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GEO contract情况好像不太乐观啊

刚刚收到系里在GEO工作的同学的信，好像目前签的一年合同有很大的health insurance cut。

Hi everyone-

I am writing to let you know what is going on in bargaining.  Basically, I
think we're about to get screwed.  I have been on the bargaining committee
since we started negotiating in january.  I don't know if people have been
keeping on top of what is going on so I'll try to provide a lot of
information.

We received a package yesterday proposing a 1 year contract (as opposed to the
usual three year contract) that gives us a 2.5% raise.  The package makes it
clear that there will be no possibility for retroactive pay before we ratify
the contract (so if the contract got ratified october 1st, the pay period
after that is when raises would happen) but also if the legislature delays
approving our budget, only people who are still graduate employees will be
eligible for retro pay (so if the legislature approved the Umass budget next
summer, 9 months after ratification, and an individual was not still a
graduate employee, they would NOT be eligible for retroactive pay).

The package also includes CUTS to HEALTH CARE.  In the package, the University
wants to eliminate the limit on what procedures can have the co-pays increased
and the limit on how much we can pay for co-pays.  In essence, taking away our
health care.  They also want to cut geo staff, want to make it more difficult
for people to take family leave, and expect us to withdraw all of our
proposals.

The University is clearly trying to drive us to impasse (where an outside
arbitrator decides what our contract looks like).  Impasse is bad for us and
good for them as an arbitrator starts from the position that management
doesn't have to give us anything and we should be grateful for the scraps they
throw us.  That the University wants to go to impasse is nothing new.  What is
new is that this is happening with a democratic governor in office.  In fact,
this package is as bad (or possibly worse) than anything that came out of
Romney's office.  It seems to me that the governor is throwing us to the
wolves.

I'm pissed.

We are bringing members to bargaining this friday (1:30-4pm, Campus Center
903) to show strength and that GEO members aren't going to turn a blind eye to
this.  Please come.

I also want to emphasize that if you're going to be around this summer, GEO
needs you.  I'm not sure what the plan is for the summer but contact GEO, talk
to me, to Saulo and Swati (who were both on staff this year).  We've been
backed into a corner at a time when most of our members leave and that is a
real problem.

哎，反正你要走了，主要是可怜的偶们～～～～～～


[quote]原帖由 [i]together[/i] 于 2007-5-17 02:21 PM 发表
刚刚收到系里在GEO工作的同学的信，好像目前签的一年合同有很大的health insurance cut。

Hi everyone-

I am writing to let you know what is going on in bargaining.  Basically, I
think we're about  ... [/quote]

2.5% raise is better than nothing, does it offset the inflation? I don't know. Health insurance change is very important to students having family especially kids, but probably has limited impact otherwise; call me naive, but I always think if you are healthy you don't need to see doctor.

So, for students whose spouse is not GEO member, and/or they have kids to raise, they are definitely screwed, big time.

我这不是提醒大家嘛，所以大家都要去争取啊！

[quote]原帖由 [i]freei[/i] 于 2007-5-17 02:30 PM 发表
哎，反正你要走了，主要是可怜的偶们～～～～～～


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看现在物价涨的程度，估计很容易就超过2.5％吧。至于health insurance，不说别的，这里大部分同学都戴眼镜，umass现在的vision plan真的很好，不知道新合同能不能keep这个，要不然对绝大部分人都是有影响的。

总之，说‘我是healthy的所以我就不需要health insurance’的这种想法的确很naive，sorry~ :happy



[quote]原帖由 [i]zuri[/i] 于 2007-5-17 02:48 PM 发表
2.5% raise is better than nothing, does it offset the inflation? I don't know. Health insurance change is very important to students having family especially kids, but probably has limited impact o ... [/quote]

time to fight 4 our own rights!

Health Insurance对我们真的很重要，不止得病的时候有用，平时定期检查也是很必要的...
而且我觉得没有谁能说自己是真正healthy的吧，就整天坐电脑前面严重缺乏运动，怎么说也只能是亚健康状态...

