The Graduate Employees’ Organization, AFT/IFT Local 6300, AFL-CIO at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, represents approximately 2,700 Teaching assistants (TAs) and Graduate Assistants (GAs) on the UIUC Campus. With an active presence in the community, the GEO works for high-quality and accessible public education in Illinois.
Furthermore, the GEO is the official venue through which TAs and GAs can negotiate with the University Administration over their healthcare, wages, and other working conditions.
Since unionizing, UIUC graduate employees, through the GEO, have pushed for and won better stipends, improvements in health insurance, and other benefits.