BY Joe Iosbaker | Chicago, IL | 4/18/10
Voting was completed for the 1500 clerical workers at the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73, April 16.
BY Joe Iosbaker | Chicago, IL | 4/08/10
On April 5, the members of the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) at the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) prepared for a strike. Their bargaining committee went in for a last-ditch session with a federal mediator and the team from management.
BY Joe Iosbaker | Chicago, IL | 4/05/10
300 graduate employees, faculty, students and campus workers rallied on the campus of the University of Illinois-Chicago today, April 5, to demand a contract for the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO).
BY Staff | Chicago, IL | 4/04/10
The Graduate Employees Organization (GEO), a union at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), is demanding a fair contract. While graduate employees teach many of today’s university classes, many live at or near the poverty level and chalk up great debts pursuing an education.
BY Joe Iosbaker | Chicago, IL | 2/17/10
University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) graduate employees voted overwhelmingly Feb. 15 to authorize a strike.
BY Joe Iosbaker | Chicago, IL | 1/22/10
Over 200 workers, faculty and students at the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) marched here, Jan. 21, to demand full funding for higher education and an end to threatened furloughs and layoffs.
BY Staff | Urbana-Champaign, IL | 11/10/09
On Nov. 9, the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) announced the results of its strike authorization vote.
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