{"id":37348,"date":"2026-05-06T14:31:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=37348"},"modified":"2026-05-06T14:31:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:31:49","slug":"striking-isu-staff-return-to-work-after-ratifying-new-five-year-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/37348-striking-isu-staff-return-to-work-after-ratifying-new-five-year-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Striking ISU Staff Return to Work After Ratifying New Five-Year Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Illinois State University President Aondover Tarhule speaks to a Senate committee in Springfield on April 28, 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Union will drop lawsuit against university for allegedly using strikebreakers\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By JERRY NOWICKI<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capitol News Illinois<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"mailto:jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Article Summary\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A strike of non-teaching staff at Illinois State University in Normal is over after four weeks.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AFSCME Local 1110, the union representing more than 300 building services, grounds, dining services and other ISU employees, said more than 95% of them approved a new five-year contract.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It includes immediate lump sum payments of $1,500, an immediate 3.5% wage increase, and annual raises of 3%.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Illinois State University non-teaching staff returned to work Wednesday after ratifying a new contract to end a monthlong strike.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AFSCME Local 1110, the union representing more than 300 building services, grounds, dining services and other ISU employees, said more than 95% of them approved the five-year contract.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new contract gives workers an immediate lump sum payment of $1,500 and an immediate 3.5% wage increase, plus annual raises of 3% every July 1 through 2029 until the contract expires on June 30, 2030. The union had sought retroactive pay increases to July 1 last year and annual raises equal to university administrators.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn the end, the lump-sum ratification payment in this agreement is greater than the value of a retroactive pay increase for the average member of Local 1110, and even more valuable for lower-paid workers,\u201d the union said in a statement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Strikebreaker lawsuit<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The union had sued the university and accused it of violating state law for hiring strikebreakers at higher wages than the striking employees. The union agreed to drop the suit and unfair labor charges, according to its statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe terms of this agreement were available to ISU management on February 10, when union members voted down the university\u2019s takeaway demands, and on April 7, when we met with the mediator before our strike deadline,\u201d AFSCME Council 31 Executive Director Roberta Lynch said. \u201cInstead, management chose a path of conflict and division that brought hardship to workers, disruption to students and a stain on ISU\u2019s name.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The workers went on strike on April 8, and the resolution of the walkout comes following heightened scrutiny in Springfield and in the Illinois governor\u2019s race.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Republican governor candidate Darren Bailey took part in a picket on the campus in Normal late last month, and on April 28, Gov. JB Pritzker called on the university to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/striking-illinois-state-university-staff-frustrated-over-lack-of-negotiations\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">return to the negotiating table<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and criticized the use of strikebreakers. At the time, the university said it had made its final offer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That same day, Illinois State University President Aondover Tarhule faced heavy scrutiny in a Senate appropriations committee.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe University appreciates the efforts made by both bargaining teams as they worked late into the night to reach this agreement, which reflects a collective commitment to moving forward together,\u201d Tarhule <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afscme1110negotiations.illinoisstate.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said in a statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cI encourage our campus community to unite in the spirit of collaboration, respect all individuals&#8217; rights and choices, and work to heal differences of opinion, real or perceived, so that we may reestablish our sense of shared values and mission.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capitol News Illinois<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois State University President Aondover Tarhule speaks to a Senate committee in Springfield on April 28, 2026. 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