Bargaining News

  • GEO Negotiation Bulletin #1, Hundreds Rally, Attend Bargaining for a Living Wage, November 17, 2022

    Hundreds of grad workers and allies gathered on the Diag last Thursday morning to kick off our contract negotiations with UM for affordability and dignity…

  • Press Release: Hundreds of Graduate Workers at U-M Rally for a Living Wage, Work with Dignity

    November 17, 2022Hundreds of Graduate Workers at U-M Rally for a Living Wage, Work with Dignity  Hundreds of graduate workers at the University of Michigan…

  • Affordability & Accountability: Steps for Developing Our Next Bargaining Platform

    Next year, GEO members will be negotiating a new contract with the University. This happens only once every three years. It is a rare and…

  • Bargaining Update 4/8/2020

    At Wednesday’s remote bargaining session, our Bargaining Team passed across the table multiple counter offers targeting various issues within our platform. There were some productive discussions with Academic HR…

  • Bargaining Update 4/6/2020

    HR responded disappointingly to several of our major proposals at Monday’s bargaining session. They walked back several proposals on hours protections for GSIs and are falling short of…

  • Bargaining Update 4/1/20

    Today the team passed across counters on Salaries, including hours, Employee Rights, including gender inclusive restroom access, and more language on protections re: sexual misconduct…

  • Bargaining Update 3/25/20

    Today’s virtual bargaining session was a difficult one, with many disappointments. Even so, our team is committed to bargaining in good faith in these troubled…

  • Bargaining Update 3/23/20

    In today’s remote bargaining session with U-M, the bargaining team made substantial progress on extending the sexual harassment grievance timeline; the team is excited about the…

  • Bargaining Update 3/18/20

    Today we met for another remote bargaining session with University HR. Everybody called in from home with no technical problems!  At this session, we presented…

  • Bargaining Update 3/16/20

    Today was the first virtual bargaining session for the GEO Bargaining Team and University HR. There were some kinks getting everything running smoothly, as many…

  • Action Update 3/16/20: Virtual Sit-In

    GEO takes the COVID-19 outbreak very seriously, and is innovating ways to continue to organize while social distancing. Starting today, we are conducting a Virtual…

  • Bargaining Update 3/11/2020

    Bargaining was eventful today, though interrupted by COVID-19 news. Despite that, the GEO Bargaining Team had many productive conversations and will continue to negotiate with…

  • Bargaining Update 3/9/2020

    Today was GEO’s first bargaining session after the March 1st contract deadline, and it is clear that GEO member organizing is working. The bargaining team…

  • Bargaining Update 2/26/20

    U-M negotiators presented the University’s counteroffer to our salary proposals today. Their offer for a 3 percent annual increase in Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint,…

  • Bargaining Update 2/24/20

    GEO members lined halls of Palmer Commons on Monday, February 24! HR had to pass through a sea of signs to enter the bargaining session.…

  • Bargaining Update Week of 2/17/20

    On Thursday, February 20, GEO members held a grade-in to make our labor visible in response to U-M’s reluctance to bargain over these key demands.

  • Bargaining Update 2/7/2020

    Negotiations continue apace and the GEO Bargaining Team can report that they are close to reaching a tentative agreement (a preliminary agreement on contract language…

  • Newsletter 10/8: Town Halls on Platform Items & Other Announcements

    Thanks to everyone who attended and participated in last week’s GMM. We are thrilled with the turnout of 203 members and hope to keep the…

  • GEO Must Stand Together in Face of University’s Threats, Attempts to Divide

    It’s time to get serious about our commitment to one another. Attempts to delegitimize and divide, stall and threaten are expected from the typical employer…

  • General Membership Meeting March 15 – Info Packet

    Wednesday, March 15, 2017 In this packet we’ve included: Information and updates on all bargaining proposals We have limited our discussion tonight to the Parents’…