Contact University Health Services about changes to our insurance

Email UHS with your concerns about their proposed insurance plan!  Just fill out the form below and click “Send”.  Feel free to replace our text with your own message and concerns about the new plan announced on May 27, 2011. We have taken down our submission form. Here is the letter that over 400 GEO members sent: The changes to the Student Health Insurance Plan … Continue reading

UAW 2322 involvement in Northampton Pride March a success

GEO had a significant contingent of members at the 30th Annual Northampton Pride March on Saturday, May 7.  We joined our sisters and brothers in other UAW Local 2322 shops to show labor’s support for the area’s gay/lesbian/bi/trans/queer communities. You can see more pictures of Local 2322 members (including GEO leadership, staff, and members) marching in the Pride Parade here.  Also, check out the story … Continue reading

PHENOM at the Statehouse for Revenue Bill

PHENOM will have a major presence at the legislative Revenue Committee’s hearing on the progressive revenue bill (An Act to Invest in Our Communities) tomorrow (Thursday).  Please join us and folks from the MTA and many other unions and community organizations as we advocate for fair tax reform.  The bill would raise over $1.3 billion with almost all of it coming from increased taxes on … Continue reading

Give Your Input on Chancellor Holubs’ Job Performance

UMass Amherst Chancellor, Robert Holub, is currently undergoing a job performance review.  The community has been invited to share their thoughts with the committee, Board of Trustees and President of UMass system. The entire list of evaluation issues of interest for them is available below, but a few are particularly relevant to GEO members.  Please take a minute to review Holub’s performance and send an … Continue reading

Voting Results Are In

Thank you to everyone who attended the final Membership Meeting of the year and those who voted on the Campus Center concourse.  After certifying the results, the Bylaws Referendum passed and Jocelyn Silverlight (Social Justice Education) was elected as Vice President of GEO-UAW 2322.  Next year’s Steering Committee members-at-large were also elected: Hunter King (Physics) and Steve Davis (Labor Studies).  Congratulations to GEO’s new leaders, … Continue reading