Graduate Employees' Union Organization at UIUC
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URGENT: In-Person and Virtual Protest Against BoT TOMORROW, Impact Bargaining on Friday

TOMORROW: Protest against UIUC Board of Trustees on Lack of COVID-19 Responsibility

IN-PERSON PROTEST INFO:

Thursday, September 23, 2021 - 8:45 AM CDT

Outside of Henry Administration Building, West Side - 506 S. Wright St., Urbana

We will be protesting graduate employee working conditions and urge University administration to adopt the COVID-19 Impact Bargaining Team’s demands. Please wear a mask, wear your GEO gear, and bring protest signs!

White protest flyer with pale grey, pale navy blue, and coral colored squares. A big grey square on the top right says “SPEAK OUT: DEMAND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SUPPORT COVID SAFETY ON CAMPUS!!!”. On the left, underneath a coral square with a white clipart of a bullhorn on it, is a long blue vertical square that says “Protest graduate employee working conditions and urge University administration to adopt the COVID-19 Impact Bargaining Team’s demands.” Underneath this is a grey box that says “OUTSIDE THE HENRY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, WEST SIDE 506 S Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801”. Above this is a coral square with a disposable mask clipart. To the right of this is a blue square that says “Please wear a mask and your GEO gear, and bring protest signs”. Under this is a coral square that says “TODAY! 9/23 8:45 AM”.

White protest flyer with pale grey, pale navy blue, and coral colored squares. A big grey square on the top right says “SPEAK OUT: DEMAND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SUPPORT COVID SAFETY ON CAMPUS!!!”. On the left, underneath a coral square with a white clipart of a bullhorn on it, is a long blue vertical square that says “Protest graduate employee working conditions and urge University administration to adopt the COVID-19 Impact Bargaining Team’s demands.” Underneath this is a grey box that says “OUTSIDE THE HENRY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, WEST SIDE 506 S Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801”. Above this is a coral square with a disposable mask clipart. To the right of this is a blue square that says “Please wear a mask and your GEO gear, and bring protest signs”. Under this is a coral square that says “TODAY! 9/23 8:45 AM”.

VIRTUAL PROTEST (EMAIL CAMPAIGN) INFO:

If you cannot attend the in-person protest, please click here for a link to an email template to fill out and send to the university President, Chancellor, and Board of Trustees. Please share the email template with other graduate workers who will not be able to attend the protest!

White flyer with pale grey, pale navy blue, and coral colored squares. A big grey square on the top right says “VIRTUAL PROTEST (EMAIL CAMPAIGN) INFO:”. On the left, underneath a coral square with a white clipart of a bullhorn on it, is a long blue vertical square that says “Scan this QR code or visit https://bit.ly/3EJMTvh for an email template to fill out and send to the university President, Chancellor, and Board of Trustees.” Underneath this is a grey box that says “Please share this email template with other graduate workers!”. Above this is a coral square with a disposable mask clipart. To the right of this is a QR code to the email template. Under this is a coral square that says “TODAY! 9/23 8:45 AM”.

White flyer with pale grey, pale navy blue, and coral colored squares. A big grey square on the top right says “VIRTUAL PROTEST (EMAIL CAMPAIGN) INFO:”. On the left, underneath a coral square with a white clipart of a bullhorn on it, is a long blue vertical square that says “Scan this QR code or visit https://bit.ly/3EJMTvh for an email template to fill out and send to the university President, Chancellor, and Board of Trustees.” Underneath this is a grey box that says “Please share this email template with other graduate workers!”. Above this is a coral square with a disposable mask clipart. To the right of this is a QR code to the email template. Under this is a coral square that says “TODAY! 9/23 8:45 AM”.

COVID-19 Impact Bargaining Session 16: Friday September 24th, 11 am - 12:30 pm CDT

This Friday, the COVID-19 Impact Bargaining Team (IBT) will have its 16th bargaining session with the UIUC Administration. IBT members will be negotiating for a more comprehensive COVID-19 notification system, following up on the two Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) they sent about worker choice and sick leave, and more equipment for grad workers (technology, HEERF III funds, and PPE) with the university administration. Come show the administration our collective power! United we bargain! Divided we beg!


To register for this bargaining session fill out this registration form. Here is the Facebook event. Please invite your friends and colleagues to join! To join the conversation on twitter follow and tweet with the hashtag #ILLatIllinois!

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[Black text over a yellow background. There is an image of a laptop in the upper right corner. The GEO logo is in the middle right of the page. There are 3 stripes on the page going towards the middle left of the flyer but not intersecting. The purple stripe is on the lower left half of the flyer. The red stripe is in the middle right of the page above the GEO logo. The pink stripe is in the upper right half of the page. Transcription of flyer is above.]

In Solidarity,
Graduate Employees’ Organization
809 S. 5th St., Geneva Room
Champaign, IL 61820
Email: geo@uigeo.org

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