Graduate Employees Organization Demands Recognition of the Right to Union Representation
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA – – Demanding that university leaders meet with them, fifty graduate employees, along with supporters from the faculty, student government, local clergy and others from the Champaign-Urbana community have occupied the offices of the Board of Trustees in the Henry Administration Building. Graduate employees [...]

The Illinois House of Representatives late Thursday passed a bill that would end a three-year conflict between the University of Illinois and its 5,000 graduate student employees. House Bill 1208 amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act to include in the definition of “educational employee” graduate students employed by state universities. The bill confirms that [...]

Urbana-Champaign, IL – Graduate employees have spoken: they want the G.E.O. to be their union. In a union election held April 15th and 16th, 64% of graduate employees voting chose the G.E.O. to be their representative in employment matters. The election turnout was exceptional, with almost 50% (2,539) of 5,446 graduate employees voting. These statistics [...]