CHICAGO — After nine months of contract negotiations, members of the union representing University of Illinois at Chicago faculty had not hit a deal with the administration and instead moved to their first day of a strike Tuesday afternoon.
Hundreds of faculty, and students who support them, gathered at the university’s East Campus Quad to picket and host a rally where they were joined by several officials, including Stacy Davis Gates, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, and state Rep. Lakesia Collins, a Democrat from Chicago.
Priorities for the UIC United Faculty union include fair pay raises for tenure and nontenure-track faculty that match inflation, job security and expanded mental health support for students.
