Chicago State University faculty members and academic support professionals began striking Monday, and more walkouts are set to begin this week and next in Illinois. University Professionals of Illinois president John Miller said the union’s members will likely begin striking Thursday at Eastern Illinois University, in Charleston, and likely are walking out at Governors State University, in Chicago’s Southland, at the start of next week. In New Jersey, three Rutgers University unions—representing various employees, including full-time faculty, part-time lecturers, graduate student workers and physicians—have authorized strikes that don’t yet have start dates.
