Statements and press releases

University of Michigan Administration Withholds April Pay from Grad Workers

April 28, 2023

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,…
UM President Calls Police to Detain Striking Graduate Workers, Docks Their April Pay, and Dines Out

April 20, 2023

Today (4/20/23), after the University of Michigan announced plans to withhold pay from the April paychecks of striking Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs), University President Santa…
University Administration Moves to Withhold Pay from Grad Workers

April 20, 2023

For immediate release News from Graduate Employees Organization 3550 April 20, 2023 University Administration Moves to Withhold Pay from Grad Workers On April 20th, we…
Court Denies University’s Injunction against Graduate Workers

April 11, 2023

For immediate release News from Graduate Employees Organization Local AFT 3550 April 10, 2023 Court Denies University’s Injunction against Graduate Workers ANN ARBOR—Today, in a…
U of M Graduate Workers Go on Strike

March 28, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Graduate Employees Organization 3550 March 28, 2023 ANN ARBOR – Graduate students workers with Graduate Employees’ Organization, AFT Michigan 3550,…
PRESS RELEASE: GEO Members vote to strike

March 24, 2023

GEO members have voted overwhelmingly to strike, with 95% voting in favor of a work stoppage. After four months of being stonewalled at the bargaining…
GEO Open Letter: We Stand with U-M Grad Workers

March 22, 2023

**Sign this open letter using this form!** January 24, 2023 We, the undersigned, stand with the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) in their contract negotiations for…
GEO Members Overwhelmingly Vote to Initiate Strike Authorization Process

March 21, 2023

Members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) AFT Local 3550 held a General Membership Meeting on Monday, March 20, 2023 and voted to initiate the…
GEO Members Overwhelmingly Vote to Initiate Strike Authorization Process

March 20, 2023

Members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) AFT Local 3550 held a General Membership Meeting on Monday, March 20, 2023 and voted to initiate the…
GEO Statement of Solidarity with New College of Florida

March 14, 2023

The Graduate Employees’ Organization of the University of Michigan (AFT Local 3550) stands in solidarity with workers and students of New College of Florida against…
Press Release: GEO Files Charges Against U-M’s Unlawful Conduct as University Disregards Contractual Deadline

March 6, 2023

Following a Winter recess during which a contractual deadline for a tentative agreement passed, the Graduate Employees’ Organization (AFT-MI Local 3550) has filed Unfair Labor…
GEO Workers Stand in Solidarity with Colleagues and All Those Impacted by the Turkey–Syria Earthquake

February 20, 2023

The Graduate Employees Organization at the University of Michigan stands in solidarity with our Turkish and Syrian co-workers, faculty, staff, students, and all those affected…
Press Release: Dozens of Graduate Workers Rally and Demand a Living Wage and Serious Counters from Regents

February 15, 2023

Ahead of the University of Michigan’s Regents’ Meeting on Thursday, dozens of graduate workers will rally in front of the School of Social Work to…
GEO Workers stand in solidarity with striking workers at Temple University

February 10, 2023

February 10, 2023 We, the graduate workers of the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) at the University of Michigan, stand in solidarity with the striking workers…
GEO statement on the murders of Tyre Nichols, Tortuguita, and others

February 2, 2023

It’s happened again. GEO condemns the police murders of Tyre Nichols, Tortuguita, Chiewelthap Mariar, and far too many others. We stand with communities in Memphis…
Press Release: GEO Members fill the Regents’ Meeting; call on AHR to continue bargaining

December 8, 2022

GEO Members fill the Regents’ Meeting; call on AHR to continue bargaining December 8, 2022 Over 30 members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO –…
Press Release: U-M Refuses to Meet with Grad Workers’ Union

December 2, 2022

December 2, 2022 U-M Refuses to Meet with Grad Workers’ Union In an unfortunate setback in contract negotiations between U-M Academic Human Resources (AHR) and…
Press Release: Hundreds of Graduate Workers at U-M Rally for a Living Wage, Work with Dignity

November 16, 2022

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…
GEO Stands in Solidarity with UC Graduate Workers on Strike

November 14, 2022

The Graduate Employees’ Organization at the University of Michigan stands in deep solidarity with striking UAW members in the University of California system. Like UAW…
Abortion Care in Michigan and GEO Statement on Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood v. Casey

July 2, 2022

GEO stands in solidarity with all people under attack by the revocation of abortion rights due to the overturning of Roe v Wade and Planned Parenthood v Casey by the Supreme…
Statement on Roe

June 11, 2022

GEO stands in solidarity with all people who are under attack by the imminent overturning of Roe v Wade and Planned Parenthood v Casey, effectively…
Statement Against Anti-Trans Legislation

June 11, 2022

GEO stands in solidarity with our trans members and trans people across the country who are under attack by the recent wave of transphobic state…
Statement on the killing of Patrick Lyoya by Grand Rapids Police

June 11, 2022

Members and Friends, Following last week’s killing of Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year old Black immigrant, by a Grand Rapids police officer, GEO stands with our…
Statement on Minneapolis Teachers’ Strike

June 11, 2022

GEO stands in solidarity with our siblings, the teachers and education workers in Minneapolis, as they bravely go on strike. This historic job action –…