Faculty members at the University of Illinois Chicago are going on strike Tuesday after nine months of negotiations and failing to reach a contract agreement during a marathon bargaining session Monday.
The UIC United Faculty union announced late Monday night that it would follow through with its walkout after inadequate movement in meetings left faculty and the university administration "far apart" on compensation.
"Please plan to attend if you have not been told the class or lab is canceled," Reyes and Colley said. UICUF members plan to picket daily from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. until a tentative agreement is reached. Rallies will also be held every day on the East Campus Quad at noon and include speeches from state and national union leaders and local politicians, the union said.
UICUF leaders called that offer insufficient, pointing to "seven years of record enrollments and over a billion dollars in unrestricted reserve funds as evidence that the university can afford to take demands for faculty raises seriously."The campus has about 34,000 students, including nearly 22,000 undergraduates.
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