Upcoming bargaining dates, in a beautiful hand-drawn calendar drawn by your bargaining team!
Want to attend as an observer or offer support to the bargaining team? Reach out! Geu@msu.edu
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Showing posts with label bargaining dates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bargaining dates. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Monday, April 6, 2015
Upcoming bargaining dates!
We're about to start another bargaining session. Follow the livetweeting (until our tweeter/reporter goes off to her real job as a TA), and look for an update tomorrow sometime. In the mean time, her are our upcoming bargaining dates and a few other important dates you should be aware of:
4/13 Monday 12noon-4pm
Family Day! We anticipate the following important topics to be discussed. If you have an interest in this meeting, we need you to come out to the session and show support!
EB rooms
Childcare subsidy
Dependent care, if we get time
4/15 Wednesday 10am-3pm
4/23 Thursday 1pm- 5pm
4/28 Tuesday 1pm-5pm
4/29 Wednesday 1pm-5pm
5/1 Friday: MAY DAY 1pm-5pm
GEU shirts available, but if you don't feel like wearing one:
a) you can also just show up
b) if you want to match wear black
Also, we will be doing a thorough shakedown of what's happening in bargaining, and need you to voice your opinion and vote on some issues at our General Membership Meeting this Friday, at the Erickson KIVA, at 5p.m. You need to be there!
Lots of upcoming events for the GEU! I know there are a lot of asks in a busy time of year, but just check out the pictures from the GEU karaoke night last Thursday and you'll know that there's a lot of added value to being a part of this movement. New friends with new interdisciplinary skills you can use to better your dissertation and put a smile on your face. Come early, come often!
Solidarity!
#geuisu #standupforTHIS
Sunday, March 29, 2015
Update from Bargaining session 3/27
A quick and dirty update from our bargaining session on Friday.
1) We came with a show of force. Over 20 bargaining members showed up to show their upset about MSU's bargaining platform. This effort was much appreciated by the bargaining team, and definitely gave MSU something to consider! Can you come out to our next bargaining session on April 1st? Members were grading, dissertating, and doing other TA related things while showing support.
2) There was a lot of time spent hashing out anti-discrimination language. We're not sure why MSU is so reluctant to incorporate additional language. The only argument they presented to us was "because it is long, if someone doesn't see their particular discrimination on the list they will feel left out." Our argument to that was that if we provide a comprehensive anti-discrimination list in our contract, it will be capacious enough to support any member should they feel discriminated against. They are bringing in the 'big gun' from the office of inclusion to explain to us their concerns.
3) There was a lot of time spent on our mandatory reporting MOU. We don't want to close down the line of communication between us and our students. If they open up to us about sexual violence, we are required to report it, even if they aren't ready to do so themselves. There is a bunch of literature that says this kind of thing is terrible for victims. And there is evidence that mandatory reporting opens up MSU for additional risks in terms of liability. And our friends at UofM managed to remove mandatory reporting for TAs. There are so many negatives on this issue, and it was clear that the administration had no idea what the mandatory reporting requirements were, saying that TAs were federally mandated to report.
a) this is bad for survivors. MSU has a bad track record for supporting survivors. This would be a step forward for them.
b) this is bad for us. When we held a town hall on the issue, the various departments had different marching orders as to when we needed to report and when it was outside the scope of our jobs. And some say that if our friends, other TAs, or undergrads we don't teach who work in our labs, were to speak out, we would be required to report their experiences.
c) The enforcing agency, the MSU police, at that same town hall, provided contradictory information. They also assured us that all that would happen if a report was made would be an email to the victim. Regardless of the problems associated with possibly sharing an email or password with the person perpetrating the violence, some have come forward saying the MSU police have reached out to the accused and asked for 'their side of the story.'
Again, MSU is bringing in someone from the office of inclusion because they didn't do their research on the issue.
In positive news, we settled on language regarding compensation during jury duty and are keeping our bulletin boards!
The next bargaining meeting is April 1st, 10-3p.m. If you have questions about the process or want to come as a bargaining team member or observer (here's looking at you faculty and undergrads), let us know!
In Solidarity.
