Hundreds of faculty and students have been picketing this week in hopes that a new deal promises fair salary increases for tenure- and non-tenure-track faculty that match inflation, job security and expanded mental health support services for students.
Striking University of Illinois at Chicago faculty march on the school campus as they enter the fourth day of their strike on Jan. 20, 2023.
UIC has a counseling center, but there are too few mental health professionals on campus to meet the demands exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Williams said. Third-year education student Amy Chen supports the faculty strike on Jan. 19, 2023, at the University of Illinois at Chicago. UIC United Faculty held civil disobedience training at noon Friday to guide activists through best practices on protesting and interacting with authority figures.
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