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UIC faculty union to strike after failing to reach agreement with administration
UIC faculty union to strike after failing to reach agreement with administrationChicago Sun Times
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.
“The campus is thriving, but many faculty are not,” UICUF bargaining team member and associate professor of criminology, law and justice Nicole Nguyen said in a statement. “We have spent the past three years scrambling to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, and our whole community — students and faculty — are exhausted. Management needs to invest in resources that strengthen our entire community.”
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