The Latest News about GEO and UMass

GEO Contract Bargaining
GEO/UAW Local 2322 members voted overwhelmingly to ratify their 6th Contract with the University on Thursday May 19th and Friday May 20th 2005. The following articles detail the long campaign that lead up to the contract:

Large March & Demo at UMass Highlights Labor Issues - Indymedia Article
Students protest lack of contract - Springfield Republican article on March 31st March
Graduate students say no contract, no peace Build largest march and rally in years - Indymedia Article
UMass Amherst Drives Out Working People & Families with its Anti-Union Tactics - Pioneer Valley Union News
Public Opinion vs. Public School - Daily Collegian
Earth to Boston - Your Flagship is Sinking - BlueMassGroup
Letter to the Editor - Greenfield Recorder
GEO holds picket against University - Daily Collegian
Child care fee hike worries faculty - Daily Collegian
Letter to the Editor - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Campuses with a cause: Diverse issues inspire students - Boston Globe

Romney Vetoes Your Pay - act now to override his veto
Globe Article on "The Chasm Facing Higher Ed"
UMass is Blowing an Opportunity...Again

The UMass and State Budgets
Massachusetts now leads the nation in cuts to public higher education. We are in the midst of what are perhaps the worst cuts UMass has ever experienced. Chancellor Lombardi is in the process of allocating budget cuts after the state legislature has dealt this institution a crippling blow. Read the information below for details and analysis.
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Wilson Watch - It's Tough at the Top
Three Reasons to Support A Fair Contract
Romney's Ignorant Veto - A Boston Globe Editorial
Summary of Lombardi's Budget Planning Actions (as of July 2nd, 2003)
Legislative Overrides of Governor Romney's Vetoes (as of July 9th, 2003)

Leaked Emails Suggest Coordinated Campaign Of Discrimination at UMass
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The KKK photos in question
The Erroneous Collegian Article
Rally Against Racism
Valley Advocate Article Supporting GEO's stance against racism

GEO successfully overturns International Student Fee (ISF)
We can definitively announce that UMass has removed the International Student Fee, effective immediately, and will pay back all International students who had paid the fee last semester.
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The Successful Arbitration Result in Full
Press coverage of the Arbitration Result
Pictures from the Anti-ISF rallies
GEO wins Five Social Justice Awards and Civil Rights Commendations.

Unionization Issues
The Stipend Gap - With the disparity in graduate-student pay, some recipients are mired in
debt while others own homes
Faculty Union Calls for Better Standards of Treatment for TA's Nationwide