On Monday, faculty and staff at Chicago State University, members of the University Professionals of Illinois union, were sent back to work after a 10-day strike. The UPI, ...

State Rep. Lakesia Collins (center) claps while standing beside Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates during a UIC Faculty United union strike at the University of Illinois Chicago in ...

University of Illinois Dean of Libraries Claire Stewart, second from right, announces that the decision to lay off library clerk Catherine Nguyen, left, will not be changed as Nguyen's mother ...

The unionization drive, organized over the past year, emerged as a defiant, militant movement against Trump’s billionaire ...

Members of SEIU Local 73, the union that represents building- and food-service workers at the University of Illinois, walk a picket line near the Illini Union on Monday in Urbana.

University of Professionals of Illinois union members from Governors State University, Chicago State University, and Eastern Illinois University march on the GSU campus Tuesday while on strike.

Tenure and tenure-track faculty members at Illinois State University could join a union for collective-bargaining purposes if a campaign that kicked off Tuesday proves successful.

A tentative agreement was reached between Eastern Illinois University and union-represented faculty and staff Thursday evening after almost a year of bargaining and a six-day strike. The union ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — University of Illinois employees are rallying on Wednesday, and calling on university leadership for fair pay. The employees, members of AFSCME Local 3700 and Local 698 ...

The rate of union participation in Illinois fell to its lowest point in a decade in 2023, according to a new report from the nonprofit Illinois Economic Policy Institute (IEPI) and the University ...

The study found Illinois saw 86 successful union petitions in 2023, up from 67 the year before. Those are the two highest totals in a 10-year period dating back to 2014. The prior eight years ...

The union representing faculty and academic support professionals at Eastern Illinois University is set to go on strike Thursday morning, about a month before the end of the spring semester.