Eastern’s chapter of University Professionals of Illinois, EIU-UPI, continued their strike on Monday for the third day following a “disappointing” bargaining meeting on Friday for EIU-UPI’s negotiation team. EIU-UPI met at Morton Park at 7:30 a.m. and headed over to Old Main to picket at 8 a.m. to continue the third day of the strike..
Eastern’s chapter of University Professionals of Illinois, EIU-UPI, continued their strike Friday for their second day with over 200 picketers, including students and families. The union have been bargaining for a new contract since March 21, 2022 and have been working without a contract since Aug. 31. The union represents roughly 450 employees on campus. Union.
The student senate met quorum for the first time this semester, with all fifteen senators present. Allie Painter, a junior middle level education major, Ameenah Morris, a sophomore philosophy major and Dadochi Ekowa, a junior political science major got appointed to the senate, being the three final senators to meet quorum. Since this was the.