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The GEO has been organizing since the early 1990’s 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.

School, unions still dancing to different beats

News-Gazette coverage of ongoing contract negotiations between the university and several of its unions (including the GEO)
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Show Solidarity with NYU Grad Employees

GEO members will show solidarity with the grad employees of GSOC/UAW Local 2110 at NYU by wearing their GEO t-shirt on November 9th.
Unionized graduate employees at New York University voted to strike in response to NYUs refusal to negotiate a second contract. If you need a GEO t-shirt, stop by the office in the University [...]

NYU Graduate Employees Vote to Strike

Unionized graduate employees at New York University have voted to authorize a strike set to begin on November 9. Members of GSOC/UAW Local 2110 are calling the strike in response to NYU?s refusal to negotiate a second contract.
Check Local 2110’s website for updates.
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FAQ

General Questions about GEO

What is the Graduate Employees’ Organization, and what are its goals?
Why should I join the GEO?
Who is allowed to be a member of the union?
Are there other universities with graduate employee unions?

Contract Questions

Did we already have the protections stipulated in the contract?
What do I do if the contract has been [...]

constitution

PREAMBLE
We, the members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO), are committed to the principles of participatory democracy. Thus, as graduate employees at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (“the University”), we claim the right to participate in making decisions that affect our lives. This can only mean our bona fide representation in University governance. Formal [...]

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.”

Archive of Daily Illini Articles on the GEO

2002

GEO plans second work stoppage
February 27, 2002
http://www.dailyillini.com/feb02/feb27/news/stories/news_story03.shtml

Forum: GEO plans for spring
February 28, 2002
http://www.dailyillini.com/feb02/feb28/opinions/stories/forum.shtml

Letter to the Editor: ISG members back GEO
February 28, 2002
http://www.dailyillini.com/feb02/feb28/opinions/stories/letter02.shtml

Letter to the Editor: College Democrats support GEO
March 4, 2002
http://www.dailyillini.com/mar02/mar04/opinions/stories/letter01.shtml

GEO has got to grow
March 5, 2002
http://www.dailyillini.com/mar02/mar05/opinions/stories/opinions_column01.shtml

Urbana City Council offers support to GEO
March 13, 2002
http://www.dailyillini.com/mar02/mar13/news/stories/news_story03.shtml

GEO affordable
March 13, 2002
http://www.dailyillini.com/mar02/mar13/opinions/stories/letter02.shtml

University and GEO to discuss union criteria
March 14, [...]

Administration Responds to GEO Work Stoppage

Admin Changes Its Tune
Why The GEO Membership Is Taking Action
What’s A Union Good For?

Admin Changes Its Tune

In an effort to shore up their anti-union stance, the administration has been trying hard to convince the university community that the GEO’s 2-day work stoppage of last semester was a "non-event." Unfortunately for them, their own rhetoric reveals [...]

GEO Wins in Supreme Court

Today the Illinois Supreme Court affirmed that graduate
employees in Illinois have the right to collective bargaining. The Supreme
Court decision is the definitive ruling in the lengthy legal battle over
whether graduate employees in Illinois have the right to unionize.

Today’s decision marks a major victory in the GEO’s struggle
for union recognition.

The case will now [...]