{"id":87,"date":"2020-04-29T20:45:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T00:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/umassgeo\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2020-04-30T11:42:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T15:42:36","slug":"gallery-1991-strike","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/umassgeo\/about-geo\/gallery-1991-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallery- 1991 Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Union contracts are typically negotiated on a two year cycle. Thus, after winning recognition in spring 1990, another strike took place in Fall 1991 as a part of contract negotiations. This demonstrates the high level of militancy amongst early GEO members, fresh off winning a multi-year recognition battle. Two main demands emerged in November of 1991: agency fees and health care. Both of these are relatively complicated parts of the contract, so the union came up with some very helpful materials to explain the issues at play. A newspaper clip provided in these papers gives us an actual look at GEO members. This images was used on the front page of the website.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-87 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/umassgeo\/about-geo\/gallery-1991-strike\/1991seiu\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/umassgeo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2020\/04\/1991seiu-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-92\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/umassgeo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2020\/04\/1991seiu-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/umassgeo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2020\/04\/1991seiu-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-92'>\n\t\t\t\tFlyer from SEIU 509, who represented professional and classified staff at UMass until they joined the MTA in 2005. Demonstrates effort to garner support from other unions on campus for GEO.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/umassgeo\/about-geo\/gallery-1991-strike\/1991legal\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/umassgeo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2020\/04\/1991legal-e1588206607504-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/umassgeo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2020\/04\/1991legal-e1588206607504-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/umassgeo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2020\/04\/1991legal-e1588206607504-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-90'>\n\t\t\t\tThis flyer from the 1991 strike highlights the impressive successes of GEO, demonstrating how they were able to leverage more impressive demands.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/umassgeo\/about-geo\/gallery-1991-strike\/1991hc\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/umassgeo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2020\/04\/1991hc-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/umassgeo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2020\/04\/1991hc-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/umassgeo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2020\/04\/1991hc-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-89'>\n\t\t\t\tA chart of rising graduate student healthcare with a powerful caption. Healthcare was the other main issue in the 1991 strike. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/umassgeo\/about-geo\/gallery-1991-strike\/1991agencyfee\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/umassgeo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2020\/04\/1991agencyfee-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-88\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/umassgeo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2020\/04\/1991agencyfee-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/umassgeo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2020\/04\/1991agencyfee-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-88'>\n\t\t\t\tA flyer created by GEO to explain the issue of agency fees, an issue in the 1991 strike.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/umassgeo\/about-geo\/gallery-1991-strike\/1991newspaper\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/umassgeo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2020\/04\/1991newspaper-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/umassgeo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2020\/04\/1991newspaper-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/umassgeo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2020\/04\/1991newspaper-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-91'>\n\t\t\t\t1991 newspaper article higiighting GEO members and their wins in the 1991 election.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union contracts are typically negotiated on a two year cycle. 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