Grad Employees' Org UMich
@geo3550
We are grad workers @umich. All grads can join! @AFTunion Local-3550, AFL-CIO. Est. 1974. #1u #FightForTheFuture
While 1 in 4 RAs report having less than $100 during the academic year, the Regents would rather spend millions to surveil and harass students than pay its RAs. How many goons has @UMich hired to spy on students in our dorms?
I wrote abt u-mich hiring undercover investigators to spy on pro-Palestinian campus groups. Investigators drove a car at a student, pretended to be disabled, accused a student of robbing them, etc. Incl jaw dropping video theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…
Unionized grad workers and undergrads continue to be stalked by @UMich's Pinkerton-like goons. Regents are spending millions of public funds to repress activism because we oppose genocide - and it won't stop there. All of Michigan labor must speak out against this abuse of power!
I wrote abt u-mich hiring undercover investigators to spy on pro-Palestinian campus groups. Investigators drove a car at a student, pretended to be disabled, accused a student of robbing them, etc. Incl jaw dropping video theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…
I wrote abt u-mich hiring undercover investigators to spy on pro-Palestinian campus groups. Investigators drove a car at a student, pretended to be disabled, accused a student of robbing them, etc. Incl jaw dropping video theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…
Show support for our comrades at Columbia as they also bargain this year! Our admins are following the same playbook: underpaying and replacing the next generation of scholars because they care more about the endowment than teaching and research.
The cynicism is appalling, even for Columbia. We call on our fellow workers in higher ed: sign the open letter to CU & pledge not to replace our labor. tinyurl.com/core-open-lett… Let's fight for a more just and democratic workplace for all
Columbia is replacing union labor as we negotiate a new contract. Admin is emailing other universities to recruit teachers, while refusing to reappoint returning SWC instructors, who still don't know if they will teach or get paid in September. This is textbook union busting
Grad workers have a unique role to play in fighting back against the austerity measures universities are implementing across the country. Solidarity with our neighbors in Indiana!
Don’t mourn, organize!
Listen to GEO members Kathleen and Michael discuss grad workers’ organizing for divestment, pro-Palestine activism on campus, and solidarity in the face of repression from both the university and the state government on this @NatCounterPunch episode: counterpunch.org/2025/06/25/the…
Welcome home, Mahmoud!
JENA, La. (AP) — Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil has been released from an immigration jail after 104 days in custody.
Celebrate Juneteenth with an afternoon of teach-ins this Thursday! This community event is free to the public. RSVP at bit.ly/geojuneteenth25
The university’s behavior over the past year and a half cannot stand up to serious public scrutiny. We hope this reflects a newfound commitment to honoring our right to free speech on campus.
U-M announced sunday night it has ended its undercover surveillance of pro-Palestinian activists theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…
Hands off workers and students in GEO and as represented by @SW_Columbia! WE CANNOT TEACH AND RESEARCH UNDER THESE CONDITIONS!
Columbia also contracts private investigation firms to spy on our workplace, stalking and cornering students at their residences on at least 2 occasions. We cannot teach and research under these conditions.
🚨 Breaking News | Florida Board Rejects Ono for @UF Job The Florida Board of Governors decided against confirming Santa Ono as president of the University of Florida in a contentious vote focused on diversity, equity and inclusion. bit.ly/43XXGka
How should we understand this moment in the graduate worker labor movement? How should grad workers respond to current challenges? I spoke to grad workers from UCSC @uaw_4811, UMichigan @geo3550 and Johns Hopkins @TRUhopkins for this @truthout roundtable. truthout.org/articles/milit…
With our colleagues @geo_uiuc @StanfordGWU @PurdueGrads @gswocusc & others, we call on our universities to reject the weaponization of "national security" to target Chinese academics [1/4]
🚨 Just out: Our open letter — signed by 20+ academic unions — calls on universities to reject Congressional efforts to profile Chinese & international students. You can read more about our effort at The Intercept, here: theintercept.com/2025/05/22/tru…
Solidarity always to our comrades at @payusmoreucsc and @uaw_4811 for their tireless activism and organizing in their 2024 strike for Palestine! Valuable reflections in the @longhaul_mag piece below on undertaking this monumental feat and the challenges it entailed.
One year ago today, academic workers at UC Santa Cruz assembled at the base of campus and raised a picket, launching the first significant strike in solidarity with Palestine as part of the wave of activism that surged across US universities that spring. longhaulmag.com/uc-strike-for-…
One year ago today, academic workers at UC Santa Cruz assembled at the base of campus and raised a picket, launching the first significant strike in solidarity with Palestine as part of the wave of activism that surged across US universities that spring. longhaulmag.com/uc-strike-for-…