Hello GEO family! The bargaining update this week focuses on an issue that is near and dear to our hearts: healthcare. The GEO healthcare proposal is straightforward — we want to eliminate co-insurance and instead have a system of fixed co-payments, and we want to lower the total out-of-pocket costs for our members. We want our members to be able to afford the care that … Continue reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Jocelyn Silverlight, UAW 2322 President Jocelyn@uaw2322.org Amherst, Massachusetts – February 23, 2015 – The Commonwealth Employment Relations Board (CERB) ruled on February 20, 2015 that the UMass Amherst Peer Mentors shall hold an add-on election on whether or not to join the Resident Assistant Union (RAU), a unit of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2322. Peer Mentors are undergraduate workers who work in … Continue reading
Come to the next UAW 2322 Solidarity and Education Meeting! February 24, 6:00 – 7:30 PM Haymarket Cafe, 185 Main St., Northampton, MA … Continue reading
Dear fellow GEO members, There are many exciting things to report in this member update! Last week, management disrespectfully and unilaterally cancelled a bargaining session at the last minute, and your elected bargaining team took swift action. In under nine hours, using word-of-mouth and social media, we mobilized 40 GEO members and supporters, especially undergraduate allies, to stage a sit-in and bargaining teach-in outside of … Continue reading