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After a marathon thirteen hour mediation session with the university's bargaining team yesterday, the GEO bargaining team emerged with an agreement that will protect tuition waivers, increase job security, and made important gains on minimum stipends and the university contribution to health insurance. Read more »
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1. GEO Calendar 2. I'm in a hurry. What do I need to know? 3. RESULTS OF BARGAINING SIDE-BAR 4. YOUR RIGHT TO STRIKE
1. Calendar TODAY, April 1, 5:00 PM: GEO EMERGENCY STRIKE MEETING, room 302 SCE.TODAY AND TOMORROW, April 1-2: Online Voting. Details forthcoming.MONDAY, April 5, 8:00 AM: GEO TUITION WAIVER AND DIFFERENTIAL RALLY, campus side SCE 2. Summary Read more »
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You may have seen the email this morning from John Loya, Vice Chancellor for Human Resources and R. Michael Tanner, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, regarding contract negotiations between the GEO and the UIC administration. We are writing to clarify some of their points. Read more »
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We've been asked a lot why it is so important to secure tuition waivers and put an end to increasing tuition differentials in our contract now. The reason is simple: if we don't secure these things in the contract now, we will not have the ability to protect GEO members from any attempts to cut tuition waivers or increase or implement new tuition differentials in the future. Read more »
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WHAT CAN UIC FACULTY DO NOW TO PREVENT A STRIKE? 1. Send an email demanding the Board of Trustees give GradEmployees a fair contract at http://xrl.us/bge5t8 2. Call the Board of Trustees at 217-333-1920 and the Chancellorat 312-413-3350 asking them to give UIC Grad Employees acontract that secures tuition waivers and ends skyrocketingtuition differentials. 3. Wear GEO ‘Ready to Strike’ buttons. 4. Attend the April 5th Rally at 8.00 outside SCE. Read more »
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THE GRADUATE EMPLOYEES ORGANIZATION HAS ESTABLISHED A $50,000 STRIKE FUND TO AID STRIKING GRADUATE EMPLOYEES. Read more »
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Many undergraduate students have come to us asking how they can help avoid a strike now, and how they can help in the event that a strike is necessary. Here are some ideas! WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP AVOID A STRIKE NOW 1. Send an email demanding the Board of Trustees give graduate employees a fair contract today. Visit http://xrl.us/bge5t8. 2. Ask your parents to help guarantee quality education at UIC by doing the same. Read more »
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Mediation Day 2: Hello Stranger! The University’s original Bargaining Team leader, Tom Riley, showed up to this session. This is the first time he has shown up to anything related to bargaining with the GEO since November 2009. We are not surprised by this, because things are coming down to the wire. Read more »
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Last night, the Undergraduate Student Government at UIC, which represents 16,000 undergraduate students, passed a resolution in support of GEO contract negotiations. On February 23, the Graduate Student Council, which represents graduate students at UIC passed a resolution urging the UIC administration to settle our contract in a timely manner.
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