AMHERST — Pro-Palestinian groups at the University of Massachusetts Amherst say the school continues to stifle student voices and refuses to agree to contracts with its professional staff amid building anger about the war in Gaza.

Meanwhile, members of the Professional Staff Union have been in ongoing negotiations with the university, saying in November it had been 500 days since thousands of employees had had a contract. The union members Thursday evening overwhelmingly voted no-confidence in Javier Reyes, the university’s chancellor.

The vote passed 966 to 59, representing a 94% vote of no confidence.

Students for Justice in Palestine, a group that has had an active voice in protesting the university’s role in the war over two years, claim that the university has been hypocritical

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