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Dec 17 Rally Against Anti-Gay Prop2; It Goes Into Effect Today; Support International Student Demands to Administration

Tuesday, December 14th, 2004

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 […]

NOV 12, GEO DAY, BARGAINING KICK-OFF RALLY

Thursday, November 4th, 2004

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 […]

Re-elect Olivia Maynard & Martin Taylor to UM Board of Regents

Wednesday, October 20th, 2004

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 […]

GEO Membership Meetings: Vote on the Platform

Wednesday, October 20th, 2004

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 […]

Prop 2 Threatens Passage, Join GEO Fight to Protect Domestic Partner Benefits Provided in Contract

Monday, October 4th, 2004

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, […]

TODAY’S NLRB ACTION!!!

Thursday, September 23rd, 2004

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 […]

Family Housing and the International Center: GEO INTERNATIONAL STUDENT BROWNBAG, JULY 29, THUR, 12 NOON

Wednesday, July 21st, 2004

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 […]

Support LEO!

Sunday, April 4th, 2004

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

Del Rio Workers Union

Monday, December 8th, 2003

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

Nov. 20th Rally and Sample E-mail

Wednesday, November 12th, 2003

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 […]

Campus Equity Week Rally

Tuesday, October 28th, 2003

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) […]