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.

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! 🫡✊

As our strike readiness efforts are heating up, let's practice showing solidarity with our co-workers this afternoon wit...
04/10/2026

As our strike readiness efforts are heating up, let's practice showing solidarity with our co-workers this afternoon with a practice picket! Taking collective action requires trust and commitment, so let's start flexing our organizing muscles and give the university a taste of what's coming to their campus soon. 👀

This is also a great way for our allies across the UIC community and beyond to show their support - all are welcome on the picket line! So join us on the lawn outside of University Hall from 2-4 PM today. 🫡

After our successful march on the boss last week, it's time to escalate! Are you ready to lock in and mobilize grad work...
04/08/2026

After our successful march on the boss last week, it's time to escalate! Are you ready to lock in and mobilize grad workers in your department? Then attend our upcoming strike school workshop: Strike Organizing 101! We'll update you on our latest strike readiness plans and timeline, answer your frequently asked questions so you can start answering them for others, explain what it means to be a strike captain, and practice some organizing conversations together.

The same workshop will be held twice to maximize accessibility: in person this Thursday (April 10th) from 12 - 1:30 PM in the Gender & Sexuality Center Flex Space (BSB 183, on the first floor inside the political science department), and then online on Tuesday (April 14th) from 6:30 - 8 PM. Lunch will be provided in person.

Please RSVP at the link in our bio to let us know if you can make it, or to sign up to get info about other upcoming strike schools!

All power to the grad workers - we can't do this without you! 🙏✊

On April 1st, join us to show UIC admin that they can’t make fools out of us. We won’t settle for their joke of a raise ...
03/30/2026

On April 1st, join us to show UIC admin that they can’t make fools out of us. We won’t settle for their joke of a raise (just 2% BEFORE fee increases). Sign the petition (link in story) which outlines our demands, and then show up to make some noise!

You can also find the interview by going to uicgeo.org and navigating to the News page 👀 Comment with questions you want...
12/03/2024

You can also find the interview by going to uicgeo.org and navigating to the News page 👀

Comment with questions you want to ask union members!

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815 West Van Buren, Suite 203
Chicago, IL
60607

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