Archive for August, 2012

Join your fellow graduate employees at a bargaining session between GEO and representatives the university administration.

As the fall semester begins, UIC’s Teaching Assistants and Graduate Assistants are starting work without a contract. GEO’s last contract with the university expired on Aug. 16, and bargaining is still in progress. While employees in our bargaining unit still enjoy many of the protections offered by the last contract, we now face frozen wages and the possibility of higher fees and rising health care costs. It’s now more important than ever for all members to be involved.

This bargaining session is will take place in Room 650 of University Hall at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, September 5th.

Please share this information with your colleagues and RSVP on our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/events/543402429019300/

Questions? E-mail staff (at) uic-geo.net.

Our latest bargaining update is on the blog now. Read it over, then come to the next bargaining session on Wednesday, August 22nd at 1 p.m. in the Monarch Room on the third floor of SCE.

http://uic-geo.net/blog/?p=131

All UIC graduate employees are urged to attend the first bargaining session of the academic year between GEO and the university administration.

Our contract expired on Aug. 16. That means frozen wages and the possibility of higher fees and rising health care costs. We need to push for a settlement to negotiations and a fair contract for UIC graduate employees.

Let’s show the university administration that we’re united, energized, and committed.

This bargaining session will likely address financial concerns like wage increases and caps on fees.

Come and bring your colleagues, too!

We will gather at 1 p.m. on the SIXTH FLOOR of Student Center East.

You can RSVP on our Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/events/342346715852854/