<div dir="ltr">A peace related event.<div>Illinois will soon swear in a governor that has stated he wants to make Illinois a "Right to Work" state (which is a euphemism for taking away the right for workers to organize unions). The situation for workers in Illinois will get worse in the near future. </div><div><br></div><div>With this in mind, the Graduate Employees Union (GEO) on campus is hitting the pavement in November (when the weather is still rather good), rallying with other unions, and asking again that the University provide tuition waivers for graduate student workers in departments where they are being removed -- the University continues to sneak in appointments that don't provide tuition waivers, in effect setting a precedent for doing away with tuition waivers more broadly.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Respect Campus Workers!</div><div>Wednesday, November 12, 2014</div><div>starting at noon</div><div>at the Alma Mater</div><div><br></div><div>Wear your walking shoes.</div><div><br></div><div>-- here is the official announcement --</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:collapse"><ol style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;line-height:17px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">“Respect Campus Workers!” -</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> <span class="aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dashed;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="aQJ" style>Wednesday, Nov. 12</span></span></span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">, starting at </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dashed;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="aQJ" style>noon </span></span></span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">at the </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Alma Mater</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">, there will be a <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">GEO</span> Rally to support our members whose tuition waivers are in jeopardy.  We'll hear from several students in the Masters of Computer Science (MCS) program who do not have waiver-generating appointments and have been unable to meet with the administration to discuss the appointments.  This is a serious threat to tuition waivers on campus - please attend and show your support!</span></span><br></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">see the FB event:  </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="http://bit.ly/Respect_Campus_Workers" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:none">http://bit.ly/Respect_Campus_Workers</a></span></p><div><br></div></li></ol></span></div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_signature">-- karen medina<br>"The really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark Twain<br></div><div class="gmail_signature"><br></div><div class="gmail_signature"><br></div><div class="gmail_signature"><br></div>
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