SIU Carbondale strike update
The Faculty Association (tenured and tenure-track faculty) at Southern Illinois Carbondale followed through on their threat to strike last Thursday while the other 3 threatening unions reached last-minute agreements. Today the strike entered Day 5, as negotiations with university officials on Sunday night collapsed. The Occupy Carbondale movement has been organizing contniuous demonstrations to support […]
Occupy Carbondale maintains occupation in solidarity with 4 looming strikes; March on Nov. 3
On October 22, the general assembly at nearby Occupy Carbondale (IL) released this official statement: “Whereas the reasons Occupy Carbondale chose this location, between the Bucky Dome and Gaia House on the campus of SIUC, are numerous and variable; And whereas one of those reasons was to insist that the SIUC administration give a fair contract to […]
Regional News
This is being written as of noon on Saturday. From what we can gather there are currently occupations of one kind or another happening in Rolla, Mexico, Columbia and Salem, Missouri as well as ones in Springfield, Quincy and Carbondale, Illinois. There are also four strikes currently underway at the Southern Illinois University at Carbondale […]