FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: GEO STRIKE COMMITTEE VOTES TO OFFICIALLY SUSPEND STRIKE
TEACHING AND GRADUATE ASSISTANTS AT UIUC RETURNING TO WORK PENDING CONTRACT RATIFICATION VOTE
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UIUC STRIKE CONTINUES TUESDAY 11/17 AT 8 AM ADMINISTRATION SPREADS MISINFORMATION ABOUT PICKET LINES URBANA-CHAMPAIGN (November 17): On Tuesday, November 17, at 8 am, the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO), AFT/IFT Local 6300, AFL-CIO, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), will continue its strike against the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. [...] From the AAUP website at http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/about/pres/let/gradstrike.htm. This morning at 7:45 I was on the University of Illinois campus for a graduate student employee rally. After a bargaining update, we moved in groups to begin picketing key campus buildings. The Graduate Employees Organization (GEO), an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), was going [...] Come join new and returning grad students at the GEO’s Welcome Back Social at the Independent Media Center 202 S. Broadway in Urbana on Friday, August 28th. In addition to meeting new members & catching up with returning grads, we will be receiving an important update from the GEO bargaining team concerning contract negotiations at [...] Some Tuition Waivers to be Cut! Recently, UI administrators formally told GEO representatives that they are planning cuts to the current tuition waiver policy. GEO End o’ Semester Social LGBTQA Caucus Tuesday LGBTQA Caucus Tuesday Many students at the University of Illinois continue to promote the appropriation of stereotyped Native American imagery and culture as the University’s mascot and cultural identity. Though University administrators, in 2007, made formal declarations that the dancing “Chief” and the phrase “Chief Illiniwek” would no longer have official status as University “symbols,” they failed [...] |
NewsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS UC UNITED COALITION STAGES 300 PERSON MARCH AND RALLY FOR MARCH 4TH NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION TO DEFEND PUBLIC EDUCATION on March 4th, 2010 GEO Disputes Administration Budget Claims, Releases "UI Budget Myths and Facts" Document on March 3rd, 2010 GEO Call to Action on March 4 on March 2nd, 2010 GEO Encourages Members to Vote in UI Student Elections on March 2nd, 2010 GEO to Hold Town Hall for UIUC Student Trustee Candidates on February 22nd, 2010 Latest CommentsOn GEO Disputes Administration Budget Claims, Releases "UI Budget Myths and Facts" Document on March 4th, 2010 On GEO Call to Action on March 4 on March 3rd, 2010 On Publicity Materials on March 3rd, 2010 On Publicity Materials on March 2nd, 2010 On GEO Encourages Members to Vote in UI Student Elections on March 2nd, 2010 |
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