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Archive for April, 2005

Support Grad Workers: Yale and Columbia to Strike Monday!

Thursday, April 14th, 2005

The graduate employee unions at Yale (GESO) and Columbia (GSEU) have voted overwhelmingly to hold a joint strike the week of April 18-22. The administrations of both universities are refusing to recognize the democratic right of these workers to form a union–in defiance of the UN Declaration of Human Rights, the opinions of many leaders […]

Contract Ratified

Wednesday, April 13th, 2005

In a vote of 434-3, the GEO membership has overwhelmingly ratified the new contract. It will go into effect immediately upon final signatures from the lead negotiators from both teams, something that will likely happen later this week.

Admin Dues Collection Email

Monday, April 4th, 2005

GEO members who have authorized their dues to be auto-deducted from their paychecks received a somewhat misleading email from the Administration Monday.
The email says that your dues will be deducted from your next paycheck. However, most of us have already had our dues deducted for the semester, leading to a lot of confusion among those […]

MEMBERSHIP APPROVES CONTRACT; SENDS OUT BALLOTS

Sunday, April 3rd, 2005

The GEO members gathered at Sunday’s membership meeting unanimously approved the tentative agreement presented by the Bargaining Team and authorized sending out ballots by mail to the entire membership.
All GEO members should receive a contract ratification ballot in the mail this week. Please return it to the office by hand or mail by next Monday, […]

We Won!

Saturday, April 2nd, 2005

WE WON A CONTRACT!
At 1:30 a.m. this morning, lead negotiator André Wilson signed the Tentative Agreements on Salaries and Wages
Guaranteed raises of 2.5%, 3%, and 3% in the three years of the contract! We signed current contract language on No Interference and our Agreement expires on March 1, 2008. More details to follow…
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MEMBERSHIP MEETING FOR […]

Contract signed! More news in a few hours!

Friday, April 1st, 2005