The collective bargaining agreement between the Board of Trustees of the University of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Society of Professors, Faculty Staff Union (1,643 members) of the National Education Association, covering the period July 1, 1983-June 30, 1986 is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: unit recognition, affirmative action, management and union rights, dues checkoff, agency fee, academic freedom, consultation, tenure, faculty roles and responsibilities in academic and personnel matters, faculty personnel standards and procedures, appointment and reappointment, faculty workload, failure to perform minimum assigned duties, suspension and termination for disciplinary reasons, working conditions, librarians, part-time faculty, retrenchment, no strike clause, personnel files, grievance procedure, salaries, supplemental compensation, child care, seniority for administrative service, and annual evaluation of full-time faculty. (SW)