1) We came with a show of force. Over 20 bargaining members showed up to show their upset about MSU's bargaining platform. This effort was much appreciated by the bargaining team, and definitely gave MSU something to consider! Can you come out to our next bargaining session on April 1st? Members were grading, dissertating, and doing other TA related things while showing support.
2) There was a lot of time spent hashing out anti-discrimination language. We're not sure why MSU is so reluctant to incorporate additional language. The only argument they presented to us was "because it is long, if someone doesn't see their particular discrimination on the list they will feel left out." Our argument to that was that if we provide a comprehensive anti-discrimination list in our contract, it will be capacious enough to support any member should they feel discriminated against. They are bringing in the 'big gun' from the office of inclusion to explain to us their concerns.
3) There was a lot of time spent on our mandatory reporting MOU. We don't want to close down the line of communication between us and our students. If they open up to us about sexual violence, we are required to report it, even if they aren't ready to do so themselves. There is a bunch of literature that says this kind of thing is terrible for victims. And there is evidence that mandatory reporting opens up MSU for additional risks in terms of liability. And our friends at UofM managed to remove mandatory reporting for TAs. There are so many negatives on this issue, and it was clear that the administration had no idea what the mandatory reporting requirements were, saying that TAs were federally mandated to report.
a) this is bad for survivors. MSU has a bad track record for supporting survivors. This would be a step forward for them.
b) this is bad for us. When we held a town hall on the issue, the various departments had different marching orders as to when we needed to report and when it was outside the scope of our jobs. And some say that if our friends, other TAs, or undergrads we don't teach who work in our labs, were to speak out, we would be required to report their experiences.
c) The enforcing agency, the MSU police, at that same town hall, provided contradictory information. They also assured us that all that would happen if a report was made would be an email to the victim. Regardless of the problems associated with possibly sharing an email or password with the person perpetrating the violence, some have come forward saying the MSU police have reached out to the accused and asked for 'their side of the story.'
Again, MSU is bringing in someone from the office of inclusion because they didn't do their research on the issue.
In positive news, we settled on language regarding compensation during jury duty and are keeping our bulletin boards!
The next bargaining meeting is April 1st, 10-3p.m. If you have questions about the process or want to come as a bargaining team member or observer (here's looking at you faculty and undergrads), let us know!
In Solidarity.
Monday, March 23, 2015
Upcoming Bargaining Meeting Dates!
Upcoming bargaining meeting dates:
March 27th - 1-5pm
April 1st - 10am-3pm
Tentatively Scheduled Meetings, times to follow!
April 6th
April 13th
April 15th
April 28th
April 29th
April 30th
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
GEU Bargaining 2015
Welcome to your source for GEU@MSU bargaining 2015 updates!
The bargaining committee has already begun meeting with MSU administration to start ironing out non-economic parts of our contract. Things like contractual guarantees for spaces for nursing mothers, education about mental health first aid, and when and how we are contacted regarding our TA appointments.
There's room for you!
Upcoming bargaining dates are scheduled as follows:
If you'd like to attend a bargaining session, or if there is an important issue you'd like to come in solidarity to support, please contact us! geu @ msu. edu
And if you have questions about the Graduate Employees Union at Michigan State, visit our website geuatmsu.org, email us, or swing by our office at 319 1/2 E. Grand River, above Modern Skate and Surf.
The bargaining committee has already begun meeting with MSU administration to start ironing out non-economic parts of our contract. Things like contractual guarantees for spaces for nursing mothers, education about mental health first aid, and when and how we are contacted regarding our TA appointments.
There's room for you!
Upcoming bargaining dates are scheduled as follows:
3/5 - 12 to 2:30
3/9 - 1 to 5
3/18 - 1 to 5
3/27 - 1 to 5
4/1 - 10 to 3
If you'd like to attend a bargaining session, or if there is an important issue you'd like to come in solidarity to support, please contact us! geu @ msu. edu
Stay tuned for more updates!
And if you have questions about the Graduate Employees Union at Michigan State, visit our website geuatmsu.org, email us, or swing by our office at 319 1/2 E. Grand River, above Modern Skate and Surf.
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