GSU officially kicked off its affiliation campaign and celebrated May Day with a cook-out at the Graduate Student co-op yesterday. Beginning this week, GSU members and graduate students will have the opportunity to meet and discuss questions with all five of our candidate unions. The first round begins this week with AFT-IFT (American Federation of Teachers and Illinois Federation of Teachers) and AAUP (American Association of University Professors).

When: Friday, May 7

Who: AFT-IFT (1:30-3:00), AAUP (3:00-4:30) and you!

Where: First floor lounge at Bartlett Hall

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