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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – UIUC GEO MEMBERS VOTE TO RATIFY TENTATIVE CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH UI BOARD OF TRUSTEES: STRIKE OFFICIALLY OVER
GEO STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH STUDENTS AND WORKERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND UIC IN THEIR ONGOING STRUGGLE FOR FAIR EMPLOYMENT AND ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION
GEO TO CONTINUE WORKING AGAINST PRIVATIZATION AND CORPORATIZATION OF [...]
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 STRIKE CONTINUES TUESDAY 11/17 AT 8 AM
ADMINISTRATION SPREADS MISINFORMATION ABOUT PICKET LINES
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN (November 17): On Tuesday, November 17, at 8 am, the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO), AFT/IFT Local 6300, AFL-CIO, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), will continue its strike against the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. [...]
At 10:05 pm, Provost Easter of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign issued a massmail spreading further misinformation about the GEO’s imminent strike. The GEO will officially respond here – please distribute widely. Also, our press release in the post just below this contains a more detailed response to Easter’s misleading claims.
In his email, Easter [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: GEO REFUTES UIUC ADMINISTRATION’S CLAIMS REGARDING CONTRAT NEGOTIATIONS
TUITION WAIVERS HAVE BEEN A CENTRAL ISSUE SINCE APRIL; ADMINISTRATION REFUSES TO GUARANTEE CONTINUATION OF [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UIUC GRADUATE EMPLOYEES’ ORGANIZATION TO STRIKE OVER TUITION WAIVER SECURITY
ADMINISTRATION’S PROPOSALS ON ALL OTHER ISSUES, INCLUDING WAGES, DEEMED ACCEPTABLE
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN (November 15): The strike committee of the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO), American Federation of Teachers/Illinois Federation of Teachers Local 6300, AFL-CIO, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), has authorized a strike against [...]
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: OVER 300 GRAD EMPLOYEES FROM ALL THREE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS GRADUATE EMPLOYEE UNION LOCALS STAGE 11/12 DEMONSTRATIONS 11/12 IN SUPPORT OF UIUC AND UIC GRADUATE EMPLOYEES’ ORGANIZATION CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS
DEMONSTRATION AT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING IN SPRINGFIELD INSPIRES PUBLIC CONVERSATION BETWEEN GEO LEAD NEGOTIATOR AND TOP UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ADMINISTRATORS
UIUC GEO HAS VOTED TO AUTHORIZE [...]
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) [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OVER 200 UIUC GRADUATE EMPLOYEES STAGE 8 AM RALLY FOR A FAIR CONTRACT AT U of I iHOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER – GRADUATE EMPLOYEES’ ORGANIZATION TO HOLD STRIKE AUTHORIZATION VOTE NOVEMBER 4-6.
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN (October 26) – At 8 am on Monday, October 26, over 200 members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) and [...]
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