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Classes and labs will resume Monday as employees represented by the UIC United Faculty return to work after a four-year deal was struck during a nine-hour bargaining session Sunday.
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Negotiations continued Friday between UIC faculty and administration over pay increases and better mental health services for students.
The union is demanding higher minimum salaries, bigger pay raises that match inflation, mental health support for students, better job security for non-tenure track faculty, learning disability assessments for students and more.
University of Illinois at Chicago faculty went on strike Tuesday, in part because they say students’ mental-health needs have become so severe, while administrators have failed to adequately respond.
The nearly 900-member union has been working without a contract since mid-August and decisively authorized a strike last month.