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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) [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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” [...]

Steward’s Council Meeting

Elections for Steward Chairs!
Share departmental updates and concerns. Eat pizza and help plan our most important organizing work, including the next General Membership Meeting.
Wednesday, October 8
6:30 PM
University YMCA (1001 S. Wright St.)
Room 9 (Second floor)
All are welcome to attend!

Steward’s Council Meeting

Share departmental updates and concerns. Eat pizza and help plan our most important organizing work, including the next General Membership Meeting.
Tuesday, September 24
6:30 PM
University YMCA (1001 S. Wright St.)
Room 9 (Second floor)
All are welcome to attend!

GEO Glossary: your complete guide to union jargon

GENERAL
Bargaining Unit: The workers who are legally represented by a union and are covered under the terms of the union’s contract. The unit may include all employees or may be limited according to type of work performed. At the University of Illinois, the GEO bargaining unit is approximately 2700 GAs and [...]

New constitution to be considered at GEO General Meeting

This is the proposed constitution that will be put to the GMM this Wednesday. The motion will be “That the Constitution of the GEO be replaced by the proposed text posted on the GEO website.”