The GEO Stewards’ Council has voted to endorse Olivia Maynard and S. Martin Taylor, both Democrats, as candidates for the UM Board of Regents.
In their tenure as Regents, Maynard and Taylor have consistently supported the right of workers to organize, defended academic freedom, and pushed to make this public university accessible to all.
The League […]

North Campus: Wednesday, October 27, 7pm, Family Housing Community Center
Central Campus: Thursday, October 28, 7pm, Michigan Union Ballroom
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GEO CONDITIONAL PLATFORM 2004
FAIR & EQUAL ACCESS TO EDUCATION, HEALTH, & EMPLOYMENT !!
This is GEO’s conditional platform, to be finalized over the next week, based on member input. Our final […]

Below you will find:
1. The most recent article on Prop 2 heading toward passage.
2. Coalition for a Fair Michigan information and update.
Here’s what you can do:
1. Join GEO in the fight against Proposal 2.
2. Join the GEO TLGB Caucus to advocate for transgender, gay, lesbian, and bisexual issues.
For more info on what you can do, […]

The Specter hearings on the NLRB are going on right now! Please support our brothers and sisters in the private sector by taking one minute to participate in the letter writing campaign to congress. Less than 100 people have sent in letters, so let’s make this look more like a MOVEMENT!
1.) The letter to Congress […]

GEO International Student Brownbag, Thursday, July 29, 12 noon.
at the GEO office: 527 East Liberty, Room 205. (down the street from the Michigan Theater).
For more info: call 995-0221 or email Luis Martin-Cabrera at loumarti@umich.edu.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Come discuss the Family Housing and International Center issues and other concerns with other international students.
Dear All,
At GEO we have […]

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

Boycott the New Del Rio, the bar/resturant used to be cooperatively run, now there is a corporate top down model and lots of unjust firing.
Del Rio Workers Union

Come out to ‘THE CUBE’ behind the Michigan Union and Fleming Administration Building on Nov. 20th at 12:30PM to urge the regents not to allow the erosion of employee health care. The regents meet at 1:00PM and will be greeted by a united campus of employees. ALL EMPLOYEES of the University, unionized and non-unionized, should […]

Calling All Workers & Students:
What do tuition increases, health care cutbacks, and no job security have in common?
Campus Equity Week
RALLY FOR FAIR TREATMENT of U of M EMPLOYEES
Fight for Lecturers’ Job Security
Fight against Proposed health Care Cutbacks
Fight Undergrad tuition Hikes
Diag — Noon
Wednesday, Oct. 29th
Sponsored by the Lecturers Employee Organization (LEO) […]

Calling all workers & students:
What do tuition increases, health care cutbacks, and no job security have in common?
Come rally for the fair treatment of U of M employees on the Diag, Wed. 10/29 at 12 PM. A fun surprise ending is promised!

Because of Coors’ long and continuing tradition of funding racist, anti-worker, anti-immigrant, anti-women, and anti-queer initiatives, the GEO Stewards’ Council urges GEO members and supporters to boycott Coors beer and their other brands (Killian’s, Zima, Keystone, Blue Moon, and Extra Gold).

How are we going to fight to protect our contract?
Over the past year, the University has launched three illegal and immoral attacks on the contract we fought so hard to win:
First, they illegally cut our prescription drug benefits and outsourced them to Advance PCS.
Second, they retaliated against the Residence Hall Librarians who joined our Union […]