Career Counseling Appointments for SHARE Members

Brought to you by The SHARE-UMass Memorial Workforce Planning Partnership Committee

Are you interested in professional growth and development?

Quinsigamond Community College’s Center for Workforce Development and Continuing Education will be offering career counseling to interested SHARE members.

Benefits of Individual Career Counseling

• Discover personal interests, skills, and work values
• Identify factors that influence career development
• Explore career options
• Locate sources of career information and support
• Determine next steps and develop a plan to achieve goals

Meet privately with a certified career counselor who can guide you through a step-by-step process to explore options, set goals, and take action.

To Register for an afternoon appointment on Wednesday, December 6 at University Campus or Wednesday, December 13 at Memorial Campus:

• Contact Jackie Kaczowka, Administrator Center for Workforce Development at QCC at 508-751-7911.
• You will be asked to provide your name, address, date of birth, and email address.
• Complete an online* assessment prior to your meeting. Instructions will be emailed to you upon registration. The assessment takes approximately 20 minutes to complete.
• After meeting with the counselor and reviewing your report, a follow up meeting will be scheduled.

*If you do not have access to a computer, please contact Christine Staub in Human Resources at Christine.staub@Umassmemorial.org

SHARE Members Featured in Upcoming Art Exhibition

We're excited to announce that artwork by two SHARE members, Bayda Asbridge and Elsa Benavides, is being displayed during the month of November. Scroll down for the exhibition flyer, or visit the Healing Fibers website to learn more about the show, as well as the organization's mission, including its support of refugee artisans in Worcester.

SHARE Supports Raise Up for a $15 Minimum Wage and Paid Family/Medical Leave

SHARE Organizers Jihelah, Eve, and Dylan
collected signatures outside the White City Trader Joe’s this week! 

This Fall, some SHARE organizers have been supporting the Raise Up coalition to bring two questions to the public on election day 2018. We have been working on gathering the number of signatures required to get a $15 minimum wage (phased in slowly over four years) and paid family/medical leave on the ballot next year so that we, as citizens of Massachusetts, can decide if we want these changes in our state.

Raise Up is a group of unions, churches, and small community organizations from across the state who are committed to positive changes for working families here in Massachusetts.

At SHARE, we see how valuable these changes would be for our members, and for all working people in MA. Many SHARE members have family and dependents at home who make the minimum wage. We believe that everyone deserves the ability to support themselves and their family, and right now, working 40 hours a week for the current $11 minimum wage just isn’t cutting it. And we know that a raise in the minimum wage helps to support solid raises for SHARE members when we negotiate with hospital management.

The Paid Family/Medical Leave proposal is also a better deal for working families. That proposal would provide up to 26 weeks of job-protected medical leave at 90% of pay if an employee is sick, and up to 16 weeks of job-protected family leave at 90% of pay if they have to care for a family member or have a new baby at home. A higher standard would help SHARE as we negotiate leaves-of-absence in our own contract in the future.

Some of our SHARE reps have been volunteering their time to collect signatures so that we will have the chance to vote on these two important issues next fall. If you are interested in joining that effort, or if you have questions about these two initiatives, please email eve.feldberg@theshareunion.org or call/text (617) 620-4091.