The University of Illinois-Chicago and the UIC Faculty Union are one step closer to reaching a new contract after nine hours of negotiation Friday night.
and onto the picket line on Tuesday morning when an agreement could not be reached on a new contract.
The Faculty Union said the University's proposed pay raise was too low and far less than that of faculty at the Urbana-Champaign campus. The University said productive discussions were had between them and the UIC United Faculty and both parities agreed to meet again Sunday. SUBSCRIBE TO FOX 32 ON YOUTUBE
UIC’s contract proposal shared during the latest session, which was the 33nd overall and 14th with the mediator, includes:Annual salary increases at 19% over the four-year contract .Minimum salary raises of 20% for non-tenure-track faculty and 15.4% for tenure-track faculty.More than 1,000 faculty members at UIC walked out of the classrooms Tuesday and to the picket line.
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