A group of protesters outside El Centro at Northeastern Illinois University. In the front we see the back of a woman's head (Nancy Matthews, union president). She has short gray hair and is wearing a green and white patterned blouse. There are various slogans on the signs, including "Admin Shouldn't Cut & Run" and "Professors With Fair Contracts Can Think Beyond Deficits."

A welcoming committee armed with signs and slogans gathered outside Northeastern Illinois University’s iconic El Centro building last Thursday, an hour before the university Board of Trustees was scheduled to meet there. “UNIVERSITIES ARE NOT BUSINESSES,” one sign read. “How much money have you spent hiring outside people to fire our own?” asked another. Buoyed […]

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