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Bargaining Session 12: October 1, 2021
Last Friday, we met with the university for our twelfth bargaining session of this contract cycle, after leaving last bargaining session with a message to the administration that they need to actually come to us with meaningful counter-proposals. If you have missed previous bargaining sessions, you can find updates about those linked here. Thanks to…
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Bargaining Session 11: September 17, 2021
For the first time this bargaining cycle, we met with the administration on a Friday for our 11th bargaining session. If you have missed the other bargaining sessions and would like to get caught up, you can read those updates here. Overall, this was probably our most fired up session to date in terms of…
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Bargaining Session 10: September 2, 2021
On Thursday we met with the university administration for our tenth bargaining session, and our first bargaining session of the Fall semester! If you missed previous bargaining sessions, please find those updates here. As we begin Fall semester, it is more crucial than ever that we get members coming to our bargaining sessions, as we…
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Bargaining Session 9: August 16th, 2021
On Monday (8/16) we met with University administration for our ninth bargaining session as we continue to fight for an equitable contract for grad workers at UIC. If you missed previous bargaining sessions, please find those updates here. We first began the session expecting to receive a response to our package proposal including Hours of…
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Bargaining Session 8: August 3, 2021
On Tuesday, we met with the administration for the 8th session as we continue bargaining for a fair contract for all. If you missed previous bargaining sessions, please find those updates here. We had members speak today, both in caucus and in the session, about why some of the proposals we are still negotiating are…
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Bargaining Session 7: July 20th, 2021
On Tuesday, we met with the university for our seventh bargaining session of this contract cycle. If you have missed previous bargaining sessions, you can find updates about those linked here. Special thanks to our members who came out, as we had several members offer their perspectives and expertise in our caucus sessions, which is…
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Bargaining Session 6: July 6, 2021
After a productive fifth session, GEO met with the UIC administration for the sixth bargaining session of this contract cycle. As always, we especially want to shout out the members who attended this session after a busy holiday weekend. Several members in the caucus room were able to offer their perspective, which directly helped the…
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Bargaining Session 5: June 22, 2021
GEO met with the UIC administration on Tuesday for our fifth session as we continue working hard at securing a fair contract for all of our members. This was our first 2 hour session, which we felt was much more productive and less taxing on our bargaining team members. We want to thank the members…
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Bargaining Session 4: June 8, 2021
GEO met with the UIC administration on Tuesday for our fourth session as we continue making strides in securing a fair contract for all of our members. Even on a lovely summer day, our members still showed up in numbers better than in-person bargaining sessions over the summer in our previous contract campaign: nearly 30…
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Bargaining Session 3: May 18, 2021
GEO met with the UIC administration for our third session to bargain a new contract (if you missed the last two sessions, see those updates here). Even after the semester has just ended, we had about 30 members in the virtual room who stayed for the 4-hour long bargaining session, with our most lively caucus…
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