The state of Ed. unions after a year of higher education labor action

By ANDREW ADAMS

Capitol News Illinois

aadams@capitolnewsillinois.

At public universities across the state, staff and faculty unions have faced a contentious year of negotiations and, in some cases, strikes.

Pay has been a major issue on several campuses and the unions are now looking to Springfield for potential reforms to the state’s higher education funding.

At Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), negotiations are ongoing between campus leadership and the union that represents clerical workers. Amy Bodenstab, who works as an office manager in the Department of Teaching and Learn...