GEO 101: What Is My Labor Union? What Is My Work Contract?
CATE TA Workshops
August 19, 2026
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Location
Lecture Center C Room 1
Address
802 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, IL
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Overview
Looking for a graduate-led community, learning your rights as a graduate employee, and hearing what your fellow grads in GEO are doing to better our working conditions and wages? Come join our relaxed GEO Orientation and get free goodies!
The Graduate Employees Organization at UIC is run by and for graduate workers. GEO represents approximately 2,300 Teaching Assistants (TAs), Research Assistants (RAs), and Graduate Assistants (GAs) at UIC. We are the official venue through which graduate workers negotiate with the University Administration over our healthcare, wages, and other working conditions. We also work to organize to ensure our contract is being implemented properly. Come to learn the parts you play in this effort!
WORKSHOP FORMAT: This workshop will be held in Lecture Center room 1 (802 S. Morgan St)
WORKSHOP FACILITATORS: Macy Miller and Cameron Melendez, mmill97@uic.edu or cmele@uic.edu
WORKSHOP CONTACT: teaching@uic.edu
Inclusivity & Accessibility Information: CATE is committed to making events accessible. In-person events typically involve a combination of presentation and discussion-based activities. We welcome ASL interpreters, note-takers, and accompanying assistants to in-person CATE events.
TA workshops will take place in-person primarily in Lincoln Hall, 707 S. Morgan St with larger capacity workshops being held in Lecture Center C, 802 S. Morgan St. To access the second floor of Lincoln Hall there is an elevator in Grant Hall with skybridge access to the second and third floors of Lincoln Hall via Douglas Hall (UIC campus map).
Accessible restrooms are available on the first and second floors of Lincoln Hall and Douglas Hall, and an accessible all gender restroom is available on the first floor of Douglas Hall next to the women's restroom. There are 20 fully separated all gender bathroom stalls in Lecture Center E (806 S. Halsted St.) located on the West side of the building. To find additional all-gender restrooms visit the all-gender restroom campus map on the gender and sexuality center website.
For more access info or access requests, please email teaching@uic.edu.
Date posted
Jul 10, 2026
Date updated
Aug 10, 2026