Rare faculty strike at U of Illinois-Chicago

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rare for faculty to strike.

initiated by contingent faculty - those with no security, no benefits, hired and fired at will.

supported by tenured faculty.

"Their dispute has become a flashpoint in a nationwide battle over the fate of higher education. On many campuses, that battle pits socially driven professors against market-oriented administrators and trustees or, as Michaels describes them, “neoliberal” forces."

http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/news/uic-faculty-claim-higher-cause-109732