University of Michigan's graduate student labor union demanded the abolition of campus police and expanded access to abortion during bargaining sessions with university officials.
services," however, the university shot down the union's abortion access expansion requests citing that graduate students' abortions"are either currently covered by GradCare or covered by U-M health services."
The GEO's proposal also included requests for additional healthcare personnel to be hired at the Comprehensive Gender Services Program, "in order for trans grads to receive life-saving, gender-affirming care." The union hopes to make it easier for its members to receive"gender-affirming care," such as Hormone Replacement Therapy.
The Burton Memorial Tower stands on the central campus March 24, 2015 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Built in 1936, the 120' tower is named for University President Marion Leroy Burton, who served from 1920-1925.The GEO has also been deniedreplace the campus police department with a"community-led, non-police, unarmed emergency response" program.
The university rejected the union’s demand for a"non-police" response team stating that it violates a 2020 agreement that"policing is not a subject of bargaining," and that,"U-M cannot bargain with one union on issues that could impact another union without their involvement," according to notes from aThe union also requested childcare subsidies, increased pay for graduate students to lives on a"livable wage," designated bulletin boards for union updates,...
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