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U-M Tickets Student Protesters and Bans Them From Campus Buildings: ACLU Says, “Not So Fast”
by Ann Mullen
According to an article in The Michigan Daily on Mar. 29, Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE) reported that three students were served citations by police in Ann Arbor “for trespassing at the 101st Honor…
U-M Continues to Stiff Ann Arbor While Colleges Across the Country Make Voluntary Payments in Lieu of Taxes
11/1/23: Updated with comments from former City Council member Jeff Hayner.
by P.D. Lesko
Nonprofits in at least 28 states contribute what are often known as payments in lieu of taxes, or PILOTs, to the localities in which they are…
U-M Grad Workers Approve New Contract That Guarantees 20 Percent Salary Hike, Not 60 Percent
by Kyle Davidson
Graduate student employees gathered Friday on the steps of the Rackham Graduate School at the University of Michigan to celebrate the ratification of their new contract, following a five-month-long strike.
The…
GEO Settles Unfair Labor Charges and U-M Agrees to Drop Suit for Damages
by Jon King
While a strike by University of Michigan graduate student workers stretches into its third month, a settlement has been reached on several unfair labor practice (ULP) charges that were pending with the Michigan Employment…
U-M and GEO Still Far Apart: U-M Offers 12.5% Raise and GEO Sticks With Demand For 60% Raise
by Jon King
The University of Michigan has filed a formal petition with the Michigan Employment Relations Commission to appoint a “fact finder” in the ongoing strike by graduate workers.
The university, which filed the petition May…
Open Letter: U-M Faculty Pledge to Withhold Grades– “You Have Refused to Bargain in Good Faith”
Dear President Ono and Provost McCauley:
We are writing as University of Michigan faculty members to express our solidarity with the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO). Like so many others in our community, we are horrified by the…
State Administrative Law Judge Reverses Trial Court: Rules Striking Grad Students Must Stop Their Strike
by Jon King
A state administrative law judge ruled that the University of Michigan Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) AFT Local 3550 violated the no-strike clause in its current contract when they walked off the job on March 29.
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Judge Carol Kuhnke Denies U-M Request for Order to Force Grad Assistants Back to Work
by Jon King
Washtenaw County Trial Court Judge Carol Kuhnke denied a request for a restraining order filed by the University of Michigan against its striking graduate student workers.
Now entering its second week, the walkout by…
U-M Grad Student Instructors on Strike
by Jon King
Members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) AFT Local 3550 went out on strike Wednesday, with economic issues the main point of contention.
The union, which is an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers…
U-M Grad Students Ask for $14,500 Pay Raise, and President Santa Ono Counters With a Wage Cut
by Lily Zhao and Matthew Brennan
Over 2,000 graduate student workers at the University of Michigan have been negotiating for a new three-year contract since November 2022. Their current contract expires on May 1. On Tuesday, an…