Thank you to everyone who came out to support graduate student workers this past Monday. Over 50 students crammed into the hallway of Chancellor Holub’s office during finals week to demand that our needs be met. We will continue to circulate petitions over winter break and present them to the administration until they keep their promises. Their promises include a prompt payment of raises from … Continue reading
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Monday at 1 pm, graduate student workers will meet at the Student Union steps to fill out holiday wish lists and petitions to give to the UMass administration. After being told they would receive their raises and retroactive pay in November, GEO raises have now been pushed to incremental pay outs starting next semester. The lack of funding is coupled with the 100% increase in … Continue reading
Check out the graduate student newspaper’s newest edition. It includes articles about the delayed raises, contraceptive grievance, international student legal issues, parenthood, graduate student campus housing and tips for living cheap in the Valley and more. http://www.umassgss.org/the-voice/the-voice-late-late-fall-2010-edition/ … Continue reading
GEO is no longer accepting applications for staff positions.
Each plan year, each GEO member is entitled to a reimbursement from UHS for any prescription copayment costs that exceed $250. According to Article 35(g) of the GEO contract, no one should make more than $250 in co-payments per year. Members have to keep track of their co-payments themselves, however, because UHS does not automatically stop charging co-pays once this limit is reached. To receive … Continue reading