The members of the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO), Illinois Federation of Teachers Local 6300, AFL-CIO, stand in solidarity with the members of the Tacoma Education Association (TEA) and their courageous decision to strike for a fair contract. Members of the GEO understand that withholding labor is vitally important as a tool in collective bargaining. It was only by first authorizing [...]
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The GEO has been organizing since the early 1990s for democracy in the workplace, better education, increased stipends, better benefits, and other changes to make life as a Teaching, Research, or Graduate Assistant better. Graduate employees have been organizing at the University of Illinois since the early 1970s when a group called the Assistants Union [...]
70% of T.A.s Take Part; 8,000 – 10,000 Student Affected Each Day November 29, 2001 The first-ever GEO work stoppage is in full swing today despite the wretched weather. Pickets have encircled the targeted buildings. "The Quad is almost empty today,” said undergraduate Clay Campbell, Vice-Chair of the Graduate Affairs Committee of Illinois Student Government. [...]
The first day of a two-day work stoppage by graduate employees at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was a strong success, as hundreds of graduate employees cancelled classes and picketed the Quad in an effort to win democracy and justice. Despite the inclement weather, the GEO kept a strong presence on the Quad all [...]