[Peace-discuss] GEO set to strike at UIUC

[Karen Medina]

to add to Ricky's post...

Grad employees on campus earn on average about $16,000 a year. Without
tuition waivers this entire income would not even cover the entire cost of
tuition, fees, books, and health insurance.
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Academic year tuition rate for graduate students at University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign:
Base:     $12, 488 ; Nonresident: $26,980
Highest: $39,000  ; Nonresident: $48,672
-- Law school has its own set of tuition levels between 35,000-49,500 --
Academic year for graduate students:
Fees:     $ 4,222
Books & supplies: $ 1,800
Health insurance: $ 1,170
Room or rent:
Food:
Transportation, clothing:



References:
1. 2017-2018 Academic Year Graduate & Professional Tuition Rates.
https://registrar.illinois.edu/g-tuition-rates-1718
2. 2018-2019 Academic Year Graduate Estimated Additional Expenses.
https://registrar.illinois.edu/g-additional-expenses-1819

On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 1:27 PM, Ricky Baldwin via Peace-discuss <
peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

> Good afternoon, fans of justice!
>
> Grad employees on campus earn on average about $16,000 a year, well below
> the UI's own livable wage standard.  Without tuition waivers this would
> largely just go straight back to the University.  For such basic economic
> and other reasons grad employees at UIUC have been fighting for a union for
> many years.  It took years to win legal recognition and bargain their first
> contract.  Then in 2009 the GEO had to strike to get guaranteed tuition
> waivers and other basic provisions in writing.  The University immediately
> reneged and only after a long and costly arbitration did the GEO prevail,
> only to have the University refuse to abide by the arbitrator's decision (a
> serious violation of labor law), and GEO had to fight again - and did
> prevail again.  Now the UI is trying to back out again - as well as
> refusing to bargain in good faith over grad employee pay and stonewalling
> other important issues.
>
> So the GEO just  this morning set a date to strike if the University does
> not seriously change its tune in bargaining:
>
> Mon. Feb. 26
>
> Please sign up to join the picket line!  Community support is crucial.  I
> am part of a small committee coordinating signups by allies, so you can
> email me (privately, please, off list) your name, number, and what time you
> can picket Mon. Feb. 26 (preferable) between 8AM-5PM, or Tuesday 2/17.  Or
> you can try this nifty googledocs signup, which Nick Goodell set up:
>
> Strike Support Sign-Up
> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CeiYqXB2oazP90-703UwbXfWnHBZNiHqmLuJVJNqjWc/edit#gid=0>
>
> Strike Support Sign-Up
>
> Sheet1 Name, email, Phone, time available 2-26, time available 2-27, time
> available 2-28, Affiliation( communi...
>
> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CeiYqXB2oazP90-703UwbXfWnHBZNiHqmLuJVJNqjWc/edit#gid=0>
>
>
> I can meet you or make sure someone meets you at the Illini Union (Quad
> Side) at your appointed time to get you what you need.  Thanks!  Solidarity!
> Ricky
>
>
>
>
> Ricky Baldwin
> "Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes."
> - Maggie Kuhn
>
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-- karen medina
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