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NEIU, union reach tentative deal to avoid strike
April 26, 2023 // NEIU faculty is represented by the university professionals of Illinois Local 4100 — the same union that held strikes at Chicago State, Eastern Illinois, and Governors State universities earlier this month. All three of those strikes have been suspended as members vote on new contracts.
Chicago State faculty and staff start strike
April 3, 2023 // Weekend talks did not produce agreement, so about 160 members of Chicago State’s chapter of the University Professionals of Illinois are hitting the picket line. The union’s president said the administration has pushed them to this point as the lowest-paid among their peers in the state. CSU said the union’s financial demands far exceed the school’s economic position but they have reached agreement on workload, office hours and parental leave.