When: Sunday, Feb. 6th from 1-3:00 pm Where: Mullins Center, UMass (free parking) No cost to members & their guests Bring your skates or use the Mullins Center’s ice skates (kids sizes are limited at no charge. There will be light refreshments served and music to skate to. All are welcome (skating is not required for this Union Party). There will be a private room … Continue reading
GEO members: Happy new year and welcome back to school! We look forward to another semester of fighting for graduate student rights and building community. Upcoming Events Monday, January 31 Steward’s Assembly – 4:30 pm, Campus Center 168. Sunday, February 6 UAW 2322 Skating Party – 1-3 pm, Mullins Center. UAW Local 2322‘s annual skating party is free for members and their families. Tuesday, February … Continue reading
Dear Brothers and Sisters, It is with mixed emotion that I offer my resignation as President of GEO. I have accepted a position with the United Electrical Workers, a great radical and democratic union, and must relocate to Chicago. I have full confidence in the ability of our staff and steering to continue to push forward and improve our condition as graduate employees. I hope … Continue reading
On January 17, 2011, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implements Workers (UAW) President Bob King spoke to the UAW’s National Community Action Program Conference on the need to support public workers, who increasingly have been scapegoated for state budget shortfalls. This clip offers a great example of the kind of solidarity between the traditional auto manufacturing sector of the UAW and the Technical, Office, and … Continue reading
The GEO Office will close at noon Tuesday, January 18th. We will open again at 9 am on Wednesday. Call or email with any questions and we will get back to you as soon as we can.