01 June 2016

Putting the "Public" Back in "Public Employee"

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"This great university system is not in danger of shutting its doors, but..." the wheels are off the bus, the train is off the r...
04 May 2016

An Interesting Thing Happened on the Way to Graduation...

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Last year, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign started collecting information on what all its graduating seniors were planning to...
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01 May 2016

Faculty Union Success

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Well. After a nail-biter of a day, this evening, NTFC Local 6546 tentatively agreed to a full contract with the UIUC administration. Furt...
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29 April 2016

Also: Vuvuzelas (Can We Get Some by Monday?)

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Day 2 of NTFC Local 6546's second strike.   (Read about Day 1 with backstory here .) It's the fourth day we've set up and m...
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28 April 2016

Inside Illinois? A House Divided Against Itself

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Updating with my thumbs from the picket line: the Provost's CORRECT email is feser@illinois.edu. Day 1 of NTFC Local 6546's second...
27 April 2016

Reasons Why You Should Support Striking NTTs

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This evening members of NTFC Local 6546, the union representing non-tenure-track faculty at the U of Illinois, voted overwhelmingly in fav...
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Let's Review: Faculty Working Conditions are Student Learning Conditions, Unless You're Downstate

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Current state of play at the University of Illinois mediation with NTFC Local 6546 (NTT faculty), according to an email to the union members...