Dear GEO-UAW members: Hello from your new leadership! We officially took office on June 1st and are thrilled to work with you in the coming year. As you know, we’ve been preparing to begin negotiating our next contract. This email is a quick update explaining where we are in that process and how you can help us get ready. Before we get into detailed updates, … Continue reading
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We are members of the Coalition of Graduate Employee Unions, a body that represents unionized graduate workers throughout the United States and Canada, including grad workers undertaking campaigns to unionize who have not yet achieved recognition. We are course instructors; researchers; teaching & research assistants; student affairs, advising, and residence life staffers; tutors, readers, lab supervisors, and graders. We are graduate student-workers. This May Day, … Continue reading
Dear GEO Members, Election season has come to a close and there are many people to congratulate. You can see our new GEO Officers below: Co-Chairs: Anna Waltman and Anais Surkin Mobilization Coordinator: Yetunde Ajao Steering At-Large Member: Eric Hoyt Also, congratulations to the By-Laws committee! The By-Laws revisions were overwhelmingly approved in the election. Furthermore, we have news about the Constitutional Convention Delegate/Alternate election. … Continue reading
Hiring Notice: GEO Grievance Coordinator 2014-2015 The Grievance Coordinator will solicit member concerns to determine which are contract violations, and which are issues to organize around. If the University violates the contract, the procedure for seeking redress is the grievance process; in conjunction with the UAW 2322 Servicing Representatives, the GEO Grievance Coordinator is responsible for managing this process. Successful applicants will need to have … Continue reading
The following are the candidates in the upcoming GEO election. GEO and UAW 2322 do not endorse any of these candidates. GEO Co-Chairs: Luke Pretz (click here to read candidate statement) Anais Surkin (click here to read candidate statement) Anna Waltman (click here to read candidate statement) Steering At-Large Member: Eric Hoyt (click here to read candidate statement) Mobilization Coordinator: Yetunde Ajao (click here to read candidate … Continue reading