Thursday, June 10, 2010

UI graduate students strike

published Nov. 16 and 17, 2009 on the breaking news website of the Chicago Tribune, www.chicagobreakingnews.com and in the Chicago Tribune

Unhappy with the contract offered by the administration of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the school's Graduate Employees Organization struck to protect tuition waivers. I reported for five hours rainy hours as a freelancer for the Tribune and produced this breaking news update:

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/11/grad-students-picket-classroom-buildings-at-u-of-i.html


The second-day print story gives context to the amount of classes canceled or otherwise disrupted by the strike.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-11-17/news/0911160398_1_graduate-student-instructors-graduate-employees-organization

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