MEMBERS: We’ve got a membership meeting coming up this Monday to talk about the Tentative Agreement of our new contract and to decide whether to send the agreement out for ratification. Bargaining team members will be on hand to answer questions about the agreement, and we’ll also talk about other important issues for the […]

GEO WILL GO FORWARD WITH ITS PLANNED WORK STOPPAGE ON TUESDAY, MARCH 25 AND WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26
The bargaining team for the University left negotiations with GEO at 9:05 pm tonight. In negotiations today, the union believed we were making good progress with the university on issues of wage parity and low-fraction employee healthcare; however, GEO […]

MEMBERS: Significant movement is happening at the bargaining table! HEAD TO BARGAINING IN MASON HALL 1427 (probably 2306 after 4 pm) to discuss the progress with the bargaining team during caucus! We need members there to talk about the negotiations and what has happened with proposals today. Get over there NOW!!!

BARGAINING SESSION TODAY
GEO is still bargaining with the university, and members are encouraged to attend today’s bargaining session, starting at 11:30 am in 1427 Mason Hall. ***UPDATE: The University’s bargaining team said they need to caucus until about 2:30 pm before they give us any counterproposals. If you want to come over to bargaining, […]

There will be a mass rally in support of the Detroit Federation of Teachers on Friday, September 8, starting at 8:30 a.m. in the parking lot of the DFT building and marching down to the Fisher Building at 9:00 a.m.. The DFT office is located at the corner of West Grand Blvd. and the […]

From Manuel Chinchilla, a GEO steward and GSI from the Romance Languages Department:
Marta Cruz got her visa and is coming back on Wednesday night but she still doesn’t
know if she’ll be able to keep her appointment in RLL so we should keep our e-mail
campaign to Mary Sue Coleman going until we know for sure that […]

Marta Cruz-Sojo is one of the most experienced GSIs in the department of Romance Languages and Literatures. She worked as a lecturer in the department for several years and has continued to work as a GSI in RLL while pursuing an MFA in the School of Art & Design.
During the break between semesters Marta returned […]

GSIs and Allies:
CALL TO ACTION!
One of our fellow GSIs has been threatened with job termination; she has been unable to
renew her visa to study in the U.S. because someone with a similar name is a suspected
criminal. In response to GEO’s request that the administration take action on this matter, President Mary Sue Coleman closed her […]

The GEO TBLG caucus encourages everyone to join Pride At Work, the LGBT constituency group linking TBLG people and allies to the labor movement. Student membership is only $10 for the entire year!
Download a form to mail at www.prideatwork.org or join online with a credit card! Go to the Pride At Work “donation” page, and […]

Not all of you come from heavily unionized areas like Southeast Michigan, and not all of you think well of unions in general.  But one way or the other you will be taking a side on Thursday if there is a strike. . . . (continued)
Some of us are in dire need of some […]

Tonight, the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) voted to carry out our planned walkout Thursday, March 24. We ask all members of the UM community to stay out of UM buildings from 6am-6pm.
1. STRIKE CENTRAL: in front of Haven Hall (Diag side)
2. RALLY: 4:30 at the MI Union
If you have already signed up for a picket […]

We ask all members of the UM community to support us. Recognizing the risks of retaliation faced by unbargained-for staff, we ask them to support us to the extent they feel able. For some, that will mean not coming to work, for others picketing with us during lunch and joining us at the rally. Any […]

The GEO membership overwhelmingly approved a job action plan including a one-day walkout on Thursday, March 24 and a possible open-ended strike beginning April 4. The vote was counted Sunday and approved the plan by a 550-55 margin.
There will be a membership meeting at 7pm Wed, March 23, where GEO members will assess the administration’s […]

The GEO membership has authorized a one-day walkout for Thursday, March 24. The membership will meet Wednesday at 7pm (Nat Sci Auditorium) to assess the administration’s final offer and make a final decision about whether or not to carry out the walkout.
If GEO walks out, all UM community members will be asked to support the […]

Protest Against Prop 2: Support Platform Language for Designated Beneficiaries
FRIDAY, DEC. 17 IS THE LAST DAY OF BARGAINING FOR THE TERM.
WHERE WILL YOU BE TODAY?
click to see the schedule
9:30-12 : BARGAINING SESSION 1
JOIN US IN 2455 MASON HALL FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME!
2:30-3 : SOLIDARITY RALLY
COME TO THE CUBE (BETWEEN THE MICHIGAN UNION AND THE […]

GEO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS START NOV.12!
All GEO members are invited to all events! Wear your GEO button all day long!
FRIDAY, NOV. 12, 2004
9AM-12PM
BARGAINING SESSION ONE - 2448 MASON HALL
12PM-1PM
BARGAINING KICKOFF RALLY !!!!!
COME OUT TO THE DIAG AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT!
3:30PM-6PM
BARGAINING SESSION TWO - 2448 MASON HALL
6PM-11PM
GEO BASH @ ARBOR BREWING COMPANY
JOIN US IN THE TAP ROOM […]