Many grads have been contacting the GEO office with concerns about their recent fee statements. This post is provided to help you understanding what’s going on with the recent issues related to grad employee pay, tuition waivers, health subsidies, family insurance premium increases, and hourly appointments.

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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 [...]

Ballots may be cast at the GEO office between 9am-5pm on Friday, May 7 or 9am-5pm on Monday, May 10, or Tuesday, May 11. The GEO office is located on the second floor of the University YMCA (1001 S. Wright St, Champaign). If unable to vote during these times, please call the GEO office to [...]

The Graduate Employees’ Organization IFT/AFT Local 6300 (GEO) calls on the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois to pressure the administration of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to agree to a non-discrimination clause in its contract with graduate employees and to retire the school’s racist mascot, Chief Illiniwek.

GEO members to begin negotiating first grad employee contract
As graduate employees here at UIUC, we finally have a voice in the terms of our employment. On December 3rd and 4th, 2002, Teaching and Graduate Assistants voted by a margin of more than three to one for the Graduate Employees’ Organization IFT/AFT (GEO) to be our [...]

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Grad Employees Win Union Rights: Vote To Be Held
This School Year
GEO Reacts To New Policy On International
Grad Employee Pay
The Balancing Act: Budget Cuts & Grads
Pay Cuts, No Pay For Orientation: A Testimonial
From The English Department
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