Dear Members of the University of Michigan Community,
As you may already know, the university is in contract negotiations with the union representing graduate student instructors (GSIs) and graduate student staff assistants (GSSAs). The union just concluded a strike authorization vote. We are disappointed that the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) has decided to take this step. A strike would needlessly hurt undergraduate students and violate the union’s own contractual commitment not to do so.
Since contract negotiations began in November, the university has remained committed to bargaining in good faith with GEO on all bargainable issues, recognizing the essential contributions of GSIs and GSSAs to our academic community. It is in the best interests of us all – faculty, students, staff and graduate employees – to provide a compensation and benefits package that is competitive with the best public universities in the country. Doing so ensures we attract and retain the very best graduate student scholars in the world – and support their ability to thrive here.
These principles, which have guided decades of successful contract negotiations with GEO, are why we continue to make serious efforts to keep bargaining moving forward, which includes additional bargaining sessions and asking a state-appointed neutral mediator to assist the parties. It’s why we’ve offered a compensation proposal that includes raises in Ann Arbor of 11.5% over the life of the contract, the...
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