[Imc] FW: GEO CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IN PROGRESS NOW!!!

[Kranich, Kimberlie]

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From: Graduate Employees' Organization [mailto:xx820 at prairienet.org]
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Subject: GEO CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IN PROGRESS NOW!!!



GEO ACTION ALERT - CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IN PROGRESS NOW!!!!


Members and Supporters of G.E.O. --

Approximately 40 GEO members and allies are SITTING IN at the Swanlund
Administration Building right now!  They are blockading the entrances to the
building, preventing the 100+ employees of Swanlund from getting to work,
including the Provost and the Chancellor!  They can either negotiate with
us, or arrest us.

Come join supporters outside Swanlund, or come to the GEO rally at Swanlund,
scheduled for 10:00!  Call the Board of Trustees at 333-1920 and encourage
them to do the right thing and negotiate with GEO!  Swanlund is on the
southeast corner of Sixth St. and John in Campustown.

Our demand: We demand that the Board of Trustees and the UI Administration
negotiate an out-of-court settlement that respects the express wishes of
graduate employees for union representation.  We insist that this agreement
be made as a public promise and written down in a signed, official letter.

Why are we doing this?  Today the Board of Trustees arrives in town for a
two-day meeting.  The Administration always claims that they are unable to
negotiate with us, but today all the key people are in town and available to
reach an agreement.  We want to put them in a position where they can either
negotiate with us, or arrest us.  In addition, this BOT meeting is their
last opportunity to agree with us before our planned April work stoppage.
Nobody wants to have a strike if we can avoid it.  By demonstrating our
resolve today, we show our willingness to suffer personal inconvenience
before subjecting our students to another work stoppage.

Come on out and support the GEO today!

Solidarity,

The GEO


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Graduate Employees' Organization
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1001 S. Wright St. (MC-390)
Champaign, IL  61820
(217)344-8283--phone
(217)344-8281--fax
http://www.shout.net/~geo
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