June 29, 2026
A former instructor's dispute over an allegedly improper performance review cannot move forward against the University of Chicago and a Service Employees International Union local because he hasn't raised viable claims over the process that led to his contract nonrenewal, an Illinois federal judge said Monday.
May 12, 2026
A Service Employees International Union local properly processed a University of Chicago economics lecturer's challenge to the circumstances of his performance review, the union argued, asking an Illinois federal judge to toss the lecturer's claim that the union mishandled a pair of grievances he filed in 2024 and 2025.