UIC Graduate Employees Organization

UIC Graduate Employees Organization The Graduate Employees Organization is the union that represents more than 1,500 Teaching Assistants.

The Graduate Employees Organization is a democratic union run by and for its members, the more than 1400 graduate employees at UIC. GEO is affiliated with the Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT), the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and the AFL-CIO.

Hey GEO members: democracy only works if you vote! Inform yourself about the contract by checking out the member packet—...
08/15/2026

Hey GEO members: democracy only works if you vote! Inform yourself about the contract by checking out the member packet—link in bio!

Calling all graduate workers, educators, healthcare workers, and other wonderful community supporters - do you want to s...
07/30/2026

Calling all graduate workers, educators, healthcare workers, and other wonderful community supporters - do you want to see graduate workers at UIC win a fair contract with a decent raise? Then help join our fight TODAY with a PHONE ZAP ☎️ from 1-2 PM! Tell UIC admin to show us the money at the bargaining table by making a few simple phone calls to three of UIC's top decision makers:

- Chancellor Miranda: (312) 413-3350
- University of Illinois Chief Financial Officer Paul Ellinger: (217) 333-5503
- Vice Chancellor of Finance Matthew Fajack: (312) 355-4565

Swipe for some more details about exactly what a phone zap is and for some sample scripts to use when calling. Even if you only have time to join us for a few minutes, every phone call truly counts. Let's finally win this for grad workers AND the whole UIC campus community!

July 7, 2026 is a special day in graduate labor history because UIC GEO signed our first contract with the university ex...
07/08/2026

July 7, 2026 is a special day in graduate labor history because UIC GEO signed our first contract with the university exactly 20 years ago! Our union began like many do, through conversations and commiserations between coworkers frustrated with the boss's status quo. Swipe to get a full glimpse of the UIC graduate workers' labor struggle over the past 20+ years and celebrate our many wins since then... With plenty more to look forward to!

Are you interested in joining your colleagues in this fight as we keep making history? Tap the link in our bio to check out our web site, where you can find a full calendar of our upcoming committee meetings and events. History waits for no one - there's no better time to get involved and get organized!

As we enter our third week on strike, UIC admin still refuses to budge on its insulting 2% raise offer. Wanna help us de...
05/11/2026

As we enter our third week on strike, UIC admin still refuses to budge on its insulting 2% raise offer. Wanna help us demand the living wage and better working conditions that we deserve? Join us TODAY at noon from wherever you may be to make some phone calls and put pressure on UIC to come to the table with a better proposal when we bargain this afternoon! Now is the time to escalate.

Swipe for a list of key decision makers, their phone numbers, and a sample script - and if you can, check out today's schedule to join us in person on the picket line!

GEO is going strong into its third week of striking—come support us as we kick it off with a bang this Monday.
05/11/2026

GEO is going strong into its third week of striking—come support us as we kick it off with a bang this Monday.

Today GEO occupied the 27th floor of University Hall. For 4+ hours we:- played board games- put sticky notes on the wall...
05/09/2026

Today GEO occupied the 27th floor of University Hall. For 4+ hours we:
- played board games
- put sticky notes on the walls with messages for Chancellor Miranda
- played music
- left removable messages around the space
- talked to the UIC representatives when they reluctantly showed up to meet us

We made our demands heard in an insistent but peaceful way. UIC, it’s your turn to offer us a better contract.

Everyone is welcome to join us tomorrow at 12 on the lawn outside University Hall. We want to make this a huge action, s...
05/07/2026

Everyone is welcome to join us tomorrow at 12 on the lawn outside University Hall. We want to make this a huge action, so please come to show the grad workers you support them!

ICYMI: Graduate workers at UIC have been on strike for a whole week! To kick off week two, swipe for a recap of how our ...
05/04/2026

ICYMI: Graduate workers at UIC have been on strike for a whole week! To kick off week two, swipe for a recap of how our work stoppage has been going. We've been so happy to see all of the support and solidarity from our community, as undergrads, staff, faculty, and community all came out to join us on the picket line. We'll be out on the line every day this week, so please swing by and show your support!

As of April 28th, we've officially been unsuccessfully bargaining with UIC admin for an entire year. Unfortunately, the university continues to stall and push back, so we're prepared to stay out as long as it takes to stop business as usual, take the power back, and win a fair contract and better working conditions for us all.

If you'd like to support, check out our web site at the link in our bio for our daily picket line schedule and the link to our strike fund. Solidarity forever! ✊

After bargaining for an entire year, UIC administration has given its graduate workers no choice but to GO ON STRIKE! As...
04/27/2026

After bargaining for an entire year, UIC administration has given its graduate workers no choice but to GO ON STRIKE! As of Monday, April 27th, UIC's graduate teaching assistants, research assistants, and graduate assistants will hold the line until the university sincerely addresses our member's key demands: a living wage, quality and affordable healthcare, academic protections, and real sanctuary protections for international workers. So when UIC meets us back at the bargaining table this week... they'd better have our money. 💰💰💰

If you want to show support and solidarity to the graduate workers who sustain UIC, come out and support us on the picket line! Our daily locations will be shared each morning on our web site (uicgeo.org). You can also show material support to our struggle by donating to our strike fund (link is in our bio!). If you'd like to get more involved or show some other type of material support, email our outreach chair at [email protected] for more info.


On Thursday, a group of overworked and exhausted graduate workers and undergrad allies mysteriously died in the lobby of...
04/25/2026

On Thursday, a group of overworked and exhausted graduate workers and undergrad allies mysteriously died in the lobby of University Hall... Perhaps that's because UIC administration announced earlier this week that our only healthcare option, CampusCare, will soon become even more expensive and inaccessible! Instead of providing its valuable teaching assistants, research assistants, and graduate assistants with the support and benefits that they need to thrive and sustain the university's operations, UIC has decided to significantly increase both the fees we pay per semester AND our co-pays on almost all essential health services. The only co-pay that they've decided not to increase...? Hospice care!

Once these graduate workers were resurrected from the dead, we left some of our tombstones in Chancellor Miranda's personal elevator to make sure she got the message.

So if UIC wants to compromise our health and safety, they'll have to face the workers who they're working to death when we say enough is enough! 🫡✊

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815 West Van Buren, Suite 203
Chicago, IL
60607

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(312) 733-9641

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