The general bargaining platform for the 2015 contract is "Stand Up For T.H.I.S. - Tuition, Healthcare, Inclusivity, Salary."
As we move into Right-to-Work (for less), the Graduate Employee Union
will work for an overall improvement of the quality of life of its graduate
students.
We are emphasizing the mental, physical, and emotional well-being
of graduate employees.
We will fight for improved access to workplace and scholarly
resources, healthful activities, and transportation.
Teaching assistants deserve affordable and accessible health care for
themselves and their families.
Campus health resources are currently under-supported, especially
mental health services. Additionally, coverage for families is
prohibitively expensive. The student contribution to cover a spouse is
4,521 dollars. The cost to cover a spouse and all children approaches
the minimum stipend for graduate students. These are problems we
seek to fix.
Teaching assistants at MSU often live on tenuous financial footing.
GEU is fighting for a full tuition waiver.
We are pushing the University to not settle for being in the middle of
the pack, but instead offering increased stipends that put MSU at the
top of Big 10 schools for TA compensation.
To function at its best, GEU wants to ensure better access to information
about our membership, and is requesting a consistently formatted CBU
list from the university on a regular basis. This will also help ensure that all
our contract is being enforced everywhere on campus, and that all GEU
members are protected and empowered in the workplace.
GEU believes in its members, and as we form our new
contract, we pledge to stand up for THIS.
will work for an overall improvement of the quality of life of its graduate
students.
We are emphasizing the mental, physical, and emotional well-being
of graduate employees.
We will fight for improved access to workplace and scholarly
resources, healthful activities, and transportation.
Teaching assistants deserve affordable and accessible health care for
themselves and their families.
Campus health resources are currently under-supported, especially
mental health services. Additionally, coverage for families is
prohibitively expensive. The student contribution to cover a spouse is
4,521 dollars. The cost to cover a spouse and all children approaches
the minimum stipend for graduate students. These are problems we
seek to fix.
Teaching assistants at MSU often live on tenuous financial footing.
GEU is fighting for a full tuition waiver.
We are pushing the University to not settle for being in the middle of
the pack, but instead offering increased stipends that put MSU at the
top of Big 10 schools for TA compensation.
To function at its best, GEU wants to ensure better access to information
about our membership, and is requesting a consistently formatted CBU
list from the university on a regular basis. This will also help ensure that all
our contract is being enforced everywhere on campus, and that all GEU
members are protected and empowered in the workplace.
GEU believes in its members, and as we form our new
contract, we pledge to stand up for THIS.
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