The Columbia College Faculty Union, which represents nearly 600 part-time faculty members at the South Loop school, announced Thursday that its members had approved a new four-year contract ending the union’s historic 49-day strike. Since Oct. 30, there have been dozens of rounds of negotiations between Columbia and the union, known as CFAC, culminating in an agreement that restores many .
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To keep classes going, the college has replaced many of the teachers who walked off the job on Oct. 30 a walkout prompted by the college cutting hundreds of classes to help fill a $20 million budget gap.