Fellow workers, This email is a notice that there will be a ratification vote on the Tentative Agreement reached between GEO-UAW 2322 (“the Union”) and UMass Amherst (“the University”) to modify the previous collective bargaining agreement. The new contract will be effective retroactive to September 4, 2022, and will be implemented as soon as it … Continue reading NOTICE OF RATIFICATION VOTE
BARGAINING – TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED!
Fellow workers, GEO’s Bargaining Committee is extremely pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement on our next contract! After nearly 11 months of bargaining with the university, over a contract that is nearly 2 years expired, dozens of GEO members met with the administration today to finalize our negotiations. We finalized 7.69% … Continue reading BARGAINING – TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED!
WELCOME BACK, GEO – BARGAINING, FIRST GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING, PARKING, AND MORE
Fellow workers, We hope your semester is off to a wonderful start! It has been wonderful to meet so many new graduate student employees in departmental orientations. We're looking forward to a year of building worker power, solidarity, and community together! Read on for some important announcements and to find out some ways to get … Continue reading WELCOME BACK, GEO – BARGAINING, FIRST GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING, PARKING, AND MORE
Bargaining update and call to action – come to bargaining tomorrow!
Fellow workers, This is a reminder that GEO is going into bargaining again with the university tomorrow, 8/18 from 2-4pm in Campus Center 904-908. We strongly encourage every GEO member who is able to join us at the bargaining table. For those of you out of the area, there will be a Zoom component; you … Continue reading Bargaining update and call to action – come to bargaining tomorrow!