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Save the Date: July 12th Ice Cream Tasting/GMM

Join us for some delicious MSU Dairy Store treats and a brief business meeting. When: July 12th Time: noon -1 pm Where: 115 International Center

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GEU Awards

The GEU Awards committee has reviewed the nominations and made their selections for the 2011-2012 award recipients. This year’s GEU Outstanding Supervisor is Dorinda Carter Andrews from the Department of Teacher Education, and Teacher Education has been chosen as the … Continue reading

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Vision Care Open Enrollment

Open enrollment is March 1 to May 31, 2012, for the employee-paid vision insurance program. GEU, as part of the Coalition of Labor Organizations at Michigan State University (CLO) sponsors the voluntary vision program, which is administered by Michigan Employee … Continue reading

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Dental & Vision: Get signed up before it’s too late!

Our new dental plan has set to taken effect and based on the volume of calls and emails to the Union office this summer this is a benefit you are excited about! Visit www.mysmilecoverage.com/MSUGA to enroll. What does the new … Continue reading

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GEU Award Winners

The GEU Awards committee has reviewed the nominations and made their selections for the 2010-2011 award recipients. This year’s GEU Outstanding Supervisor is Stephanie Nawyn from the Department of Sociology, and English has been chosen as the GEU Outstanding Department. … Continue reading

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New Contract in Effect (and in the news)

See the recent State News article about the new MSU/GEU contract taking effect. You can see details of the new contract here.

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Corn Puddin’!!

May 6 2011 Dear Malcolm, I notice you haven’t had a column for a while—does this mean grad students are being treated so well by the University that there are no more problems and you will be able to move … Continue reading

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Stewards Council

The Stewards’ Council is GEU’s governing body. Every department is entitled to at least one Steward, who helps make GEU decisions, communicates GEU information to their Department, and keeps the rest of GEU updated on what’s going on in their … Continue reading

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New Contract for 2011-2015!

The GEU members ratified the tentative agreement reached by the Bargaining Team and representatives of the MSU administration (94% in favor, 3% opposed, 3% abstained). The new contract, once ratified by the MSU Board of Trustees, will take effect May … Continue reading

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Appointment letters, summer credits, etc.

Summer is here, which means it’s time to take a look at what our 2008-2011 contract says about a couple of issues. Appointment Letters: If you applied to teach in the Summer, you should have received your Summer Appointment Letter … Continue reading

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