Eastern released a statement on the current ongoing union contract negotiations between administration and Eastern’s chapter of University Professionals of Illinois, EIU-UPI, on Monday. EIU-UPI have been bargaining for a new faculty contract since March 21, 2022. They have been working without a contract since Aug. 31. EIU-UPI represents roughly 450 employees on campus including.
University President David Glassman hopes Eastern and Eastern’s chapter of University Professionals of Illinois reach an agreement in the year-long contract negotiations as they continue to “work together.” Glassman spoke to EIU-UPI’s president Jennifer Stringfellow when she delivered the union’s notice of EIU-UPI’s intent to strike beginning on April 6 if an agreement in the.
The Strategic Planning town hall meeting was presented by current Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Jay Gatrell. He outlined his new strategy when he is President of Eastern. This was the second town hall meeting of the week, and it took place on Friday morning at the Recital Hall in the Doudna.
Eastern’s chapter of the University Professionals of Illinois will rally and deliver a notice on Monday to strike on April 6 if a deal in the contract negotiations is not reached before then. The delivery of intent and notice of a strike is planned to be delivered to University President David Glassman’s office on Monday.
The student senate has failed to meet quorum continuously all semester, with this being the seventh week in a row with quorum not being met. There were 10 senators at the meeting. Despite this, Ashton Pietzmen, a junior physical and environmental geography major, was sworn in at the meeting, meaning that there is an overall.