June 28, 2002

U. of Illinois Clears Way for TA Union

By SCOTT SMALLWOOD

After weeks of negotiations and years of bickering and legal battles, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and its graduate students have struck a deal about who should be in a proposed union for teaching assistants. The university and the Graduate Employees Organization have asked the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board to approve the agreement, which could allow for an election next year.

More than 2,000 students fall into the proposed bargaining unit, which covers

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