Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) at Illinois State University, represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), have ratified their new contract, effective on March 21.
Union bargaining committee members say Illinois State University made little movement on the latest contract terms, and they have to "carve out the wins where we can."
Aondover Tarhule, Illinois State University's interim president, initiated a series of forums Monday afternoon as one of four finalists for the school's next president.
In the second episode of the WGLT/Vidette podcast Democracy's Future, sophomore history education major Chloe Yost from Manhattan, Illinois, says she believes extreme polarization in U.S. politics is putting democracy
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Union organizers say a strike is still possible after expressing disappointment with the university's contract offer for 450+ graduate workers. Read for details on the offer and more union comments.
Illinois State University's Board of Trustees has voted to accept the resignation of now-former president Terri Goss Kinzy, the 20th person to hold that role and the first woman to lead the university.
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