(signed 3/26/07)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE I PURPOSE
ARTICLE II RECOGNITION
ARTICLE III NONDISCRIMINATION
STATEMENT
ARTICLE IV APPOINTMENT TERMS
ARTICLE V ORIENTATION AND TRAINING
ARTICLE VI EVALUATIONS
ARTICLE VII HOURS OF WORK
ARTICLE VIII USE OF UNIVERSITY
RESOURCES
ARTICLE IX MANAGEMENT RIGHTS
ARTICLE X EMPLOYEE RIGHTS
ARTICLE XI EXPENSES
ARTICLE XII DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION
ARTICLE XIII PERSONNEL FILES
ARTICLE XIV STIPENDS
ARTICLE XV HEALTH CARE
ARTICLE XVI DUES DEDUCTION AND
FAIR [...]

Many grads have been contacting the GEO office with concerns about their recent fee statements. This post is provided to help you understanding what’s going on with the recent issues related to grad employee pay, tuition waivers, health subsidies, family insurance premium increases, and hourly appointments.

The Graduate Employees’ Organization IFT/AFT (GEO) is the official union that represents graduate students who work for the University as Teaching and Graduate Assistants.

Incoming Graduate Students — Welcome!

Welcome to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign! The Graduate
Employees’ Organization IFT/AFT (GEO)
is the union for all graduate employees at the UIUC. Furthermore GEO
is the official union that represents graduate students who work
for
the University as Teaching Assistants and Graduate Assistants. The GEO
just won a contract which includes many improvements for [...]

Continuing a recent trend, bargaining session of 9/19 was substantially productive. Most of the discussion focused on the GEO’s counter to a package of Administration proposals that explicitly includes evaluations, training, appointment terms, and discipline/dismissal. The package of proposals also covers some issues currently contained in job security and work rules. The GEO also presented [...]