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A tentative agreement was reached Thursday after almost a year of bargaining. Strikes continue at Chicago State and Governors State.
The union is expected to hold a ratification vote next week on the proposed contract, though a date had not been set.
EIU-UPI and Eastern’s administrative team did not reach a contract deal after administration did not respond to the union’s last contract proposal made at 11 a.m. and the teams agreed no more progress could be made around 5:30 p.m. It is strike day two, and Eastern will continue to have faculty within Eastern’s chapter of...
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Governor’s State is the third state university to go on strike this month, following Chicago State and Eastern Illinois.
Negotiations to end a strike by Eastern Illinois University faculty and support staff were ongoing late Friday.