More than 1,000 University of Illinois at Chicago faculty walked off the job Tuesday kicking off a two-day strike for the first time in campus history.
Classes for hundreds of students were cancelled Tuesday and Wednesday while others taught by graduate and teaching assistants, who are covered by a separate union, went ahead as scheduled.
Organizers told the Tribune the limited two-day action of rallies and picket lines around campus is intended to engage the administration over an ongoing contract dispute “without creating a drawn-out disruption to the education of UIC’s 27,500 students.”
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