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    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.