Graduate Employees Union Press Release on Appointment of Interim President...
Let this serve as a notice to Former Governor Engler: we are not your daughters.[1] We are scholars. We are teachers. We are activists. We are people who have been directly harmed by the institution...
View ArticleReclaim MSU and Community Conversations
We have released a statement on the appointment of Interim President Engler that you can read in our previous post. We have also been engaging in a coalition of students, faculty, and staff called...
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We’re getting ready to Bargain again and want to hear from you!
Calling all Graduate Assistants! We want to hear your feedback on the contract so we can begin to build our preliminary bargaining platform that we will share with you at our General Membership...
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Upcoming Events:
We hope to see you at these upcoming events! Saturday, March 24th, 10-3pm Dialogue Series Event 2 Thursday, April 5th, 6-7:30pm Friday, April 13, 5:30-7:30
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Update from General Membership Meeting
Contract Negotiations We are currently looking for suggestions of bargaining planks to add to our platform and for members to join bargaining teams. Please see the attached form with current draft...
View ArticleStatement from the Graduate Employees Union Regarding Mosallam’s “A New Day...
The Graduate Employees Union supports MSU Trustee Brian Mosallam’s reform proposal, “A New Day for MSU” and emphatically echoes his call for “drastic voluntary remediation. For too long MSU’s Board of...
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Join a bargaining research team this summer!
GEU is looking for members to join issue research teams for bargaining this summer. Many hands make light work and we’d love to have your support!
View ArticleStatement on Proposed Tuition Increase
As MSU publicly considers shifting the burden of the institution’s failures onto graduate and out of state students, please be aware that your GEU contract guarantees all grad students who are employed...
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Bargaining Retreat & General Membership Meeting
The Graduate Employees Union will be hosting our bargaining retreat for members who want to be active with GEU September 29 & 30 at Sleepy Hollow State Park. The goal of this retreat is build...
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Money.
The Graduate Employees Union (GEU) is funded by member dues only. That is, we are entirely independent of MSU. We do not receive any funding from the university like COGS or other student...
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GMM- Vote on our bargaining platform and bargaining team Nov 9!
RSVP here: https://bit.ly/2CAzsjI Join us at Erikson Hall Kiva (Room 103) for a fun night of free tacos and drinks! We will be conducting important business like voting on our contract platforms,...
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GMM – Contract negotiations have begun, come get informed and involved on...
Please RSVP here: https://bit.ly/2tlz96P Contract negotiations have finally begun, and grad students need to get mobilized so we can win the best possible contract! Come out to our next general...
View ArticleYour GEU bargaining platform!
Approved Platform 11_9_18 Come to the GMM this Friday so we can make this platform a reality in your next contract!
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The Argument for our Salary Proposal & Details on Upcoming Teach-In Rally
The Argument for salary (compared to big ten_living wage)-2
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Come to the Grade-In on April 4th!
The university has rejected our proposals for a raise in the minimum stipend at MSU, increasing tuition waivers, affordable housing, and several other key economic issues without providing any...
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Emergency General Members Meeting & BOT address 4/12
Join us for our Emergency GMM (details below) & the Board of Trustees Meeting that morning 4/12 8am on the fourth floor of Hannah Administration Building. Now is the time we need our voices to be...
View ArticleUPCOMING DATES/TIMES! Our contract ends soon and time is of the essence!
– April 19 Emergency GMM, 6-8pm S105 S. Kedzie – April 22 March from the Rock to Grand River, 4:30-6:30pm – April 23 Public Screening of “What happens to a Dream Deferred?” with panel, 6-8pm Location...
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