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Bargaining Session 2: April 27, 2021
GEO met with the UIC administration for our second session to bargain a new contract. Once again, GEO members showed up in mass and packed the virtual room-over 50 members showed up at the highest point of participation. We continued discussing the 4 contract articles we’re *not* seeking to change after we reached tentative agreements…
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Bargaining Session 1: April 13, 2021
GEO met with the UIC administration for our first session to bargain a new contract. We had over 100 GEO members from several departments pack the virtual room to show the admins that winning a fair contract matters to us all—this may have well been our most well attended bargaining session in GEO history! Due…
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GEO Impact Bargaining Update: What We’ve Won
We wanted to update you on what we collectively have won as workplace protections and security in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since we began impact bargaining last month, we have won: This is directly because of the coordinated pressure we exerted on the university to enact our demands and to do everything they…
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Bargaining Updates
This page is an archive of all bargaining updates that occurred during the 2018 – 2019 bargaining campaign. Updates were posted for most, not all, sessions. Bargaining Session #30, April 4, 2019 Today was our 30th bargaining session, the 8th since our strike began. The meeting lasted 8 hours. The progress from yesterday’s session continued today, finally leading…
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Ratification Vote Update
Just a reminder that the ratification vote begins Monday Feb. 29th and will last until Wed. March 2nd. Locations of polling stations: Lobbies of University Hall (at Harrison St and Morgan St), School of Public Health and Psychiatric Institute (Taylor St and Ashland Ave) and Engineering Research Facility (Halsted St and Taylor St) We will…
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GEO Contract Proposal and Ratification Vote
Good news, fellow GEO members, the University and the Union came to a tentative agreement on a comprehensive collective bargaining agreement (CBA) last Wednesday, February 10th! We made some important gains and we want to let you know what they are: Additionally, we limited the effect of the University’s proposals. We were able to get…
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Bargaining Session #20 & 21, February 1 & 3, 2016
GEO held its 20th and 21st bargaining session with the University this week. On Monday, GEO presented a counter proposal to University which was met with a counter from the University. Both sides made movement towards the other. On Wednesday, GEO responded to the University’s most recent counter, the University responded, and the GEO countered…
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Bargaining Session #18 & 19, January 20 & 27, 2016
On Wednesday January 20th, 2016 the University and GEO restarted negotiations which had been on hold since before Thanksgiving due to the holidays and the University Team’s vacation schedule. However, the tone of negotiations was changed with the meeting on the 20th. Dean of the Graduate College, Karen Colley, is now attending bargaining negotiations as…
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Contract Negotiations Resume Wed. Jan. 20th
Contract negotiations resume on Wednesday January 20th at UH 650. 12-1 will be updates from our GEO negotiation team. 1-5 will be contract negotiations. The administration’s last offer included: Please attend, wear your GEO shirts/buttons, and help us send a strong message that we are serious about a fair contract! Be sure to stay in…
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Bargaining Session #17, November 21, 2015
The Bargaining Committee met with the University’s bargaining team to discuss our healthcare proposals. They had questions last week that we put off to receive their comprehensive contract proposal. We feel like we addressed the concerns that they had. The message from the University was: that CampusCare is great and incomparable to other insurance plans,…
Bargaining Updates
