UMass Amherst Chancellor, Robert Holub, is currently undergoing a job performance review. The community has been invited to share their thoughts with the committee, Board of Trustees and President of UMass system. The entire list of evaluation issues of interest for them is available below, but a few are particularly relevant to GEO members. Please take a minute to review Holub’s performance and send an … Continue reading
Thank you to everyone who attended the final Membership Meeting of the year and those who voted on the Campus Center concourse. After certifying the results, the Bylaws Referendum passed and Jocelyn Silverlight (Social Justice Education) was elected as Vice President of GEO-UAW 2322. Next year’s Steering Committee members-at-large were also elected: Hunter King (Physics) and Steve Davis (Labor Studies). Congratulations to GEO’s new leaders, … Continue reading
In passing the House budget late last night, the Massachusetts House of Representatives voted to strip municipal teachers, police officers and other workers of their rights to bargain over healthcare costs. In a move similar to Wisconsin’s Budget Repair Bill, Massachusetts lawmakers caved to right-wing pressure to blame public employees for budget shortfalls. Representative Martin J. Walsh was quoted in the Boston Globe: “’municipal workers … Continue reading
Make plans to come out to GEO’s last membership meeting of the year. Voting for the Vice President and the Bylaws Referendum will be Wednesday and Thursday from 10am-2pm on the Campus Center Concourse, and Thursday from 5-7pm at the meeting in Campus Center 917. There will be light dinner at the meeting, distribution of Wellness Reimbursement checks and planning for upcoming campaigns and bargaining. … Continue reading
AFSCME local 1776, the union who represents many of our workers in the dining commons, Physical Plant, housing, etc. is fighting to represent non-unionized workers on campus. A category of employee, 03, is considered to be temporary, and so those hired as ’03’s’ work for much lower wages and few benefits. These positions are rarely temporary though, leaving some workers doing the same work as … Continue reading