Fall Membership Meeting Dates

Please make plans to come to these following GEO meeting dates: Monday, September 20 in Campus Center 163c Tuesday, October 26 Thursday, December 2 All meetings will have dinner available at 5, and the meeting will start at 5:15. There will also be our Fall Benefits Fair on September 23, from 10-4pm, in the Campus Concourse. You will be able to sign-up for dental and … Continue reading

Recreation Memberships: Payroll Deduction option and Earlybird Savings

Recreation Services has added two new payment options available for the next few weeks. PAYROLL DEDUCTION: If you would like to have your gym fee membership deducted automatically from your paycheck at $7 a week, you may sign up for that now.  You’ll need to show your academic contract paperwork. DISCOUNT: Before 9/17, get the Early Bird discount: if you can pay cash/check upfront save … Continue reading

Grad Students May Be Eligible for Fuel Assistance

The Massachusetts Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is currently accepting applications for fuel assistance this winter.  If heating costs (oil, gas, electricity, etc seem daunting this winter, consider applying for help.  With the rise in prescription copays, insurance deductibles and our still un-funded contract, GEO members can use all the help they can get. Go to their website for more information, how to apply … Continue reading

Contraceptive Prices Should Not Have Risen! Call UHS Today

GEO-UAW is currently filing a grievance over the unfair contraceptive prices, a slow, but hopefully effective process. Our contract says the prices for birth control will never be over $10, so the administration is using a 2005 law to try to charge more. That law has since been overturned, but the prices at the UHS pharmacy still haven’t been capped since August 1st! Call Bernie … Continue reading

Next Insurance Meeting 8/3/2010

If you didn’t get a chance to come to our last insurance information and discussion meeting, there will be another one tomorrow, August 3. These serve to explain the changes in the SHIP (co-pays, plan year maximums) as well as explain the state of our Health and Wellness Trust and what changes need to be made. We also will discuss the ways the administration has … Continue reading