the union, SHARE members can continue to make progress in all these areas. And dues support the staff who support this work.

Does the dues increase eat my pay raise?

When you subtract the dues increase from the raise, you are still earning $1,873.82 more this year than last year.

No.

Your raise was 91 cents per hour, or $1,892.80 per year for a 40-hour/week position.

The dues increase will be less than 1 cent per hour, or $18.98 per year.

When you subtract the dues increase from the raise, you are still earning $1,873.82 more this year than last year.





HOW ARE DUES CALCULATED?

Any annual increase is calculated by the AFSCME International office based on the average percent increase of AFSCME members’ pay rates across the country in the previous year. It is usually small.

WHERE DO MY DUES GO?

The short answer is that dues mostly pays for SHARE staff.

The longer answer is that SHARE members at UMass Chan Medical School pool their dues money with members of three other unions locals: SHARE at UMass Memorial and Marlborough Hospital, HUCTW at Harvard University, and USW at Cambridge Health Alliance. The four union locals together are called the New England Organizing Project (NEOP). All their dues together pay for the union staff for all the locals, union offices, phones and utilities, mailings, etc. About 75% of the budget is for staff.

The staff spend their time gathering information and opinions from members, sharing information with members, developing and supporting SHARE Reps, helping members with questions or problems, negotiating contracts, organizing events, researching issues, writing blog posts, etc., all on behalf of SHARE members.

MORE INFORMATION

If you would like to know more, please talk to a SHARE Rep, email share.umms@theshareunion.org, or leave a message at 508-929-4020. You can also learn more about what our union does, and the benefits of union membership, by exploring www.shareumms.org.

SHARE Executive Board and Reps

2025-2026 SHARE Executive Board

Samantha Jimenez – Co-President

Eileen Fraioli – Co-President

Henry Valcour – Secretary

Chris Snyder – Treasurer

Karen Tilli – at-large

Thelma Baddoo Abaka Mensah – at-large

Nilsa Colon – at-large

Craig Warman – at-large

 

2025-2026 SHARE Reps

Alex Oard – DCS

Alli Logan – DES

Amanda Laukaitis – DES

Daphne Haddad – DES

Dineia Williams – DES

James Green – DES

Nina McQueeney – Outreach Program

Jessica Coat – Pharmacy

Kathy Wood – Pharmacy

Sherrie Carey-Rich – Estate Recovery

Now Accepting Reclassification Requests. Deadline January 30th

Reminder for Reclassification Requests - Deadline January 30

Dear SHARE Members, 

SHARE recognizes that employees are often asked to temporarily take on additional tasks and responsibilities to help fill the needs of a department. Sometimes that need extends beyond temporary and those additional tasks and responsibilities become part of your job. SHARE has negotiated a process with UMass Chan called reclassification where SHARE members in these situations can look to be compensated.

WHAT IS RECLASSIFICATION?

Reclassification means changing the grade level for a job. If the grade level assigned to a particular title no longer seems to match the level of work responsibilities, a job may need to be reclassified. UMass Chan has agreed to do some reclassification reviews that are not initiated by a department manager. SHARE can submit up to 10 individual reclassification requests per year to HR for review. The deadline to make a request is Friday, January 30th.

Example: Someone was hired as an Administrative Assistant I. New responsibilities were added, and they now fit better in an Administrative Assistant II job description. They can request a review of their job and present arguments for changing the grade.

HOW WILL THE TEN INDIVIDUALS BE CHOSEN?

Because our unit is big, and our slots are limited, preference will be given to people who:

1.      have already tried to use the UMMS Job Evaluation process but been unsuccessful; and

2.      have the strongest business case for reclassification of their job

I THINK MY JOB SHOULD BE RECLASSIFIED. WHAT SHOULD I DO?

1.      Do your research: Ask HR for copies of the job descriptions for your job title and for any job titles you think would better match your job responsibilities. What job title do you think you should have? How does the job description match up?

2.      Talk to your manager: Tell them what you are thinking, and why. Show them the job descriptions. Ask what they think, and why.

1.      If they agree with you, that’s great. See if they will submit your job to HR for review. There is no deadline for managers submitting these requests, and no ten-person limit.

2.      If they disagree, try to get a clear understanding of where you and they disagree.

3.      Apply immediately: If your manager isn’t going to submit your job for reclassification review but you still think it should be reviewed, fill out a Reclassification Review Request application and email it by January 30th to these people:

1.      Matthew.Lyford@umassmed.edu (Human Resources)

2.      Jameal.Jackson@theshareunion.org (SHARE) and

3.      Please cc your manager

If you would like help thinking about this, you can talk to a SHARE Rep, call the SHARE office at 508-929-4020, or email SHARE.UMMS@theshareunion.org.

 

Now Accepting Applications for the Childcare and Academic Enrichment Funds (Copy)

SHARE/UMass Chan Medical School Childcare Fund

The SHARE Childcare Fund is now accepting applications for the Fall 2025 cycle. All SHARE union-eligible staff at UMass Chan are encouraged to apply and receive financial assistance for daycare, after-school programs, in-home childcare, vacation, snow and summer camps.

(***Current recipients NEED to REAPPLY.***)

Click Here For The Childcare Fund Application

*If you prefer a printable version of the application, please click HERE You can mail this application to the SHARE Union, 50 Lake Ave, Worcester Ma 01604 Or Fax it to: 508-929-4040

The Academic Enrichment Fund

The Academic Enrichment Fund is a negotiated fund that helps SHARE employees with the costs of supplemental academic activities for their children, ages 5 to 18. This includes activities such as tutoring, summer classes, SAT prep courses, and college application fees. 

 Click Here For The Academic Enrichment Fund application 

Adoption Subsidy

If your family is exploring adoption, you may wish to consider the SHARE Adoption Subsidy, which provides financial assistance for adoption costs. The award can only be used for expenses directly related to the legal adoption of a child. (See contact info below)

For more information about the Childcare Fund, Academic Enrichment Fund or Adoption Subsidy, please contact:
Jameal Jackson
Jameal.Jackson@theshareunion.org
617-429-1194

For More info about other SHARE member benefits click below: https://www.shareumms.org/why-membership-matters

SHARE Rental Assistance Loan

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