GEO

  1. 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.

  2. April 22, 2023

    Court order formalizes agreement for GEO to submit grades

    U-M and the Graduate Employees’ Organization have agreed the union will advise graduate student instructors to turn in all grades that were recorded — and ungraded assignments submitted — before the union went on strike.

  3. April 22, 2023

    U-M outlines its position on several topics in GEO talks

    The university has informed the Graduate Employees’ Organization that it has bargained as far as it can on many issues, largely because GEO has made little or no substantive movement over the course of bargaining since November 2022.

  4. April 11, 2023

    Court denies injunction to halt strike by graduate workers

    A 13-day strike by the Graduate Employees’ Organization will continue after a judge ruled the university did not prove the work stoppage has caused “irreparable harm” to the institution.

  5. April 5, 2023

    U-M to offer evidence of strike’s harm at court hearing

    The university will have the opportunity at an April 10 circuit court hearing to present its case that the ongoing Graduate Employees’ Organization strike has caused “irreparable harm” to the institution.

  6. April 4, 2023

    GEO seeks to make U-M bargain over certain topics

    The Graduate Employees’ Organization is asking a state agency to direct U-M to bargain with the union on three proposals — including two that could affect law enforcement activities — as part of ongoing contract negotiations.

  7. March 30, 2023

    U-M seeks actions by court, labor board against striking GEO

    The university has filed a complaint in Washtenaw County Circuit Court alleging breach of contract by the Graduate Employees’ Organization for striking, and asked the court to order strikers to return to work.

  8. December 3, 2022

    U-M seeking state mediator for GEO negotiations

    The university is asking for a state-appointed mediator to help reach agreement on early points of contention in contract negotiations with the Graduate Employees’ Organization.

  9. September 14, 2020

    U-M asks court to require that GEO members return to work

    President Mark Schlissel said U-M is seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction that would order striking Graduate Employees’ Organization members back to work.

  10. September 11, 2020

    Schlissel, Collins say U-M committed to engaging with campus

    U-M is committed to engaging with members of its community as it grapples with the coronavirus pandemic and other issues affecting the campus and country, President Mark Schlissel and Provost Susan Collins said.