GEO this week exercised its right to call for an Equity and Access Special Conference with the University of Michigan. The purpose of the Special Conference is to discuss the hiring of a GSSA to continue working to improve the accommodations process for employees with disabilities.
During the last round of contract negotiations, […]

The Bargaining Committee will be meeting Thursday, May 27, 3-5 pm in the GEO office! If you’re interested in joining the committee, come to this meeting! You can also email umgeo@umich.edu for more information.
The Bargaining Committee needs as many members as possible to make next year’s negotiations successful and representative of all GEO members’ concerns!

New officers and committee chairs have now been elected! Your 2010-2011 leadership is…
PRESIDENT
Rob Gillezeau
Economics
VICE PRESIDENT
Melissa Sanders
Psychology
SECRETARY
Renee Echols
English
TREASURER
Dan Marcin
Economics
COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR
Joanna Tatomir
Anthropology and Public Health
GRIEVANCE CHAIR
Jonathan McLaughlin
History and Classics
ORGANIZING CHAIR
Samantha Montgomery
Psychology
BARGAINING CHAIR
Mathieu Desan
Sociology
SOLIDARITY & POLITICAL ACTION CHAIR
Vacant!
(If you would like to run for SPAC Chair, contact GEO! umgeo@umich.edu)
CONGRATULATIONS!

At last week’s membership meeting, new officers were elected to GEO leadership for 2010-2011:
President: Rob Gillezeau, Economics
Vice President: Melissa Sanders, Psychology
Secretary: Renee Echols, English
Treasurer: Dan Marcin, Economics
Committee Chair nominations are still open! Email umgeo@umich.edu to make a nomination or nominate yourself. Committee chairs will be elected at this week’s Stewards Meeting:
Stewards’ Council Meeting
Wednesday, April 21, […]

GEO members: please complete a bargaining platform survey and make your concerns known!
TAKE THE SURVEY
Results will help determine the importance of different issues for our membership as we continue working towards defining bargaining priorities for next year.

GEO is currently at work developing an initial Bargaining Platform for 2010-2011 contract negotiations! An initial platform will be voted on at the April 14 Membership Meeting. Members and constituencies (GEO committees, departments, caucuses, etc.) are encouraged to submit platform plank proposals to be added to the platform. Members will vote on these planks (basically […]

GEO GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Wednesday, April 14
7 pm - 8 pm
The U Club in the Michigan Union
It’s our second and last membership meeting of the year! At this important meeting, members will discuss and vote on an initial bargaining platform for next year’s contract negotiations. Come and make YOUR concerns heard!
Members will also elect new leadership: […]

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Information about GEO Dues can be found at our Dues FAQ. Any further questions can be addressed to umgeo @ umich . edu
If you haven’t signed a yellow card yet, please consider becoming a GEO Member! The financial difference between membership dues and the representation service fee is small (under $10 a term for a […]

GEO Fall 2009 Membership Meeting
Thursday 11/19
Food/drinks 6:00pm
Meeting Starts at 7:00pm
At the GEO Office (330 E. Liberty Suite 3F)
At this Membership Meeting, we’ll update members on what has happened in GEO this year and form working groups around possible bargaining items for the 2010-2011 contract campaign. What are aspects of GEO’s contract that you think work […]

The Graduate Employees’ Organization at University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign went on strike this morning against the Board of Trustees. GEO-UIUC has been bargaining with the administration for a new contract and is demanding that the university guarantee tuition waivers in the contract, which the university refuses to bargain over.
GEO-UM stands in solidarity with our sisters and […]

Graduate Student Worker for Fall 2009
(Note the typo on page 1: The deadline for disenrolling ineligible dependents from University health plans is December 18, 2009)