On Tuesday, April 20, David Dobbie (Social Work and Sociology) was relected as President of GEO. Bella Muntz (Anthropology) was elected as vice president. A full summary of the meeting follows.
Hello -
On Tuesday 4/20 we had a well-attended and very productive Stewards meeting. Here is a brief outline of what happened (full minutes are available […]

30 years ago today, April 15, 1974, on another glorious Ann Arbor spring day, graduate employees at the University of Michigan voted overwhelmingly to form a union, and GEO was certified by the Michigan Employment Relations Commission.
See the History section of the website for the full story.

Wednesday, April 7
7 PM
Rackham Auditorium (4th floor)

All-Campus Membership Meeting
Wednesday, April 7, 7 PM
Rackham Auditorium
Platform Development:
Get results from surveys, talk about what our priorities should be, and flesh out what our proposals will look like.
The Lecturers’ fight is our fight:
Hear last-minute updates from LEO’s bargaining and prepare for how we can support them in their fight for a fair contract.

The Lecturers’ Employee Organization (LEO), representing nontenure-track faculty at UM is in the process of bargaining their first contract. Unsurprisingly, the administration is dragging their feet on their efforts to improve job security, benefits, wages, and worker voice.
For the most current updates on bargaining and ways you can support LEO, check their website: www.leo.mftsrp.org

Tax officials at many colleges fear that a rule change proposed by the Internal Revenue Service could cost colleges millions of dollars by making nearly every student employee subject to Social Security taxes.
Read this article from the Chronicle of Higher Education and summary from MFT activist Jon Curtiss
[be sure to read the summary from […]