Unions hold info meeting for students on strike talks
In Lawson Hall union members briefed students on non tenure track faculty negotiations. They urged student input while noting possible actions to secure lower graduate fees to 2010 levels and faculty job security. Speakers emphasized freedom of speech and warned that bargaining has stretched long with no good strike time.
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Carbondale
Lawson Hall
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Graduate Assistants United
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Department of Foreign Language and Literatures
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Southern Illinoisans rally to aid tornado victims home build
The Extreme Makeover team will oversee 3 to 5 workers per shift as 250 volunteers from Pinckneyville and nearby towns prep a tornado relief house in Joplin. Finishing touches begin October 19 with siding and cabinets after film crews arrive to document the project. Volunteers received information packets at the fairground grandstand and include Bill Miles and Linda Miles who start painting at 3 a.m. Sunday.
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Linda Miles
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Pam Morgenthaler
Coulterville
Sunday barbecue to aid Joplin tornado relief
A community barbecue is set for Sunday at the Perry County Fairgrounds at 3 p.m. Volunteers can sign up through a linked site. Local leaders and business representatives spoke at a rally, thanking Pinckneyville for organizing aid to residents affected by the Joplin tornado.
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Carbondale council silent on personnel action in closed session
City council reconvened publicly to say no personnel action was taken after a closed session. The discussion followed fallout from a Sept. 14 shooting death tied to a stolen handgun reportedly used by Police Chief Jody O Guinn. Two men face murder and firearm-related charges. FOIA issues and friction between the clerk’s office and the police department emerged in related documents.
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Gill
Fritzler
Deannta Spencer
Jody O’guinn
O'Guinn
O’guinn
Tamie Snyder
Ment
Moore
Southern Illinoisan
Police Department
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Spencer
Jackson
Jewlious Causey
Jackson County
Chancellor vows SIU classes continue amid potential faculty strike
Chancellor Cheng says classes at Southern Illinois University will proceed as normal if a strike occurs. Departments may use retirees or non-striking colleagues to teach, with deans stepping in as needed. No unqualified teachers will be used, and student absences will be treated like any other.
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Siu
Union vote authorization at NITFA prompts tentative agreement aim
NITFA President A J Stoner reports nearly 140 members eligible to vote with about 30 new signups since July. Among 108 dues paying non-tenured faculty of 477, a majority supports the union while the aim remains a negotiated deal rather than a strike.
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A.J. Stoner
SIU
Stoner
Association of Civil Service Employees
ACIE
GAU
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