Dear fellow GEO members, There are many exciting things to report in this member update! Last week, management disrespectfully and unilaterally cancelled a bargaining session at the last minute, and your elected bargaining team took swift action. In under nine hours, using word-of-mouth and social media, we mobilized 40 GEO members and supporters, especially undergraduate allies, to stage a sit-in and bargaining teach-in outside of … Continue reading
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Dear UAW Local 2322 Members, Voting has concluded for the proposed merger with Local 2232, and the majority of those voting have voted in favor of the merger. I learned today that Local 2232 has voted in favor of merging with our Local pending our vote. The merger must be approved by the International Executive Board at their next meeting by the end of February, … Continue reading
The Joint Council of UAW Local 2322 has approved a vote by our membership on whether to approve a merger of a smaller sister UAW Local (Local 2232) into our Local Union. We are an “amalgamated” union, which includes about 3,500 members from eighteen different “bargaining units” employed at the University of Massachusetts and in other higher education, human services, healthcare and early childhood education … Continue reading
On Thursday, January 8, our offices will be closed due to inclement weather. We apolologize for any inconvenience. Stay warm and drive safe!
Our contract expires on March 31, 2015. Join your fellow postdoctoral researchers to help bargain a new contract! Your union, the Postdoctoral Researcher Organization/UAW Local 2322, is preparing to bargain a second contract for when our current agreement expires at the end of March. In the last contract, we won paid time off, salary minimums, subsidized childcare, and groundbreaking protections for international postdocs! A strong … Continue reading