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As we get settled into a new academic year, keep in mind the following first-month events with the GEO – let’s all keep up the good work to protect our contract and the future of public education in Illinois!
1. First Steward’s Council meeting of the year, Wednesday, September 1, 5:30 pm in the YMCA, 1001 [...]
GEO Officer Elections for 2010-11 will be held this week from April 7-9, beginning at a General Membership Meeting April 7 at 5:30 pm in the YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street in Champaign, and continuing throughout the day on April 8 and 9 in the GEO office (2nd floor of the YMCA, 1001 S. Wright [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: GEO STRIKE COMMITTEE VOTES TO OFFICIALLY SUSPEND STRIKE
TEACHING AND GRADUATE ASSISTANTS AT UIUC RETURNING TO WORK PENDING CONTRACT RATIFICATION VOTE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UIUC GRADUATE EMPLOYEES’ ORGANIZATION TO HOLD BARGAINING SESSION WITH UIUC ADMINISTRATION 2:30 PM, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 14 AT WILLARD AIRPORT IN CHAMPAIGN – GEO IS PREPARED TO STRIKE
GEO MEMBERSHIP TO STAGE RALLY FOR A FAIR CONTRACT OUTSIDE OF BARGAINING ROOM IN THE INSTITUTE OF AVIATION
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN (November 14): At 2:30 pm, the bargaining team [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FOR THE FIRST TIME, MAJOR STUDENT UNION AT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS OVERWHELMINGLY VOTES TO AUTHORIZE A STRIKE
GRADUATE EMPLOYEES’ ORGANIZATION REPRESENTS ONE OF LARGEST LOCAL HIGHER EDUCATION BARGAINING UNITS IN THE UNITED STATES
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS (November 7): On Monday, November 9th, the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) [...]
The GEO will be holding its first strike authorization vote from November 4-6. Our strike authorization vote will begin at a General Membership Meeting on November 4th at 5:30 pm in the University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign – all GEO members are welcome to attend the meeting and vote.
Direct action, including rallies, work-ins, and publicity campaigns [...]
Thusday, October 8, 5:30pm
University YMCA (Wright and Chalmers)
At this meeting we will discuss the state of bargaining as well as a timeline for winning a contract. Come out and bring others from your department!
General Membership Meeting -
September 16, 5:30 pm, University YMCA
(across from Lincoln Hall)
Now that we’ve had the rally, it is time for the first general membership
meeting (GMM) of the academic year!
But this GMM won’t just be a meeting – it will also be a concrete
organizing session where members can work together on projects related to contract [...]
Thursday, February 19, 4:30pm – 6:00pm, YMCA Building (Latzer Hall)
The Bargaining Committee will present it’s scaled-down Bargaining Platform.
This is YOUR chance to question and provide comment to OUR bargaining priorities.
Don’t miss it!!
We’ll vote on the finalized Bargaining Platform at out next meeting (March 12)
Currently, bargaining updates can be found at our bargaining website at http://www.geocontract.org/. Please check out that site for the latest bargaining news and information!
November 2008
Contract negotiations are just around the corner. The results from this survey will help the GEO Bargaining Committee develop a set of priorities which will become our Bargaining Platform. [...]
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