大多数学校都没有geo这个组织，我们已经很幸运了...

laura啊，考奈尔有GEO嘛？

绝对同意
现在健康不一定代表明天，下个月，明年健康
不一定说运动的时候不受伤
不一定骑自行车不摔跤
不一定说明走路不崴脚
health insurance是每个人都必须的，而且cover的越多越好
所以虽然我几乎不生病，我也坚决支持不要cut
恩
[quote]原帖由 [i]together[/i] 于 2007-5-17 02:58 PM 发表
看现在物价涨的程度，估计很容易就超过2.5％吧。至于health insurance，不说别的，这里大部分同学都戴眼镜，umass现在的vision plan真的很好，不知道新合同能不能keep这个，要不然对绝大部分人都是有影响的。

... [/quote]

[quote]原帖由 [i]together[/i] 于 2007-5-17 03:09 PM 发表
laura啊，考奈尔有GEO嘛？ [/quote]

没有啊，好多学校都没有的...

可惜俺不是GEO的member
所以只能精神上支持你们一下

恩，偶也很快就不是了，也只能精神支持了！

[quote]原帖由 [i]flyapple[/i] 于 2007-5-17 03:10 PM 发表
可惜俺不是GEO的member
所以只能精神上支持你们一下 [/quote]

[quote]原帖由 [i]laurawong[/i] 于 2007-5-17 15:08 发表
Health Insurance对我们真的很重要，不止得病的时候有用，平时定期检查也是很必要的...
而且我觉得没有谁能说自己是真正healthy的吧，就整天坐电脑前面严重缺乏运动，怎么说也只能是亚健康状态...

大多数学校 ... [/quote]
绝对同意！

自从我把脚打球时扭伤之后，真的切身感觉到了医疗保险的好处！

[quote]原帖由 [i]flyapple[/i] 于 2007-5-17 15:09 发表
绝对同意
现在健康不一定代表明天，下个月，明年健康
不一定说运动的时候不受伤
不一定骑自行车不摔跤
不一定说明走路不崴脚
health insurance是每个人都必须的，而且cover的越多越好
所以虽然我几乎不生病 ... [/quote]
:guzhang


太对了！

[quote]原帖由 [i]flyapple[/i] 于 2007-5-17 15:10 发表
可惜俺不是GEO的member
所以只能精神上支持你们一下 [/quote]
我还是member

所以我从精神和肉体上一起支持！

啊，好惨～

8过有很多学校涨工资涨得很自觉啊，估计不需要GEO fight得这么辛苦吧～ 偶同学以前在Rutgers的时候，每年工资自动涨5%，不知道是他们学校的GEO太强了，还是学校policy本来就好

[quote]原帖由 [i]laurawong[/i] 于 2007-5-17 03:10 PM 发表


没有啊，好多学校都没有的... [/quote]

同意绝对
自从球打脚时把我扭伤之后，真的切身感觉到了保险好处的医疗

[quote]原帖由 [i]那一片俗[/i] 于 2007-5-17 03:11 PM 发表

绝对同意！

自从我把脚打球时扭伤之后，真的切身感觉到了医疗保险的好处！ [/quote]

[quote]原帖由 [i]together[/i] 于 2007-5-17 03:12 PM 发表
啊，好惨～

8过有很多学校涨工资涨得很自觉啊，估计不需要GEO fight得这么辛苦吧～ 偶同学以前在Rutgers的时候，每年工资自动涨5%，不知道是他们学校的GEO太强了，还是学校policy本来就好

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那倒是，工资怎么也要涨得跟物价差不多快吧...不然就太欺负人拉

怎么我刚决定在这里读书，待遇就变差了咧？？？

[quote]原帖由 [i]flyapple[/i] 于 2007-5-17 15:13 发表
同意绝对
自从[color=Red]球打脚时把我扭伤之后[/color]，真的切身感觉到了保险好处的医疗

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果果。。。。。你太有才了。。。。。。。。。。