2020 May Day Car Rally — Graduate Employees' Organization at UIUC

Photo credits to Ben Joseph Lash.

Hilary Gross: “I need summer Health Insurance because... I need my medication all year round, not just September to May (and also COVID19)”

Niki Turnipseed: “Every summer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign grad employees have to compete for scarce employment opportunities and decide whether they can afford $700 for 3 months of health insurance coverage. This was inhumane before the pandemic, and now it puts our entire community at risk. Affordable healthcare is a right!”

Megan Mericle: “Car-side protesting for grad workers’ healthcare! UIUC grad workers need affordable health insurance year-round, especially now during a global pandemic.”

Austin Hoffman: “The @geo_uiuc
doggo caucus is ready to go on a long solidarity car ride for healthcare!

#DriveToSurvive #SolidarityNotAusterity
#HigherEdWorksBecauseWeDo”

Cassidy Wagner: “I can't make it to the @geo_uiuc #MayDay2020 rally, but we've got #SolidarityForever over in Oregon! Tetra and I support GEO members at the #DrivetoSurvive rally as they fight for grad lives during #COVID__19 #HigherEdWorksBecauseWeDo”

Logan Middleton: “It is UNCONSCIONABLE that graduate workers will need to pay out of pocket for summer health insurance, especially during COVID-19.

Driving in solidarity today with @geo_uiuc ’s #DriveToSurvive

#HigherEdWorksBecauseWeDo #HealthcareIsAHumanRight”

Chelsea Birchmier: “Ready for today’s #DrivetoSurvive rally with .@geo_uiuc calling for summer healthcare coverage for grad workers at .@Illinois_Alma ! #HigherEdWorksBecauseWeDo #MayDay2020”