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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 2003
Page
2
The outline lists six core concerns: measurable workload. faculty job security during financial exigency. administrative accountability on faculty lines and program changes. non contingent salary and benefits. administrative review of tenure and promotion decisions. and association legitimacy. The document frames these as priorities for negotiation and governance reform.
The association pushes for clearer workload standards and credit for performance, joint bargaining on financial exigency and faculty lines, a 28:1 student/faculty ratio with accountability, guaranteed salary and benefit gains toward peer parity, retirement incentives, and non classroom pay. It also seeks limits on tenure and promotion discretion to follow proper procedures and a fair share fee to fund representation.
Administration rejects a uniform method for the whole university favoring department led workload decisions and campus input in financial exigency declarations. Final authority lies with the board. Shared governance exists and faculty input is considered despite tensions over fair share and contracts.
Arkansas junior Lauren Hess 17 alerted police after a chat room friend Lagucik 17 talked of recreating a Columbine style attack at a New York City high school. Lagucik was arrested in Queens, charged with making a terror threat and other offenses. no weapons were found. He apologized to police saying he tried to scare girls online.
Negotiations between SIUC faculty and administration, renewed on January 9, show productive talks but no new tentative agreements. IEA advisers fund strike HQ on South Illinois Avenue as faculty edges toward possible walkout, a historic first for a four year Illinois public university. Community leaders, students, and legislators monitor unfolding events.
SIUC administration and faculty association begin negotiations in February 2002. Through the year talks stall as line-item proposals are rejected. By October 2002 the union files intent to strike and holds pickets, with a strike authorized by faculty in November and a February 3 deadline looming as negotiations continue.
The Southern Illinoisan reports an accuracy issue where Friday's At Home cover story about feeding birds was incorrect. The correct bird feeding story will run in the next At Home section. Readers are invited to notify the Accuracy Hotline with details.
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