Meanwhile, graduate workers at the University of Illinois today are entering the fifth day of a strike that’s part of a long contract dispute. It’s the longest strike in university history—and it’s been 200 days since the union’s contract expired. The AFT-affiliated Graduate Employees’ Organization represents graduate and teaching assistants on the Urbana-Champaign campus. “We’re striking for one simple reason,” says local Co-president Gus Wood. “The administration wants to be able to hire TAs and GAs without having to fully compensate them. Proposals, actions and mediation have all failed because our administration does not value supporting high-quality teaching and research.”
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