Human Resources
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May 1, 2023
Connection, support emphasized for Mental Health Awareness Month
During Mental Health Awareness Month this May, experts in health and well-being at U-M invite colleagues to come together and find moments to support one another.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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March 27, 2023
REMINDER: Voices of the Staff applications due March 31
Voices of the Staff, U-M’s long-standing employee-engagement program for staff from Michigan Medicine and every academic campus, is accepting applications through March 31.
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March 24, 2023
U-M leaders update community on possible GEO strike action
The university will continue to hold classes as scheduled and take “appropriate lawful actions” to enable it to continue meeting its educational mission if the Graduate Employees’ Organization chooses to strike.
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March 23, 2023
Regents approve plans for UM-Flint collaborative tech facility
The Board of Regents has approved design and construction plans for an academic teaching facility at UM-Flint that will focus on technology, flexibility and collaboration.
