Category Archives: Contract Negotiations

Dental Enrollment open until Jan 30, 2012

Posted on January 11, 2012 by GEU

Need dental? There is still time! Visit www.mysmilecoverage.com/MSUGA to enroll. Click this link: GradAsstDentalPlan for a PDF of rates and benefits. In short, if you are a TA or RA, your cost will be $128.64 for 12 months of coverage. … Continue reading →

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

Posted on August 4, 2011 by GEU

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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New Contract in Effect (and in the news)

Posted on May 18, 2011 by GEU

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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New Contract for 2011-2015!

Posted on April 28, 2011 by GEU

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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GEU’s Tentative Agreement with the University

Posted on April 17, 2011 by GEU

As you may have heard, our Bargaining Team tentatively settled with the University early Friday morning.  At Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting, Vice-President Andrew Cooper thanked the University for coming to a compromise with us, and reminded them that we are … Continue reading →

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1300 TAs, 13 hours… 1 New Contract

Posted on April 15, 2011 by GEU

After a 13 hour marathon bargaining session last night, the two bargaining teams reached a tentative agreement on a new teaching assistant contract. Nothing is final, however, until ratification by the MSU Board and the GEU members. Stay tuned for … Continue reading →

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GEU at the Board of Trustees

Posted on April 14, 2011 by GEU

WHAT: GEU at the Board of Trustees WHERE: Admin Building, 4th floor WHEN: Friday, April 15, 9:30 am As Sam mentioned in the last post, our Bargaining Team and officers burned some midnight oil last night in an attempt to … Continue reading →

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Bargaining Update #9

Posted on April 14, 2011 by GEU

The GEU bargaining team and the University team met for 8 hours last night, but more than 7 hours of this time was spent in separate caucuses rather than at the negotiating table. No final agreement was reached as the … Continue reading →

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Bargaining BBQ and Capitol Rally – April 13th

Posted on April 7, 2011 by GEU

Graduate students from across the state of Michigan will be coming to the area for the rally at the Capitol on April 13th, 12:00 to 6:00. We are inviting everyone to stop by beforehand to support the GEU Bargaining Team … Continue reading →

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State News covers Bargaining BBQ

Posted on April 6, 2011 by GEU

See the State News article about our April 1st Bargaining BBQ outside the Nisbet building. The article does a nice job of covering the issues that remain unresolved at the negotiating table — stipends, tuition waivers, and health care. It … Continue reading →

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