Bargaining News

  • Update on the DEI Bargaining Proposal

    Support DEI labor at Michigan As many of you know, one of the most widely supported proposals in GEO’s contract negotiations with the University is the DEI GSSA proposal, which aims to create compensated, unionized graduate student staff assistant positions appointed for the sole purpose of implementing the strategic plans of the University’s Diversity, Equity…

  • Petition: Tell UM Diversity Labor is Not for Free!

    Folks from marginalized backgrounds have been carrying much of the burden of doing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work on campus. UM’s DEI strategic planning initiative has been especially taxing on these individuals, who sacrifice their personal and professional time doing work that benefits the entire community. To date that work has largely been uncompensated,…

  • The University’s Counter-Proposals are Unacceptable

    GMM will discuss our response to UM’s counterproposals GEO’s next GMM will be Monday, February 20th, at 6PM in the Ballroom at the Union. The meeting is scheduled for an hour and a half and has a very full agenda, so please arrive on time if at all possible. This will be an important GMM…

  • Will You #StandWithAlex? Read the Newsletter and Sign the Petition Today!

    Click the Link to the Right In order to Download the Petition and Share your Thoughts on Twitter and Facebook using the hashtag #StandWithAlex Facebook Twitter #StandWithAlex Petition GEO Fall ’15 Newsletter Background Alex Chen is a Master’s student dually enrolled in the School of Architecture and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She…

  • Friday 3/15 General Membership Meeting CANCELLED

    Dear GEO Members, After a vote by the general membership on March 14th, we are no longer in contract negotiations with the University. Therefore, our General Membership Meeting for tomorrow, March 15th, is cancelled. Please contact your department steward for details.

  • Call to GEO Members: 3 General Membership Meetings this week!

    This coming week we will be holding three General Membership Meetings to talk about our ongoing negotiations with the University. The bargaining team needs as much input as possible from members, so it’s important that turnout is strong this week. We know that everyone is busy, but please come to at least one and ask…

  • Graduate Student Research Assistant (GSRA) Election Info

    For more information about the upcoming election and how joining other graduate employees in GEO would benefit GSRAs, please see our website here.

  • Tentative Agreement Ratified by General Membership Vote

    Today, after nearly a week of voting, the membership of GEO ratified the tentative agreement reached by the GEO bargaining team and the University. Once approved by the Regents of the University, the new UM-GEO Agreement will go into effect.  For more information, please see our ratification page. GEO reached a tentative agreement with the…

  • Membership Meeting and TA Party!

    A General Membership Meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 23, at 6 PM in the Michigan League Ballroom. We’ll discuss the Tentative Agreement we’ve reached with the University, and vote to send out a ratification ballot for the membership to ratify our new contract. We’ll also be talking about progress on the GSRA campaign,…

  • GEO Bargaining Team Signs Tentative Agreement

    After over 12 hours of bargaining with the administration today, our bargaining team signed a tentative agreement on our 2011-2014 contract at 2:05 AM. The contract still needs to be ratified by a vote by the membership. Stay tuned for an announcement about a General Membership Meeting next week where we will vote to send…

  • General Membership Meeting TONIGHT!

    Hi folks, We have a GEO membership meeting tonight at 7pm! When: Today (Wednesday, March 16) from 7-8:30pm [note the time change] Where: Ballroom in the Michigan League [the same as last time] What: Our bargaining team believes that we are close to an agreement with the university. Depending on the university’s counter-proposals on Wednesday,…

  • At The Table, Issue 12

    The new issue of At The Table is here! Check it out for detailed bargaining updates, and information on how you can get involved as the bargaining team works to bring this process to a close. Newsletter: At the Table, Issue 12

  • At the Table, Issue 11 is here!

    Take a look at the newest issue of At The Table. This issue has details on the University team’s financial counter-proposals and dates to watch for in the coming weeks. Newsletter: At the Table, Issue 11

  • Bargaining TODAY, 10-2

    We’ll be bargaining in Palmer Commons, Great Lakes North, from 10 AM to 2 PM today, Friday, March 4!

  • Bargaining Tuesday, 1:30-4:30

    GEO will be bargaining with the administration on Tuesday, March 1, from 1:30 to 4:30 pm, in the LS&A Building Room 4128. As always, the session is open to members.

  • General Membership Meeting Wed., Feb. 23

    General Membership Meeting! Wednesday, February 23, 6-8 PM Michigan League Ballroom At this GMM, we’ll be discussing priorities for bargaining with the university and also whether to extend our contract. Our contract expires on March 1! Commit to coming to the meeting!

  • At The Table, Issue 10

    Download this week’s issue of At The Table for more details on a very big week for bargaining! Newsletter: At the Table, Issue 10

  • GSIs and GSRAs in the Michigan Daily

    Check out this brief article published in the Daily today. GSIs and GSRAs raise pre-negotiation concerns

  • General Membership Meeting LOCATION CHANGE

    NEW LOCATION: MICHIGAN LEAGUE BALLROOM Hi everybody, The General Membership Meeting is at the same time on the same date, but we have changed the location.  We originally scheduled the GMM for the Michigan League Vandenberg Room, but we have changed the location to the Michigan League Ballroom.  So it’s still in the same building,…

  • At The Table, Issue 9

    The new issue of At The Table is out! In it you will find vital information on how you and your department can get more involved as we get closer to March 1st (when our contract expires!). Read it, and share it! One correction: the General Membership Meeting is still in the Michigan League, but…