[This is not a real-time post. It is a copy of an email sent to GEO members on Wednesday 13 April 2020 and has been posted here for archival continuity.Trying our best to have updates to the website in real time, stay tuned] On Friday, April 10th, GEO met with University management to hear their response … Continue reading Newsletter \\ Vol S20.9: post Bargaining #3: Escalation!
Update \\ FMLA leave available to you
As you may already know, the Federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic includes expanded Family and Medical Leave benefits for public employees. As our members are public employees (working for a state University), this benefit applies to us. We highlighted the section that we believe already applies to many of our members with children. This benefit is … Continue reading Update \\ FMLA leave available to you
Update \\ COVID-19 & Unemployment Insurance
31st March 2020We are currently trying to find out if the new Federal CARES Bill will now include graduate student appointments in its scope of employees qualifying for unemployment benefits. Historically, graduate workers have been excluded from unemployment, and it remains to be seen how the state is interpreting this bill. No one has been able to … Continue reading Update \\ COVID-19 & Unemployment Insurance
Newsletter \\ Vol S20.7: How to do your part for Bargaining RIGHT NOW
GEO Leadership is collecting inputs from you. The sooner we get these together, the sooner we can make demands to management and bargain over them. As you know by now, we are in a phase of Impact Bargaining, so fight together for security while we are impacted by the pandemic and campus measures in response … Continue reading Newsletter \\ Vol S20.7: How to do your part for Bargaining RIGHT NOW