Graduate workers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are voting on whether or not to authorize a strike after negotiations with university officials over a living wage fell short of their demands Wednesday night, according to members of the Graduate Employees Organization.
The
voting process to authorize a possible strike began Thursday and will
continue through Monday, which is the end of the union's next bargaining session with UIC's
administration.
“I don’t think most of our members
want to strike," said Neri Sandoval, a graduate assistant in UIC's
Department of African-American Studies. "I think it’s something that, I
believe, is an outcome of a series of events the university has led to."
The Graduate Employees Organization at the University of Illinois at
Chicago agreed to authorize a strike vote last night after the union
did not accept the university's final offer regarding a livable
wage and better access to healthcare for its members.
A recent report from the University of Chicago revealed that after intervention in Chicago Public Schools (CPS), despite rising test scores, the student body and staff saw considerable changes in demographics, prompting the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) to further question the CPS model for education reform.
Day two in a three-day strike being held by employees at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago continued Thursday as close to 200 demonstrators demanding a new contract held a rally outside the building where a meeting of the institution’s Board of Trustees was taking place.
The faculty union at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) got a victory today when the Illinois Education Labor Relations Board ruled in favor of certifying the group as one collective bargaining unit.
Graduate workers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are voting on whether or not to authorize a strike after negotiations with university officials over a living wage fell short of their demands Wednesday night, according to members of the 
A recent report from the University of Chicago revealed that after intervention in 
Day two in a three-day strike being held by employees at the 