Union tensions at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
The walk through labor disputes at SIU Carbondale shows furlough days amid a 15.3 million shortfall and possible unfair labor practice complaints by the Association of Civil Service Employees and Non-Tenure Track Faculty Association. The piece urges balanced negotiation to avoid litigation and protect campus education in tough state finances.
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St Clair County faces push to copy Madison asbestos docket trend
Illinois lawyers fear St Clair County may become a second national mesothelioma docket as Fifth District judges weigh keeping four out of state cases. Madison already hosts a nationwide asbestos docket, while critics cite Judge David Hylla’s Madison ruling to halt a class action. TRAVIS AKIN of I LAW warns the region could regress in Judicial Hellholes rankings if St Clair goes ahead.
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University housing group linked to religious outreach under fire
A SIU professor denounces a university housing and dining partnership with a sectarian Christian group to proselytize international graduate students. He argues university resources should not support religious ministry and cites diversity and separation of church and state concerns.
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