UIUC Grad Employees to stage major rally at Board of Trustees meeting

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New November 11th, 2009 - 2:39 PM
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On Thursday, November 12, members of the UIUC Graduate Employees' Organization (GEO) will stage a major rally on the University of Illinois Springfield campus outside of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees (BOT) Meeting.

GEO members and their allies will march from the UI Springfield Student Affairs Center to the UI Springfield Public Affairs Center, where the BOT meeting will be held. The rally will take place at the Public Affairs Center from 8:30-9:00.

Two additional rallies will be staged in solidarity with the event in Springfield, IL. At 12:00 pm, Thursday, November 12, UIUC GEO members and allies will rally on the UIUC campus, Quad side of the Illini Union. Also on Thursday, November 12, at 11:30 am, members of the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) GEO and their allies will rally on the main quad of the UIC campus in Chicago, Illinois.

All three rallies will be staged in support of ongoing contract negotiations between the UIUC and UIC Graduate Employees' Organizations ongoing contract negotiations with the administration of the University of Illinois. The UIUC GEO is seeking a contract that includes protection for tuition waivers and a minimum salary set at the University's own estimate of a living wage in Champaign-Urbana. The UIC GEO is seeking a contract that seeks a living wage, improvement to healthcare, and an end to all tuition differentials. Both union locals have been met with stalling, delay, and highly regressive contract proposals from the University of Illinois administration.

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Yeah

nobody likes a douche "unions are ruining education", run to your trust fund and pay the GEO yeah?

Pay fairly (not verified)    11/11/2009 - 10:04 PM

Smart planning equates to having resources, son!

Unlike the Administration, the GEO is extremely thrifty and saves for just such a rainy day. The Admin is paid lavish salaries, but apparently they can't even plan for a widely predicted economic downturn.

It truly is amazing how much an organization can do with so little, isn't it? It's why the GEO is gonna winnnnnnn thisssssss!

Thanks for noticing!

The Mike (not verified)    11/11/2009 - 8:15 PM

Ok...that is just a stupid

Ok...that is just a stupid comment. Their obviously not poor, but they deserve certain fundamental rights that the University of Illinois has promised but has not given to them. Learn your facts before you judge.

Anoymous (not verified)    11/11/2009 - 6:27 PM

Grad TA

"Both union locals have been met with stalling, delay, and highly regressive contract proposals from the University of Illinois administration."

Yeah, that's not editorializing at all... (but I love it, after all the inaccuracies in the paper prior)

Thomas (not verified)    11/11/2009 - 5:59 PM

They have money to drive to

They have money to drive to Springfield? mmmm...I thought they were broke since they're paid so badly by the big, bad "U."

Unions are ruining education (not verified)    11/11/2009 - 2:44 PM

Really? That's the only

Really?
That's the only pertinent thing you have to say?

What a veritable Shakespeare you are!

Anonymous_One (not verified)    11/11/2009 - 7:14 PM

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