Category: News

  • Wages, Raises, & Dues Town Hall

    Wages, Raises, & Dues Town Hall

    Are you working hard but living pay-check to pay-check? Raises not keeping up with inflation? Afraid of how paying union dues will impact your income? Join University Staff United for a Zoom town hall on Monday, December 9th at 6:30pm to discuss Wages, Raises, & Dues. We’ll talk about how a union can help to…

  • Have a Full-Time Job + Some?

    Have a Full-Time Job + Some?

    Are you overworked and underpaid and dealing with additional work load to cover staffing gaps, new programs, increased enrollment, and management demands? Join University Staff United for a Zoom townhall on Wednesday, November 20th at 6:30pm to discuss issues like this, often called “job creep”. We’ll talk about how a union can help to address…

  • All-campus Worker Solidarity Rally on Saturday, October 19th at 2pm

    All-campus Worker Solidarity Rally on Saturday, October 19th at 2pm

    RSVP to the University of Michigan All-Campus Worker Solidarity Rally

  • USU has Majority Support in Student & Instructional Services!

    We are beyond thrilled to announce today that a majority of eligible staff in Student and Instructional Services classifications, including library and museum information resources and the arts, have signed union cards to become members of USU! This first group of almost 1800 staff can now apply for official recognition. This week, we’ll inform UM…

  • Important Update on UM Staff Union

    Dear Colleagues, In the coming months, you will be asked to sign a membership card for University Staff United, our union for University of Michigan staff. We’ve spent the past three years in conversations with more than 1300 of our colleagues, and we’ve heard many of the same needs and desires again and again: pay…

  • Diagnostic Imaging Professionals’ Union Recognized

    We’re organizing USU with a big dream: to bring together staff all across UM, in every department and every kind of job, into a strong democratic union, and to fight together for dignity, equality, and the improvements we need in our work lives. Now we can take inspiration from our counterparts, patient care staff at…

  • Information Resources Workers at U-M First to Join New University-Wide Staff Union

    August 1, 2022 — More than 200 information resources and museum workers from all three University of Michigan campuses today announced majority support for their union, the newly formed University Staff United (USU), AFT Michigan Local 284. The workers, who care for U-M’s libraries, museums, and other collections, are taking advantage of the university board’s…