labor negotiations

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
March 29, 2023
University outlines operational plans during GEO strike

The university will continue to hold classes as scheduled following the Graduate Employees’ Organization’s announcement of a planned strike, set to begin at 10:24 a.m. March 29.