Fight Back! News: UIC student walkout on May Day for a sanctuary campus
May 6, 2026
BreakThrough News: Amid stalled contract negotiations, graduate workers at the University of Illinois Chicago went on strike Monday
April 29, 2026
Chicago Sun Times: Striking UIC grad workers rally for higher pay as some say they struggle to afford groceries and rent
April 28, 2026
Science: Ph.D. students demand wage increases amid rising cost of living
May 23, 2022
CBS Chicago: UIC graduate workers ratify new contract after impasse led to six-day strike
April 28, 2022
WBEZChicago (NPR): Why labor unions are winning big right now
April 27, 2022
Crain’s Chicago Business: UIC graduate strike enters second week
April 25, 2022
Jacobin: UIC Grad Workers Are on Strike for the Second Time in Three Years
April 22, 2022
Chicago Tribune: UIC graduate workers haven’t had a contract since August. The school year is two weeks away from ending, so they began striking.
April 22, 2022
WGN 9: UIC graduate assistants on strike, demand pay raise
April 20, 2022
Chicago Sun Times: UIC grad workers go on strike
April 18, 2022
CBS Chicago: UIC graduate and teaching assistants on strike
April 18, 2022
WGN Radio: UIC grad workers on strike
April 18, 2022
Fox 32 Chicago: Over 1500 workers go on strike at UIC, walking off two weeks before finals
April 18, 2022
IPM News: University Of Illinois Raises Student Health Insurance Premiums Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
March 25, 2020
Labor Notes: Pushing from Below
October 17, 2019
Steering Committee Co-President and PhD student in physics Sagen Cocklin was interviewed by Science magazine for an article on the deleterious effects of ever-increasing graduate student fees.
Read more: “Hefty university fees are sending some grad students to food banks.”
August 12, 2019
Chicago Tribune: UIC teaching assistants end 3-week strike, will return to work Monday
April 5, 2019
UIC grad worker Josh Bergeron is featured on Crashing the System Podcast talking about our strike! Skip to the 30:55 mark for his interview.
March 27, 2019
Chicago Sun-Times: UIC graduate workers get boost from Bernie Sanders on sixth day of strike
March 25, 2019
People’s World: Grad student workers in Chicago strike UIC, administration refuses to budge
March 22, 2019
In These Times: “We Demand Food for Thought”: UIC Grad Workers On Strike for Living Wages and Respect
March 20, 2019
WBEZ: University Of Illinois At Chicago Grad Students Strike Over Wages And Fees
March 19, 2019
WGN: UIC graduate workers begin strike Tuesday
March 19, 2019
Chicago Tribune: Teaching assistants go on strike at University of Illinois at Chicago: ‘We have to fight for the school to care about us’
March 19, 2019
Chicago Sun-Times: UIC teaching assistants go on strike
March 19, 2019
CBS 2: UIC Graduate Teachers To Strike Tuesday Morning; UIC Says Classes Will Continue
March 19, 2019
ABC 7: UIC teaching assistants, graduate assistants go on strike
March 19, 2019
People’s World: Graduate workers at UIC rally
March 14, 2013
Truthout: Chicago Students Call for a Fair Contract for Campus Workers
December 11, 2012
