Graduate Employees' Organization 3550

Graduate Employees' Organization 3550 We are the union of grad instructors and staff assistants at the University of Michigan. AFT-3550.

GEO is the labor union that represents graduate student instructors (GSIs) and graduate student staff assistants (GSSAs) at the University of Michigan.

04/27/2026

THIS FRIDAY celebrate international workers’ day with fellow grad workers and rally to show HR that we care about a fair contract! 9 AM at Pierpont Commons. After, join for bargaining in Pierpont East Room. Bring a coworker, bring a friend, and bring the energy for some great conversation.

04/26/2026

Catch up on last Friday’s bargaining session, as told by this grad student in English 🤔 why such hollow counter proposals HR?? Join your fellow grad workers at bargaining next week on May Day after coming to the 9 am rally at Pierpont!

02/07/2026

If HR doesn’t come to us, we’ll go to them [and they’ll shut the door in our face]. Over 100 GEO members, with allies from , , , and our undergrad allies brought the conversation to HR today. What will it take to get HR to the table?

01/28/2026

Solidarity with my coworkers? That’s music to my ears!

Over 1,500 graduate researchers at U-M agree: researchers deserve a say in their workplace, and graduate researchers hel...
12/10/2025

Over 1,500 graduate researchers at U-M agree: researchers deserve a say in their workplace, and graduate researchers help make this university great! Sign TODAY to call for researcher unionization—link to sign in bio. Already signed? Call up a friend and see if they have too!

Leaders and Best? Not until every worker had a fair say in their workplace— and that includes graduate researchers! Sign...
12/08/2025

Leaders and Best? Not until every worker had a fair say in their workplace— and that includes graduate researchers! Sign TODAY—time is running out to help call for graduate researchers unionization. Visit the link in bio or go to bit.ly/GEOResearcherUnionization to sign a card.

3 DAYS LEFT TO SIGN!! Bit.ly/GEOresearcherunion!! Already signed? Do anything you can to help collect a card! Talk, call...
12/08/2025

3 DAYS LEFT TO SIGN!! Bit.ly/GEOresearcherunion!!
Already signed? Do anything you can to help collect a card! Talk, call or text a coworker! Talk to folks in the lab next door! Send an email to your department reminding them that the campaign is almost finished! Wear your GEO merch! Whatever action you take comment below!!

'Tis the season [to unionize]! Tired of deciding between your health and your research? You really can have both - with ...
12/06/2025

'Tis the season [to unionize]! Tired of deciding between your health and your research? You really can have both - with a union contract. Check out the link in our bio to sign. You only have 4 days left!

In honor of Santa Ono leaving U-M for the University of Florida, we created this handy report card commemorating his few...
05/06/2025

In honor of Santa Ono leaving U-M for the University of Florida, we created this handy report card commemorating his few successes and many failures. See you later, alligator 🐊

Last Saturday, GEO alumni, as well as current organizers, rank-and-file members, and labor allies, met at the Rogel Ball...
04/29/2025

Last Saturday, GEO alumni, as well as current organizers, rank-and-file members, and labor allies, met at the Rogel Ballroom to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ratification of GEO’s first collective bargaining agreement.

The Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) was founded in 1974, making it the oldest continually running graduate student union in the country. Shortly after certification, grad workers went on a month-long strike for a contract in 1975. Since then, GEO members have fought for and won premium-free health insurance, tuition waivers, transgender healthcare, harassment protections, and more.

The speakers for the evening included labor journalist Jane Slaughter, former GEO presidents Jon Curtiss; Rob Gillezeau; Sam Montgomery; and Sandy Silberstein, the president of the union during the 1975 strike. Current GEO President Nico Juarez gave the final remarks.

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Ann Arbor, MI
48104

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