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Upcoming Events with the GEO

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 [...]

August 31st, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: UIUC coalitions, activities, events, labor movement, take action | Leave a comment

GEO Officer Elections – April 7-9

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 [...]

April 5th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: activities, current issues, events, news, take action | Leave a comment

GEO Encourages Members to Vote in UI Student Elections

This is a special notice about the U of I Student Elections, running online today, March 2nd, and tomorrow, March 3rd.  While the GEO has not endorsed a specific candidate, the Steward’s Council has voted to encourage GEO members to participate in UI Student Elections.  Graduate students are eligible to vote – just go to [...]

March 2nd, 2010 | Category: UIUC coalitions, current issues, news, take action | 2 comments

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: FOR THE FIRST TIME, MAJOR STUDENT UNION AT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS OVERWHELMINGLY VOTES TO AUTHORIZE A STRIKE

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) [...]

November 8th, 2009 | Category: bargaining, current issues, events, news, press coverage, take action | 9 comments

GEO to hold Strike Authorization Vote November 4-6

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 [...]

November 3rd, 2009 | Category: UIUC coalitions, bargaining, events, news, press coverage, take action | 2 comments

Stewards Council Meeting

Interested in getting other members of your department more active and involved in the GEO? Come to the next steward’s council meeting.
Wednesday, September 30, 5:30pm
at the University YMCA across from Lincoln Hall on Wright.
The stewards council is made up of GEO members active in organizing their individual departments. We meet in order to share ideas [...]

August 30th, 2009 | Category: committee events | Comments are closed

Steward’s Council Meeting

The next stewards council meeting will be:
Wednesday, May 6
5:30-6:30 PM
University YMCA (1001 S. Wright St.)
(Second Floor)
The stewards council is made up of GEO members active in organizing their individual departments. We meet in order to share ideas for increasing membership and involvement among members. Stewards also advocate for GEO members within their departments, [...]

May 6th, 2009 | Category: committee events | Comments are closed

GEO 2002 Resolution on the “Chief”

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 [...]

November 13th, 2008 | Category: news | Comments are closed

GEO votes to endorse Township Referendum

On 10/22/08 the Steward’s council unanimously voted to ENDORSE THE CITY OF CHAMPAIGN TOWNSHIP BALLOT REFERENDUM PROPOSITION TO INCREASE THE LIMITING RATE.
“As we stand in solidarity with all workers on campus, we stand in solidarity with all workers in our community, especially those who, because of disability or illness, do not have a steady income. [...]

October 30th, 2008 | Category: news | Comments are closed

Steward’s Council Meeting

Stewards Council
Wednesday 10/22
6:30pm
YMCA, Boardroom
On the agenda all members are welcome to discuss and vote on:
ENDORSEMENT OF THE CHAMPAIGN TOWNSHIP BALLOT REFERENDUM “PROPOSITION TO INCREASE THE LIMITING RATE”
On election day, voters in Champaign Township (concurrent with the city
of Champaign) will have the opportunity to vote on a referendum titled
“Proposition to Increase The Limiting Rate.”
A “YES” [...]

October 22nd, 2008 | Category: committee events | Comments are closed
 
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