General meeting for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, and Ally Caucus of the GEO. Upcoming events, including Bargaining Bingo, will be discussed.
Tuesday, October 28
6:30PM pm
Rainbow Coffeehouse (Goodwin and Green)
For more information, please contact Jaime: brunton2(at)illinois.edu
All are welcome!
Committee Events
Health Care Working Group
Wednesday, October 22
4 PM
University YMCA (1001 S. Wright St.)
The Health Care Working Group will meet Wednesday 10/22 at 4pm to review the latest progress on our journey towards quality, affordable healthcare and make plans for future work.
If you can’t attend the meeting, but want to know how you can contribute to our various projects, Lori Serb can work with you to see how you can fit in: lserb at uigeo.org
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” vote would fund the Township General Assistance program, which
provides aid to residents in extreme poverty, by enacting a property
tax increase of 0.02% (or about $10/year for a property valued at
$150,000).
Residents who earn less than $3000 per year and are ineligible for
other aid depend on the Township to provide basic assistance, which it
has been unable to do in recent years. A “YES” vote on this referendum
would restore the ability of the Township to provide minimal aid of
$225/month to Champaign residents in desperate poverty.
Last spring, 71% of Champaign residents supported an advisory
referendum urging the Champaign government to restore funding for the
Township. However, the wording of the current referendum does not
explain that revenue from the marginal tax increase will be used to
fund the Township General Assistance program.
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. It is
people in this situation that depend on the Township for financial
assistance.
The Graduate Employees’ Organization supports passage of this
referendum and commits to educate our members about the referendum and
to urge eligible members to vote “YES”.
General meeting for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, and Ally Caucus of the GEO.
Tuesday, October 21
6:30PM pm
Rainbow Coffeehouse (Goodwin and Green)
For more information, please contact Jaime: brunton2(at)illinois.edu
All are welcome!
Survey Group
Tuesday, October 14
5 PM
University YMCA (1001 S. Wright St.)
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!
Health Care Working Group
Wednesday, October 8
4 PM
University YMCA (1001 S. Wright St.)
The Health Care Working Group will meet this Wednesday (10/8) at 4pm to review the latest progress on our journey towards quality, affordable healthcare and make plans for future work.
If you can’t attend on Wednesday, but want to know how you can contribute to our various projects, Lori Serb can work with you to see how you can fit in: lserb at uigeo.org
General meeting for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, and Ally Caucus of the GEO.
Tuesday, October 7
6:30PM pm
Rainbow Coffeehouse (Goodwin and Green)
For more information, please contact Jaime: brunton2(at)illinois.edu
All are welcome!
What do we want? How can we get it?
What are we willing to strike for?
Thursday, October 2
5 PM
University YMCA (1001 S. Wright St.)
Room 9 (Second Floor)
The healthcare situation for graduate students at UIUC is not set in stone. We need your input to make a strong healthcare proposal to the GEO Bargaining Platform.
Wednesday, September 24
4:00 pm
University YMCA (1001 S. Wright St.)
Room 9 (Second Floor)
All are welcome!