Hello fellow GEO members, Please take a moment to complete our 2012 Online Bargaining Survey. We want to make sure that everyone’s voice is heard! We have been out in members’ work sites speaking with members about the upcoming contract, and so far GEO members have sent a clear message to the bargaining committee that protecting and improving health care should be GEO’s #1 priority. … Continue reading
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Dear Graduate Housing Residents, We’re writing on behalf of the Graduate Student Senate and the Graduate Employee Organization (GEO-UAW 2322) with the hope and intention of forming an association for the residents of Graduate and Family Housing. We know this is not a new effort, but feel a strong tenants group needs to be formed to play an important role in the evolution of graduate … Continue reading
To the Campus Community: I am writing today to provide an update on the university’s Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP). At my request, a special committee is exploring possible modifications to SHIP as it develops competitive bid specifications for coverage in fiscal 2013. Associate Chancellor Susan Pearson is chairing this broad-based panel, which will review the current coverage and discuss different mixes of policy benefits … Continue reading
From: “UMass Chancellor’s Office” <official-chancellors@admin.umass.edu> Date: December 21, 2011 2:34:37 PM EST To: massmail-l@oit.umass.edu Subject: Special Committee to Study Proposed Changes at UHS To the Campus Community, In recent weeks, you may have heard about proposed changes at University Health Services (UHS). To respond to concerns raised by some staff, students, faculty and the community, I am creating a special committee that will undertake a … Continue reading
Congratulations to newly-hired UMass Director of Housing & Residential Life, Eddie Hull, for his recent nomination of Scrooge of the Year Award by Jobs with Justice for latest plans to fire 73 undergraduate employees at UMass-Amherst prior to the December holidays and radically reconfigure Housing & Residential Life to include more over-paid administrative positions. Mr. Hull chose to announce this two weeks before the end … Continue reading