Chicago Maroon

UCPD Officers Union Alleges Wage Discrepancies and Bad Faith Bargaining

By Elena Eisenstadt / April 27, 2024

The union reports that the University has spent more than $120,000 paying back officers over the past year for missed longevity and annual increases.

Skilled Trades Workers Ratify New Contract With University

By Gabriel Kraemer / April 1, 2024

SEIU Local 73, representing skilled Facilities Services workers, had raised concerns about staffing and wage competitiveness amid protracted negotiations.

Faculty Forward Begins New Bargaining Session with the University for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty

By Amy Ma / March 28, 2024

Increased compensation, visa sponsorship, and benefits eligibility for non-tenure-track faculty and writing specialists are the main priorities of this bargaining session.

Nurses’ Union Reach New Contract With UCM, Call Off Strike

By Tiffany Li / March 20, 2024

After having previously reached 26 tentative agreements on individual issues with UChicago Medical Center, National Nurses United members voted to approve a new contract on March 12 and 13.

Graduate Workers and University Reach First-Ever Tentative Agreement

By Nikhil Jaiswal / March 19, 2024

UChicago Graduate Students United reached its first-ever collective bargaining agreement with the University on March 6.

UChicago Nurses Approve Strike Authorization

By Nick Rommel / February 21, 2024

The authorization comes as months-long contract negotiations between National Nurses United and UChicago Medicine have stalled.

CFO Ivan Samstein and Provost Katherine Baicker Talk University Finances With The Maroon

By Nikhil Jaiswal and Eric Fang / February 14, 2024

The interview came a day after a budget town hall where a plan to eliminate the budget deficit by 2028 was introduced.

GSU-UE Signals Willingness to Strike, Collects Over 1000 Pledges

By Celeste Alcalay / February 13, 2024

GSU-UE became the second labor union on campus prepared to strike, joining National Nurses United, which signaled solidarity with GSU-UE.

IFK Director Announces Shutdown, University Fails to Confirm

By Emma Janssen / February 9, 2024

Faculty and staff at the Institute on the Formation of Knowledge are operating under the assumption that they will be shut down.

Weathering the Storm: University Presents Plans to Close Budget Deficit by 2028

By Elena Eisenstadt / February 8, 2024

In a Q&A session following the presentation, faculty and staff criticized the University for straying from its core values.

UCMed Lays Off 180 Employees

By Oliver Buntin / February 7, 2024

Most employees were in administrative roles and will receive severance packages.

(West Virginia) Chicago is happening to you. The fight for the modern university.

By Clifford Ando / January 14, 2024

Editor's note: The original stylization of the headline reads "West Virginia Chicago is happening to you. The fight for the modern university." Having a strikethrough headline is not a design feature offered...