Graduate Employee Organization – UMass Amherst

The Graduate Employee Organization is a unit of teaching assistants, teaching associates, research assistants, project assistants, assistant residence directors, and graduate interns at UMass Amherst. GEO was organized in 1991 and remains one of the strongest units within UAW Local 2322.

Servicing Representative:
Anna-Claire Steffen
anna-claire@uaw2322.org
GEO Staff  & Leadership
Stewards List
Contract:
GEO contract 2020
  • For more information on the Graduate Employee unit visit their direct link at www.geouaw.org

GEO Tentative agreement!

Posted on by May 2, 2018

The Bargaining Committee has great news for you: we have reached a tentative agreement on our GEO contract and we recommend that the membership vote to ratify it! We thank you all for your support, solidarity and dedication in this year-long struggle for improved working and living conditions. While not a comprehensive list of our contract wins, what follows is a brief breakdown of what … Continue reading →

Hiring Notice: GEO Black Caucus Coordinator (EXTENDED DEADLINE)

Posted on by July 26, 2016

Black Caucus Coordinator Rationale:             The Black Caucus is a progressive, democratic organization of domestic and international Black and African-descended graduate student-workers dedicated to the pursuit of racial, gender and economic equality through active political participation. The Black Caucus Coordinator supports the Black Caucus in its work to address the unique needs and issues of both domestic and international Black graduate student-workers and graduate student-workers … Continue reading →

Tri-State Membership Meeting!

Posted on by October 27, 2015

Last Thursday UAW 2322 attempted its first ever multi-state meeting. We have been working on a way to be inclusive of members we represent who are not able to attend our meetings because of physical locations and hours of driving to get there. We had a few glitches but overall we were successful in our goal of connecting multiple sites with video and audio. We … Continue reading →

GEO: An open letter to Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy

Posted on by October 5, 2015

Published in the 10/5/2015 UMass Daily Collegian: Dear Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy, On Friday, Sept. 4, the University of Massachusetts welcomed thousands of first-year students to their new home. Many of these students will take up a number of leadership positions on campus throughout their undergraduate experience. Dozens, if not hundreds of them will become resident assistants and peer mentors. So it is quite disturbing that while … Continue reading →

GEO Hiring Black Caucus Coordinator

Posted on by September 29, 2015

Black Caucus Coordinator   Rationale: The Black Caucus Coordinator addresses the unique needs and issues of both domestic and international Black graduate student-workers and graduate student-workers of Color in our bargaining unit. The Black Caucus Coordinator position responds to GEO’s recognition that this population faces workplace challenges such as unfair labor practices, racism, xenophobia and sexism that are directly and uniquely related to their racial/ethnic … Continue reading →

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