COVID-19 Impact Bargaining Session, Labor Movement & Police Unions Teach-In & More
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Announcements
All GEO members are invited to attend Impact Bargaining Session #9: Friday, November 20, 12pm (CT)
The GEO COVID-19 Impact Bargaining Team will be meeting with university administration on Friday, November 20, at 12pm CT. All GEO members are invited to attend as observers. The bargaining agenda includes presenting the GEO’s position on Proctorio and other invasive software; and an update from administration about university policy on captions for accessibility of online content. If you are interested in speaking at the bargaining session and sharing testimony of your experience with Proctorio, please email geo@uigeo.org.
Image Description: Under the title and time of the bargaining session there is a yellow light bulb, a stack of office supplies, and a desk with a workstation, and the black GEO symbol on a white background. The text “Digital privacy in the age of COVID-19 -- What is Proctorio and why is it harmful?” and “Pack the Screen!” is on the bottom of the flyer next to GEO’s social media account links, a tinyurl link, and a QR code to the event.
Important Updates: 2020 Wage Reopener Raise and Back Pay
The 4% raise to the minimum was applied to October’s earning statement and according to the administration, back pay for both September and October will be added to this month’s earning statement. If you are making the minimum and still have yet to see the raise and/or the back pay for both September and October please fill out this quick questionnaire.
Image description: Black text on white background with a title that reads “Accessing your Earnings Statement” and the subtitle “How to read your paycheck”. There are 7 steps listed with the same text as the steps listed below
For those wondering how to access their earning statements to see if the raise and/or back pay has been applied, we’ve included this helpful guide to assist you.
Go to the Earnings Statement - University of Illinois System website.
Once on the website, click on the green "Access Earnings Statement" button on the right hand side of the page. Note: If you have not set up two factor authentication, there is a link right below the "Access Earnings Statement" button to set it up. Click that and follow the appropriate steps.
Enter your NetID and password.
You will then be asked to verify your identity. There are two ways to do this. You can select the “Call Me” option or the “Enter a Passcode” option. For either one, follow the appropriate steps to verify your identity.
Next you might need to enter your pin. If you don’t have one, click the link below the space to enter the pin to create one. If you do have one, enter it and click “Submit”.
This should take you straight to your earnings statement.
To view past earnings statements, click the “View Past Statements” button on the upper right corner.
Events
Tues 11/17: The Labor Movement & Police Unions: A Teach-in with Theresa Rocha Beardall & Defund UIPD
Image Description: The background of the flyer is an image by Michael Deforge (@micahel_deforge) that depicts a large cat attacking police cars amongst a crowd of protestors. This image has the words “No police unions” and “no cops in labour” printed on it. There is a yellow triangle and a blue triangle framing the right side of the flyer and to the center-left the title of the teach-in as well as the names of the organizations that are sponsoring the event are printed. There is a QR code and a tinyurl link at the bottom, as well as the contact information for DefundUIPD.
Tuesday, November 17, 5:30-7pm CT
Did you know? The Urbana Police Department and the UIUC Police Department are negotiating their union contracts right now. These contracts work to embolden police power by shielding cops from accountability, transparency, and fairness and have been tied to increased violent “misconduct.” We have the opportunity to demand community accountability and interrupt the power of these contracts. At this teach-in, we’ll learn about the overarching problems with cop unions and dig into the details of the current UPD and UIPD contracts. Let’s mobilize to win.
Theresa Rocha Beardall is an Assistant Professor of Sociology, Criminology, and American Indian Studies at Virginia Tech whose research examines police and policing at the intersection of race, class, and labor law.
This event is sponsored by HRI-Mellon Legal Humanities Initiative, GEO, and Abolition 2 Abundance!
Sat 12/05: CSEU Membership Council Meeting
Image description: dark blue background with white snowflake graphics at the top and a lined mountain sketch at the bottom. In the lower left corner is the red CSEU logo. The main text reads “CSEU Membership Council Meeting - December 5 - 2PM AST / 1PM EST / 12PM CST / 10AM PST / 8AM HST”. There are four blue circles with faint snowflake designs on them. The text in the circles reads “New Autonomous Committees”, “CC Report”, “CC Elections”, and “Discussion Sessions”.
The Coalition of Student Employee Unions (CSEU) Membership Council Meeting will be held on December 5 at 12PM CST. The GEO recently voted to affiliate with the CSEU at our last GMM, so now we are members of the Membership Council and therefore able to participate in meetings to direct the future efforts of CSEU! The GEO is allowed 2 voting delegates and an unlimited number of non-voting delegates. If you are interested in attending as a delegate, please contact Cassidy Wagner, our Comms Co-Officer and CSEU liaison, at cassidymwagner@gmail.com, and/or register for the meeting!
In Solidarity,
Graduate Employees’ Organization
809 S. 5th St., Geneva Room
Champaign, IL 61820
Email: geo@uigeo.org