Category Archives: Media Coverage

iRally Press Release

By odellcampbell | October 26, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OVER 200 UIUC GRADUATE EMPLOYEES STAGE 8 AM RALLY FOR A FAIR CONTRACT AT U of I iHOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER – GRADUATE EMPLOYEES’ ORGANIZATION TO HOLD STRIKE AUTHORIZATION VOTE NOVEMBER 4-6.
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN (October 26) – At 8 am on Monday, October 26, over 200 members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) and [...]

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iRally Press Release

By odellcampbell | October 26, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OVER 200 UIUC GRADUATE EMPLOYEES STAGE 8 AM RALLY FOR A FAIR CONTRACT AT U of I iHOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER – GRADUATE EMPLOYEES’ ORGANIZATION TO HOLD STRIKE AUTHORIZATION VOTE NOVEMBER 4-6.
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN (October 26) – At 8 am on Monday, October 26, over 200 members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) and [...]

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Press Release from University Administration Contract Proposal

By odellcampbell | August 27, 2009

I’m reposting our press release regarding the administration’s contract proposal – as this is a press release, it has a bit less detail than some of our other internal communications. If you have any questions about details, please contact me at odell.campbell@gmail.com.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: GEO DISMAYED BY RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH UIUC [...]

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GEO Rally Video!

By odellcampbell | June 10, 2009

Hello Friends,
Sandra Olsen, an undergraduate at UIUC, videotaped our “rally for a contract” on June 1st – its a great representation of the effort we all put in to move beyond “ground rules” and get back to bargaining. You can view the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX_ta5B3aoQ
As always, if you have any questions, please message me [...]

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When we show up, they back down!

By odellcampbell | June 1, 2009

When we show up, they back down!
Today, all of us, the MEMBERS of the GEO, won a crucial victory in our contract negotiations with the administration! We are now one step closer to achieving the goals of our bargaining platform. Around 80 graduate employees and allies demonstrated outside of our first federally mediated session and [...]

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Central Michigan University grads vote to unionize!

By odellcampbell | May 11, 2009

Not mentioned in the story linked here is the inspiring campaign supporting the CMU grad student’s effort: on a recent AGEL (Alliance of Graduate Employee Locals) conference call, one of the CMU grad students talked about some of their efforts before the vote, including a phone campaign where union parents called the president of CMU [...]

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May 5: Administration Stalls Bargaining, Forces Federal Mediation After Only Second Session

By odellcampbell | May 6, 2009

Despite our presentation of a comprehensive contract proposal to the
administration team during our first bargaining meeting, the University
continued to refuse to respond to or discuss any aspect of our proposal at
the second meeting. Instead, the administration team attempted to insist
on the imposition of extraneous restrictions on Union activity as the
grounds for bargaining. The [...]

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Press release: Illinois Student Senate Endorses GEO Bargaining Platform!

By odellcampbell | April 30, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Illinois Student Senate at Urbana-Champaign Overwhelmingly Votes to Endorse Graduate Employee’s Bargaining Platform
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN (April 29) – The Illinois Student Senate at Urbana-Champaign voted overwhelmingly last week in favor of a resolution that expresses full senate support for the Graduate Employee’s Organization’s bargaining platform in the GEO’s current contract negotiations with the UIUC [...]

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