CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Chicago State University faculty and staff suspended a 10-strike after reaching a tentative agreement with the university administration over the weekend, union representatives said.
The suspension meant faculty represented by University Professional of Illinois (UPI) returned to class Monday.
UPI President Valeri Goss said the tentative agreement was for four years, and she said it will provide pay increases for faculty and staff.
“Most importantly, this agreement ensures that our members can make up critical time we lost supporting our students during the strike through extended office hours, tutoring sessions, registration meetings, exam sessions, and other services,” Goss said in a statement.
Goss said UPI members at CSU “never wanted to strike,” but she added that doing so made them “more unified and stronger than ever.”
In a statement from the union, officials said additional details won’t be released until all members of the union have had the chance to review and ratify the agreement.
Professors at the Far South Side campus are some of the lowest paid in the state, according to the National Education Association. The public university is the only one in Illinois that serves a majority-Black student body.
(The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.)
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