UChicago Writing Instructors are delivering petitions to administrators announcing that they are unionizing. The group is seeking voluntary recognition.
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- Just in: UChicago College Council passed a resolution to allocate high-quality face-coverings for students on Tuesday night. USG will distribute 15,000 KN-95 masks to every undergraduate student and members of the UChicago community within the first week of in-person classes.
- Replying to @NewsMaroon“As faculty members we will protect the safety of our students if the administration attempts to violently remove them, even if that means arrest and detention,” Elham Mireshghi, Assistant Instructional Professor in the Divinity School and the College, said.
- This video, taken at 6:40 p.m., shows a Palestinian student who participated in the sit-in in the process of being released by University of Chicago Police Department officers after being arrested and processed.
00:00 - Of note, while CPD were not present at the raid according to our reporters on the ground, there was a sizable Cook County Sheriff’s office presence. In light of the reported opposition to University’s plan from Mayor Johnson, it appears assistance was sought from Cook County.
- BREAKING: Robert Zimmer, UChicago’s Chancellor and former President, announces he resigned from the University of Austin Advisory Board last Thursday. Zimmer explained in a statement that U of A made a number of comments critical of higher ed he disagrees with.
- Replying to @NewsMaroonThe new Writing Faculty Union is seeking to join Faculty Forward, which would require the reclassification of writing instructors, who are currently considered staff, as faculty. 88% of the constituency that WFU is looking to represent have signed union authorization cards.
- BREAKING: Pro-Palestine Protestors Launch Quad Encampment
- POLICE IN RIOT GEAR HAVE ENTERED THE QUAD AND BEGUN DISMANTLING THE UCHICAGO PRO-PALESTINE ENCAMPMENT. FOLLOW ALONG:
- UChicago Faculty for Justice in Palestine’s press conference is set to start now. Follow along here and online for updates.
- In an email to members of the University community Monday afternoon, University President Paul Alivisatos emphasized the school’s commitment to free expression. Story to come.
- BREAKING: Several protesters engaged in a sit-in inside Rosenwald Hall since 11 a.m. today have been arrested by UCPD as of 6:15 p.m. Arrests are being processed in adjacent Walker Library. At least 250 protesters have gathered outside the buildings to witness the events.
- Protesters have arrived at University President Paul Alivisatos’s house and are congregating on the sidewalk and on the road. Protesters are blocking off South University Avenue. Live updates here:BREAKING: PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTERS OCCUPY INSTITUTE OF POLITICS BUILDING chicagomaroon.com/43553/news/bre…chicagomaroon.comLIVE UPDATES: Pro-Palestine Protesters Occupy Institute of PoliticsThe action comes less than two weeks after the pro-Palestine encampment ended.
- BREAKING: Police in riot gear are near the quad as tensions between pro-Palestine demonstrators and counterprotesters have grown in the center of the quad. The University has sent out a cAlert advising people to avoid the quad. Folllow along:
