November 17, 2009Strike is Over!
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Overview of GEO Strike Days 1 and 2 by Ben Seese at http://www.BenSeese.com |
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Ingbert Floyd |
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| Peter Campbell, GEO Communications Officer responds to Vice-Provost Richard Wheeler's interview (below), and updates us on issues concerning the picket lines. .mp3 file |
November 16, 2009
| Overview of Day 1, Monday November 16, 2009 GEO actions on the Quad. .mp3 file |
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| GEO Rally/Party outside Swanlund Administration building. .mp3 file |
| Interview with Professor Steven Ashby. .mp3 file |
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| Vice-Provost Richard Wheeler comments on the "Tuition Waiver" issue that now stands as the last obstacles to the GEO ending the strike .mp3 file |
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Tim Frandy, graduate student from the University of WI,Madison, discusses the significance of the GEO strike and some of the issue impacting graduate unions across the country.
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November 12, 2009
The Graduate Employees' Union hold a morning rally at the University of Illinois, Springfield and then a lunchtime rally and march at the Urbana-Champaign campus. Visit: http://www.uigeo.org/ for additional updates.
GEO Action at the Univeristy of Illinois, Springfield - GEO members and allies attend the Board of Trustees' meeting at 8:00 am. |
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| Interviews of an undergraduate and a graduate student on the quad after the UIUC-GEO rally - 11-12-09 .mp3 file |
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| Speeches by the Undergraduate-Graduate Alliance outside the Swanlund Administration Building |
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| Jenny and Jim Barrett address the crowd outside the Swanlund Administration Building |
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| Kerry Pimblott, GEO Bargaining Team member, addresses the crowd at Swanlund. |
November 9, 2009
Press Conference: The Graduate Employees' Organization (GEO) of UIUC votes to create a strike committee to organize a strike.
| Peter Campbell, Communications Officer for the GEO, addresses the press on November 9, 2009 at the University YMCA in Champaign, IL. A full text of this address is available below | |
| Peter Campbell conducts a Questions and Answers session with the local media. | |
| Peter Campbell is interviewed by the local media, including iresist.org |
The permanent link for this action is available here:
http://www.iresist.org/GEO_11-9-09.html
October 26, 2009
The Gradaute Employees' Organization (GEO)
iRally at the iHotel
The Graduate Employees' Organization (GEO) and their allies staged a rally in front of the iHotel and Convention Center, which is hosting the Illinois Association of Graduate School's Conference on Graduate Education and the Economy. Despite the 8:00 am start time, a crowd of over 200 supporters attended to pressure the University of Illinois’ leaderless administration into respectful and serious negotiations. This action comes prior to the November 4-6 GEO “strike authorization vote”. If this strike authorization vote passes, it would also authorize the creation of a strike committee, which would then have authority to determine a strike plan and to call a strike. For further information visit: http://www.uigeo.org/
| Peter Campbell introduces Kerry Pimblott. This is Part I of Kerry's speech. | |
| Kerry Pimblott - Part II | |
| Rich Potter and Peter Campbell address the crowd. |
The permanent link for the above news store is:
http://www.iresist.org/GEO_10-26-2009.html
Also visit: http://www.uigeo.org/
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