collective bargaining

  1. April 26, 2024

    Lecturers, U-M reach tentative agreement on four-year pact

    The Lecturers’ Employee Organization has reached a tentative agreement with the university administration on a new four-year contract that includes a range of base salary increases for lecturers at all three campuses.

  2. August 7, 2023

    U-M leaders outline GSI, GSSA expectations for fall

    University officials have informed graduate student instructors and graduate student staff assistants that employees who participate in a strike this fall will be subject to replacement for the entire semester.

  3. August 4, 2023

    Contract proposal expires after GEO doesn’t meet deadline

    A proposed offer from U-M to the Graduate Employees’ Organization has expired after the union did not act on the proposal within the 48-hour deadline imposed by the university.

  4. July 22, 2023

    U-M, GEO present outstanding contract issues to fact finder

    Attorneys for U-M and and the union representing its striking graduate student employees have presented their respective positions to a state-appointed fact finder charged with recommending a non-binding decision.

  5. June 8, 2023

    University, GEO resolve unfair labor practice complaints

    U-M and the Graduate Employees’ Organization have reached an agreement to resolve several unfair labor practice complaints filed as part of ongoing contract negotiations between the parties.

  6. May 17, 2023

    University requests state fact finder in GEO contract dispute

    U-M has petitioned the Michigan Employment Relations Commission to initiate the fact-finding process in an effort to resolve its ongoing contractual dispute with the Graduate Employees’ Organization.

  7. May 15, 2023

    University presents GEO with comprehensive contract offer

    U-M’s negotiating team has delivered to the Graduate Employees’ Organization a comprehensive package in response to all outstanding issues. The package includes an increased compensation offer.

  8. May 9, 2023

    Some grades still missing, but ‘overwhelming majority’ turned in

    Amid concerns about end-of-semester grade reporting due to striking graduate student instructors, an “overwhelming majority” of grades for U-M’s winter term have been submitted.

  9. June 25, 2020

    Regents approve framework for union recognition

    U-M will no longer require a state-supervised election for new labor unions to be recognized, under a Board of Regents resolution. Instead, new labor unions will be recognized under a practice commonly known as “card check.”