On Wednesday, September 21, 2011, United Auto Workers Local 2322 joined a number of community and advocacy groups with whom we have been working to save UMass student health care to file a complaint with the Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy, stating that the University's new Student Health Insurance Plan violates Massachusetts … Continue reading UAW Local 2322 joins legal complaint over new student “coinsurance”
GEO-UAW 2322 | Press Release 8-15-2011
University’s Defense of Changes to Student Health Insurance Based on False Claims and Manufactured Deficit Amherst, MA – Information recently received by the UMass Graduate Employee Organization (GEO), a unit of UAW Local 2322, demonstrates that the University of Massachusetts Amherst has based its defense of massive changes to the Student Health Insurance plan on … Continue reading GEO-UAW 2322 | Press Release 8-15-2011
FAQs about the GEO Stipend Increase
Stipend Increase Schedule Q: When are the increases going to be implemented? A: Here is the “tentative” schedule from the University: The lump sum retroactive payment for the FY10 1.5% base stipend increase will be paid on the January 21, 2011 paydate. The new stipend rates for the FY11 2.5% base stipend increase will be … Continue reading FAQs about the GEO Stipend Increase
Time to Double Check Your Contract
Have you checked your Graduate Fellowship and Assistantship Form (GFAF) this semester? This is the form, known to most as your individual contract, that you sign at your department when you accept an assistantship. It lists your start date, end date, hours per week, hourly rate, signature of Grad Program Director, and so forth. If … Continue reading Time to Double Check Your Contract