URGENT CALL TO ACTION: GEO Picket at Swanlund TODAY!
GEO Picket at Swanlund TODAY starting at 7:00 AM!
GEO is picketing Swanlund administration building this morning in support of the Impact Bargaining Team demanding more robust COVID safety measures! A few brave members are engaging in civil disobedience and need your support! Bundle up, wear your mask, and join us on the picket line! Administration won’t keep us safe, so it’s time to take matters into our own hands.
[Navy blue poster with pink border. Pink text at the top says “TODAY: PROTEST FOR COVID SAFETY!” Two light blue bullhorns flank a large blue medical mask in the middle. The bottom says “SWANLUND ADMIN BUILDING” in pink. Underneath this says “7:00 AM” in light blue. Below this says “WEAR YOUR MASK!” in pink.]
[A black and white poster reading: “GEO COVID SAFETY DEMANDS: -COVID-19 exposure notifications -Worker choice of modality -weekly testing for in-person students and workers +adequate building access status checks. -extension of the mask mandate indoors -email geo@uigeo.org to learn more!” At the bottom is the GEO logo surrounded by 2 megaphones with the message “KEEP CAMPUS SAFE”.]
Virtual COVID-19 Impact Bargaining Session TODAY, 8 AM
Today at 8:00 AM, GEO will negotiate with UIUC administration over COVID-19 health and safety conditions! In addition to our demands for high quality masks, COVID-19 exposure notifications, regular testing and building access status checks, and worker choice, we are also demanding that UIUC administration bargain with GEO over changes to mask mandate policy, which will directly impact graduate workers, our students, faculty, and staff. We can only demand change to this unscientific, undemocratic decision to disregard public health and leave workers and students to fend for ourselves if we come together to make our voices heard!
RSVP here to receive a link to attend the session: https://tinyurl.com/COVIDIBSess19
Join our Facebook event here: https://fb.me/e/2f4j0kI5a
P.S. GEO is compiling a list of high-quality masks, as recommended by members, to share with the university administration. Please share your masks recommendations with us here: https://forms.gle/H2myRu7ptTn5a9Xr5
[image description: Dark red poster, with white GEO logo on top right. Top left has green bar jutting out, bottom left has purple bar, middle right has pink bar. Left of the pink bar in big white text is “COVID-19 IMPACT BARGAINING SESSION - 2/23/22”. On the bottom right in white says “PACK THE SCREEN! Attend virtually and support our union’s Impact Bargaining Team! February 23, 2022, 8:00 AM CDT, Register here: https://tinyurl.com/COVIDIBSess19. IBT members will be negotiating for a more comprehensive COVID-19 notification system, unlimited PPE (K/N95 masks), and extension of the UIUC mask mandate past February 28.]
In Solidarity,
Graduate Employees’ Organization
809 S. 5th St., Geneva Room
Champaign, IL 61820
Email: geo@uigeo.org