Although we will all certainly miss the summer days, we are also excited to see old friends and meet new ones! There’s a lot to…

We’ve pulled up our digital stakes and moved to a new website. Let us know what you think, especially if what you think is that…

GEO will be hosting the semi-annual conference of the Alliance of Graduate Employee Locals this summer. The conference will take place from Friday, June 2…

A hearty welcome to our new officers, who will serve from May 1, 2006 – April 30, 2007: Mike Bader, President Zakiya Luna, Vice President…

Teaching assistants at Western Michigan University will be voting to officially form their union Wednesday and Thursday, Apr 19-20. GEO members will be heading out…

7:00 pm Membership Meeting Michigan Room, Michigan League 8:00 pm GEO/SCOR year-end celebration and Affirmative Action fundraiser Tap Room, Arbor Brewing Company Bonus: Attend the…

Free Student Workshops! Free Community Workshops! Free Food! Free Art! Free Entertainment! All at Tent State: An Alternative University. Join the Michigan Organization of Students…

Today’s Michigan Daily featured a front page article about Marta Cruz’s recently resolved situation and the call by GEO and the International Workers Caucus for…

Approximately two thirds of the graduate student teaching assistants (TAs) at Western Michigan University have filed for a union representation election with the Michigan Employment…

From Manuel Chinchilla, a GEO steward and GSI from the Romance Languages Department: Marta Cruz got her visa and is coming back on Wednesday night…

Marta Cruz-Sojo is one of the most experienced GSIs in the department of Romance Languages and Literatures. She worked as a lecturer in the department…

GSIs and Allies: CALL TO ACTION! One of our fellow GSIs has been threatened with job termination; she has been unable to renew her visa…

FIRST CONFERENCE ON IMMIGRATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE! “Organizing Migrant and Immigrant Workers” January 19-20 Featuring Keynote speeches by: Jennifer Gordon and Baldemar Velasquez, Winners of…

GEO is seeking to hire a full-time Organizer/Member Mobilizer. Candidates should have strong organizing and administrative skills, experience working with diverse populations, and demonstrated commitment…

Many people are asking about the details of our new contract, and are hoping to see it up online… An unofficial draft version is available.…

The GEO TBLG caucus encourages everyone to join Pride At Work, the LGBT constituency group linking TBLG people and allies to the labor movement. Student…

The graduate employee unions at Yale (GESO) and Columbia (GSEU) have voted overwhelmingly to hold a joint strike the week of April 18-22. The administrations…

In a vote of 434-3, the GEO membership has overwhelmingly ratified the new contract. It will go into effect immediately upon final signatures from the…

GEO members who have authorized their dues to be auto-deducted from their paychecks received a somewhat misleading email from the Administration Monday. The email says…

Not all of you come from heavily unionized areas like Southeast Michigan, and not all of you think well of unions in general.  But one…

Tonight, the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) voted to carry out our planned walkout Thursday, March 24. We ask all members of the UM community to…

We ask all members of the UM community to support us. Recognizing the risks of retaliation faced by unbargained-for staff, we ask them to support…

The GEO membership overwhelmingly approved a job action plan including a one-day walkout on Thursday, March 24 and a possible open-ended strike beginning April 4.…

The GEO membership has authorized a one-day walkout for Thursday, March 24. The membership will meet Wednesday at 7pm (Nat Sci Auditorium) to assess the…