What: GEO Membership Meeting When: Thursday, September 20th, 6:00-7:30 PM Where: Campus Center 101 Come to the first GEO membership meeting of the academic year! We will finish up voting on the ratification of the new contract, hear from representatives of UAW Local 2322’s committees (and how YOU can get involved), and much more! We’re looking forward to a great year with a strong, active … Continue reading
The Graduate Employee Organization, UAW 2322 endorses the rehire of Dr. Barbara Madeloni, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Secondary Teacher Education Program at the School of Education, who last spring led a group of students to boycott the implementation of a corporate sponsored, standardized teacher assessment on pre-service (student) teachers. We see this as one more example of the corporatization of public education and … Continue reading
The GEO Bargaining Committee is proud to announce that we have come to a tentative agreement on a successor contract. We believe that the new contract we bargained over the last few months offers significant improvements to the wages and working conditions of our members. We are therefore recommending that members of the GEO bargaining unit ratify this contract in a vote on September 19 … Continue reading
9-1-2012 UAW 2322 Newsletter … Continue reading
Your union, the Graduate Employee Organization (GEO/UAW Local 2322), and the University of Massachusetts have agreed on a grievance settlement for the out-of-pocket (OOP) health insurance expense amounts that graduate employees in are required to pay for plan year 2011-2012. Under this settlement agreement, the University agrees that the out-of-pocket maximum for graduate student employees covered under the student health insurance plan (AETNA Student Health) … Continue reading