The statements are compiled in this pdf:
GEO OFFICER CANDIDATE STATEMENTS 2008.pdf
The nominees are:
PRESIDENT: Kiara Vigil
VICE PRESIDENT: Ian Flora, Melissa Sanders
TREASURER: Denise Bailey
SECRETARY: Open
COMM CHAIR: Katie Will
OC CHAIR: Melissa Sanders, Alex Reusing
GRRR CHAIR: Patrick Parker
S/PAC CHAIR: Shana Greenstein, Patrick Parker
Remember, the ELECTIONS MEETING is open to all GEO Members. It will be held tomorrow, Wednesday, […]

Elections for next year’s officers and committee chairs will be held this Wednesday, April 16 at 7 pm in the GEO Office, at a Stewards Council meeting that is open to ALL members! We will post candidates’ statements here on the website by Tuesday.

GEO UM Tentative Agreement
The file above contains a full text PDF of the Tentative Agreement reached between GEO and UM on March 25, 2008. Below is an article by article summary of the significant changes this Tentatave Agreement, if ratified, would make to the GEO Contract.Article I – Recognition and Definitions
Minor adjustments to definitions […]

GEO leadership nominations are due to umgeo@umich.edu by April 9. Elections will be at the Stewards meeting on Wednesday, April 16 at 7 pm, and ALL members are invited to attend and vote for next year’s officers. Below is a description from our constitution of the officer and committee chairs of GEO, but note […]

Tentative Agreement (scan)
We’re working on putting together a clean copy of the tentative agreement for members to review. In the meantime, here’s a pdf produced by scanning copies of the agreed upon articles. Please note: the file is quite large and may take some time to download.

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 […]

STEWARDS COUNCIL MEETING
Tonight, 7 pm, at GEO. Discuss the walkout, our tentative agreement, and the upcoming membership meeting.
MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Monday March 31, 7 pm, Michigan League Ballroom. We will be recounting what has happened this week and voting to send out a contract ratification vote to the whole membership.
The walkout in pictures

Solidarity forever!

Here are some links to news coverage leading up to, during, and following yesterday’s walkout, which ended with the university and GEO reaching a tentative agreement on our new contract!
Detroit Free Press: 1-day U-M instructors strike gets big results [March 27]
Michigan Daily: New Deal Ends GEO Walkout [March 26]
Michigan Daily: Members form picket lines, cancel […]

Dear GEO members and supporters,
Due to our successful walkout today, which shut down activity across campus, the Administration asked to reenter bargaining this afternoon in the interest of avoiding a second day. Following a marathon session of negotiating, at 11:42pm Tuesday night we reached a tentative agreement on a new contract.
Because of this progress, the […]

GEO’s Bargaining Team has reached a Tentative Agreement with UM on all major issues.  Details to follow.
There will be a GEO Membership Meeting on Monday, March 31 at 7pm in the Michigan League Ballroom.  At that meeting, members will discuss whether to submit the Tentative Agreement for ratification.

The administration has requested to start bargaining again with GEO. The GEO bargaining team will meet with the administration’s bargaining team at GEO’s office this afternoon. MEMBERS: GEO will be holding a meeting TONIGHT at 8 pm at the Tap Room in Arbor Brewing Company (116 E. Washington St.). It’s important to come and discuss […]

GEO’s walkout began at 5 am this morning with GEO members at loading docks and construction sites at the Stadium and Ross School of Business. The Michigan Daily has published an awesomely supportive editorial rightly criticizing the University for its attitude toward negotiations (thank you!), as well as a news article; the walkout has also […]

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 […]

Last night, GEO’s membership in attendance at a membership meeting voted to send out a strike ballot to ALL union members. In the next few days, members will be VOTING on whether to authorize the Stewards Council to call a two-day work stoppage next week, if the union’s demands are still not met. If you […]