University of Illinois at Chicago

“We Demand Food for Thought”: UIC Grad Workers On Strike for Living Wages and Respect

In front of the historic Jane Addams Hull-House Museum on March 19, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) graduate workers began an indefinite strike. The union is joining a national movement of higher education employees demanding livable wages and better working conditions in the often-unstable field of academia. The strike is the result of more than …

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When Janus Backfires: A Test Case In Labor Solidarity After Fair Share

In the aftermath of this summer’s Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court decision attacking public-sector unions, the University of Illinois at Chicago is rapidly becoming a bellwether for how those unions might sink or swim in a world without fair share. UIC prides itself on being one of the most diverse college campuses in the country and one of the most …

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Madeline Messa

Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.