Members of AFSCME Local 1110 are on strike for a Fair Contract with Fair Pay.

This local represents 350 members that do the hard, essential work of keeping campus buildings clean, preparing food for students, and keeping the grounds well-kept. Despite their dedication and hard work, Illinois State University fails to pay many workers a living wage while its president, Aondover Tarhule, rakes in a salary of $450,000 a year. After nearly a year of fighting for fair wages at the bargaining table, the university is refusing to negotiate at all, and the members have been left with no choice but to strike.

University hiring strikebreakers

AFSCME Local 1110 was told ISU administration is contracting with private, for-profit companies for temporary replacement workers, commonly known as strikebreakers or scabs. The job postings are seeking temporary employees at the rate of $20 an hour — more than many striking workers are paid.

What you can do

1. Support AFSCME Local 1110 @ ISU Redbird Legislative Reception (see attached flyer).
   1. Tell lawmakers to help us end the strike at ISU!
   2. Tuesday, April 14, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Abraham Lincoln Doubletree Hotel, 701 E. Adams St., Springfield, IL. 62701.
   3. Reply to this e-mail to let us know if we can count on you to be present.
2. Contact the office of ISU President Aondover Tarhule. Send a strong message that hiring strikebreakers is wrong. Tell them to get back to the bargaining table and negotiate fair pay for dedicated ISU employees.
   1. ?Call (309) 438-5677
   2. E-mail president@illinoisstate.edu
3. Sign AFSCME Local 1110s petition 
   1. Tell other students, families, faculty, alumni and friends to sign the petition.
4. Join the picket lines at ten different locations on campus at Illinois State University.
   1. Bring food for the strikers — either snacks they can eat on the picket lines or canned goods they can take home to help ends meet.