The vote passes! GEO membership has authorized a strike, effective TOMORROW.

This is a historic moment: we are striking at the beginning of the year, in the midst of a pandemic, to protect our whole community.

IMPORTANT THREAD WITH NEXT STEPS:

RSVP to and attend the emergency virtual GMM, tonight (09/07), 5-7pm. This is CRUCIAL. Make sure your friends, colleagues, labmates, co-GSIs are aware.

RSVP at http://bit.ly/EmergencyGMM ">https://bit.ly/Emergency...

Sign up for PICKET SHIFTS: http://bit.ly/GEOpicket .">https://bit.ly/GEOpicket... You can also sign up to be a Picket Captain: http://bit.ly/GEOPicketCaptain.

We& #39;ll">https://bit.ly/GEOPicket... have more information about what picketing entails, and we& #39;ll offer Picket Captain trainings, all of which will be discussed at the GMM tonight.

Much of our picketing will be in person, and we’ll make sure that safety is paramount. Masks are required, and we’ll be physically distant on the picket line. See our safety guidelines at http://bit.ly/GEOSafeDistance .

(We">https://bit.ly/GEOSafeDi... will also continue to distribute GEO masks!)

We know some members are unable to attend in-person picket shifts. We& #39;ll have virtual picketing shifts as well! In the sign-up form, select "Remote" (here& #39;s the link again: http://bit.ly/GEOpicket ).

If">https://bit.ly/GEOpicket... you& #39;re interested in ANY of the virtual actions below, sign up for a shift!

Keep your eye on your email in the next couple hours. (You can set up a filter for GEO emails! http://geo3550.org/filter )

We’ll">https://geo3550.org/filter&qu... be sharing a LOT of information, including how to talk to students, colleagues, faculty about the work stoppage. Stay tuned.

Solidarity forever.