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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>What the Graduate Employees Union ( GEO ) NEEDS for the next three to four years is less than 1/4 of 1 % of the University of Illinois's 3.5 BILLION dollar endowment. Call the Provost and DEMAND that they agree to the GEO proposed contract.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:left'><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Tell Provost Andreas Cangellaris to settle a fair contract! <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:left'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The administration at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign wants to be able to hire TAs and GAs without having to fully compensate them. Proposals, actions and mediation have all failed because the administration does not value supporting high-quality teaching and research.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:left'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Telephone the Provost at ; 217-333-6677 and at 217-244-3580 and Demand Provost Andreas Cangellaris settle a fair contract. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:left'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>If you have not already done so, PLEASE donate to the GEO’s strike fund.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:left'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>You can donate with credit card at their website at ; </span><span style='font-size:20.0pt'> <a href="http://www.uigeo.org/" target="_blank">www.uigeo.org</a></span><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>OR, You can mail a check to ; GEO , 809 S. 5<sup>th</sup> St. McKinley foundation, Champaign, IL 61820<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>Please make your check payable to “ Graduate Employees Organization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Lastly please spread the word and encourage support. The University seems emboldened to break the Union by ; the Trump administration, Republican Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner and the soon to be decided JANUS supreme court case.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>