The Chronicle: U. of Illinois and Striking TA’s Reach Tentative Agreement
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign reached a tentative agreement today with a union representing graduate students who work there as teaching assistants or researchers, potentially clearing the way for the end of a strike that had disrupted some classes on the campus. Bargaining teams representing the university’s administration and the student workers’ union, the Graduate Employees Organization, settled on a tentative pact this morning after the university removed a final sticking point by agreeing to the union’s demand that the university guarantee tuition waivers for teaching and graduate assistants who are not Illinois residents. The union’s strike committee has agreed to stop picketing and will vote tonight on whether to suspend the strike entirely. If the strike is ended and the union’s membership informally approves the contract this evening, the union will hold a formal contract-ratification vote later this week.
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