FY2026 Successor Contract Negotiations between Illinois State University and AFSCME Local 1110 began on April 3, 2025. The following Chronology of Negotiations will be periodically updated as negotiations continue.
On Wednesday, October 15, the parties met for their twenty-third negotiation session. The parties discussed their respective positions and shared counter proposals. Two negotiation meeting dates were scheduled and confirmed for the month of November, and one negotiation meeting was scheduled and confirmed for the month of December.
On Wednesday, October 8, the parties met for their twenty-second negotiation session. The parties discussed their respective positions and shared counter proposals.
On Tuesday, September 30, the parties met for their twenty-first negotiation session. The parties discussed their respective positions and shared counter proposals. A tentative agreement was reached on one proposal and one proposal was withdrawn.
On Wednesday, September 24, the parties met for their twentieth negotiation session. The parties discussed their respective positions. Two negotiation meeting dates were scheduled for the month of October.
On Monday, September 22, the parties met for their nineteenth negotiation session. The parties discussed their respective positions and shared counter proposals.
On Thursday, September 18, the parties met for their eighteenth negotiation session. The parties discussed their respective positions, and the Union provided counter proposals.
On Tuesday, August 26, the parties met for their seventeenth negotiation session. The parties discussed their respective positions, and the University provided counter proposals. The parties confirmed four additional negotiation meeting dates for the month of September.
On Thursday, August 21, the parties met for their sixteenth negotiation session. The parties discussed their respective positions, tentatively agreed to four proposals and withdrew six proposals. The parties proposed additional negotiation meeting dates to be scheduled for the month of September which will be confirmed by August 26.
On Tuesday, August 12, the parties met for their fifteenth negotiation session. The parties discussed their respective positions and shared counter proposals.
On Thursday, July 31, the parties met for their fourteenth negotiation session. The parties discussed their respective positions and shared counter proposals. The parties also agreed to three negotiation meeting dates for the month of August.
On Monday, July 28, the parties met for their thirteenth negotiation session. The parties discussed their respective positions and shared counter proposals.
On Wednesday, July 23, the parties met for their twelfth negotiation session. The parties discussed their respective positions and tentatively agreed to one proposal. The Union withdrew five proposals.
On Thursday, July 17, the parties met for their eleventh negotiation session. The parties discussed their respective positions.
On Thursday, July 10, the parties met for their tenth negotiation session. The parties discussed their respective positions and tentatively agreed to one proposal.
On Wednesday, June 25, the parties met for their ninth negotiation session. The parties discussed their respective positions and tentatively agreed to six proposals. The parties also agreed to five negotiation meeting dates for the month of July.
On Wednesday, June 11, the parties met for their eighth negotiation session. The University provided three new proposals, including its economic response to the Union’s proposals, and the parties tentatively agreed to one proposal.
On Thursday, June 5, the parties met for their seventh negotiation session. The parties discussed their respective positions, and the Union withdrew one proposal.
On Friday, May 30, the parties met for their sixth negotiation session. The parties tentatively agreed to one proposal, and the Union withdrew one proposal. The parties also agreed to three negotiation meeting dates for the month of June.
On Wednesday, May 21, the parties met for their fifth negotiation session. The parties shared counter proposals.
On Wednesday, April 30, the parties met for their fourth negotiating session. The Union provided 11 new proposals designated as economic proposals, and the University provided one new proposal.
The parties met on Thursday, April 24 for their third negotiation session. The parties discussed rationale for their respective positions. The parties tentatively agreed to one proposal, and the Union withdrew one proposal.
On Thursday, April 17, the parties met for their second negotiation session. The University responded to the Union's proposals that were presented on April 3 and presented two initial proposals. The parties discussed rationale for their respective positions and tentatively agreed to the one language clean-up proposal.
On Thursday, April 3, the parties met for their first negotiation session. The Union presented 26 initial proposals designated as non-economic proposals. The Union provided rationale for their proposals and responded to questions raised by the University. The University provided one language clean-up proposal.