Bargaining News
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Negotiation Bulletin #45: Grads Vote to Keep Fighting: Week of Discussion Leads to Comprehensive Counter-offer
At a mass meeting attended by nearly 500 people on Thursday, August 10, grad workers voted to respond to the Administration’s August 2 offer with…
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Negotiation Bulletin #44: Grads Receive Comprehensive Offer From U-M; Vote to Respond to Offer by August 10
On Wednesday, August 2, 2023, University of Michigan Administration provided a comprehensive offer to graduate workers for their three-year employment contract starting in Fall 2023.…
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Board of Regents Offer to GEO – 08.02.2023
The following offer was sent by Democratic Board of Regents members to GEO President Jared Eno on August 2, 2023. The offer is “exploding” in…
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Negotiation Bulletin #43: Grads Make Serious Movement at Bargaining Table. HR Stalls.
At bargaining on July 13th, the 40th negotiation session between GEO and the administration, grad workers came ready to make movement with proposals related to…
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Negotiation Bulletin #42: Grads Walk Out of Bargaining Over Harassment
At bargaining on June 23rd, GEO members voted to end the session early and walk out after a frustrating conversation about the latest sexual harassment…
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Grad Workers Walk Out of Bargaining Session over HR’s Response to Latest U-M Sexual Harassment Scandal
On Friday, June 23, graduate workers walked out of a bargaining session with the University of Michigan’s Human Resources (HR), after HR refused to take…
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Negotiation Bulletin #41: UM Under Investigation For Grade Falsification
At a press conference this week, grad workers announced that the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), U-M’s accrediting body, will move forward with our complaint about…
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Another Harassment Scandal at the University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR—On Wednesday, June 7th, 2023, the Michigan Daily published an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and abuse perpetrated by Professor Robert Stephenson in…
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Negotiation Bulletin #40: Grad Workers Withstand DPSS Intimidation
This week, grad workers went public about facing intimidation from the campus cops over their participation in an action in April. On May 21st, at…
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Campus Cops Intimidate Grad Workers in Ann Arbor Michigan
On Sunday, May 21, 2023, at 6:30pm, DPSS police officer John Buehler (#167) approached a graduate student in GEO (AFT Local 3550) at their home.…
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Negotiation Bulletin #39: Pressure Mounts Over Falsified Grade Scandal
The Administration’s decision to pressure department chairs and non-instructional staff to submit hundreds of falsified grades for striking GSIs is coming under increased scrutiny. This…
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Negotiation Bulletin #38: Grads Confront Admin About Falsified Grades
In a move that is unprecedented in the history of academic labor disputes, the U-M Administration has pressured department chairs and non-instructional staff into submitting…
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Graduate Workers Hold Press Conference in Front of UM Regents’ Meeting in Dearborn
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Graduate Employees’ Organization 3550May 18th, 2023 Graduate Workers Hold Press Conference in Front of UM Regents’ Meeting in Dearborn DEARBORN—At the…
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University of Michigan Administration Fabricates Grades
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Graduate Employees’ Organization 3550 May 16th, 2023 University of Michigan Administration Fabricates Grades This week, University of Michigan Administration has…
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Negotiation Bulletin #37: HR Offers Pay Cut in ‘Comprehensive Package’
At bargaining on Friday, HR put forward a so-called ‘comprehensive package’ of proposals, addressing our entire suite of proposals. The package offered the same ‘raise’…
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Negotiation Bulletin #36: GEO Members Join May Day March in Detroit
On Monday, grad workers took to the streets of Detroit alongside comrades from the Teamsters, UAW, and other allied organizations to celebrate International Workers Day.…
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Negotiation Bulletin #35: Striking GSIs Gather to Send Off Graduates
On Friday, grads braved pouring rain to hold lively pickets at the CCRB construction site and at Rackham’s graduate commencement. Many of the picketing workers…
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Negotiation Bulletin #34: Grads Call Out Bullshit Grades, UM Scrambles
International GSIs and other grads gathered to picket on North Campus, highlighting the unique challenges IGSIs face, and the proposals put forward to remedy them.…
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University of Michigan Administration Withholds April Pay from Grad Workers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Graduate Employees’ Organization 3550 April 28th, 2023 University of Michigan Administration Withholds April Pay from Grad Workers On April 28th,…
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Negotiation Bulletin #33: Grads Call Out Bullshit Grades, UM Scrambles
On Monday, math GSIs picketed outside of East Hall, where a small group of scabbing workers graded the final exams of hundreds of students whose…