[Peace-discuss] FW: Day 10 Graduate Empoyees Union strike - occupation of administration building

[David Johnson]

Day 10  Graduate Employees Union strike - occupation of administration
building

 

An update on day 10 of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Graduate
Employees Union ( GEO ) strike. The longest strike in the history of the
University of Illinois.

 

Yesterday evening March 6th after a march on the residence of the President
of the University of Illinois, a group of about 100 GEO Union members
occupied the Henry administration building on the U of I campus. 

Police were immediately called and they locked down the building to prevent
any additional Union members or community supporters from joining the
occupation. No arrests have yet been made.

A rally in support of the GEO and the occupation is scheduled to begin at 12
Noon U.S. central time today March 7th.

 

Stay tuned for further details.

 

If you have not already donated to the GEO Union strike fund, please do so
at ; www.uigeo.org <http://www.uigeo.org/> 

OR, You can mail a check to ; GEO , 809 S. 5th St. McKinley foundation,
Champaign, IL 61820

Please make your check payable to " Graduate Employees Organization ".

 

David Johnson

World Labor Hour Radio

WRFU 104.5 FM and live worldwide at ; www.wrfu.net

Urbana, IL.

 

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