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The walkout will happen Thursday. The two sides have negotiated for more than a year without a contract agreement.

Strike began Monday at CSU; EIU and GSU faculty could strike this week

CHICAGO — Faculty at Chicago State University, a small public university on Chicago’s South Side, went on strike Monday after months of stalled negotiations with university administrators.

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The walkout will happen Thursday. The two sides have negotiated for more than a year without a contract agreement.

The walkout started Thursday. The two sides have negotiated for more than a year without a contract agreement.

Strike began Monday at CSU; EIU and GSU faculty could strike this week

Faculty and staff at Chicago State, Eastern Illinois and Governors State could strike next week if upcoming bargaining sessions fail.

University President David Glassman hopes Eastern and Eastern’s chapter of University Professionals of Illinois reach an agreement in the year-long contract negotiations as they continue to “work together.” Glassman spoke to EIU-UPI’s president Jennifer Stringfellow when she delivered the union’s notice of EIU-UPI’s intent to strike beginning on April 6 if an agreement in the...

Unions filed intent to strike notices after inadequate progress at their respective bargaining tables. Strikes could begin early next month.