06 Sep UICUF Endorses National Prison Strike
Jailhouse Lawyers Speak
Millions for Prisoners Human Rights
Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee of the IWW (IWOC)
and all incarcerated people
Re: In solidarity with the National Prison Strike
In recognition of our shared interests in fair compensation for our labor and access to education, among other concerns, the faculty union of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), UIC United Faculty Local 6456, offers this letter of solidarity to all incarcerated peoples participating in the 2018 National Prison Strike and the supporting organizations of Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, Millions for Prisoners Human Rights, IWOC, and others.
UIC United Faculty is committed to:
- Realizing the mission of the University of Illinois at Chicago as a public research university in a democratic society;
- Making sure that every member of the faculty has an individual voice and that the faculty as a whole has a collective voice in determining our future;
- Making the promise of shared governance a reality by backing it with the power of collective bargaining;
- Keeping the principles of academic freedom, free speech and free inquiry central both to our union and our university.
In alignment with our mission and that of our land grant university, UIC United Faculty believes that access to public education is central to social justice, and we stand in support with those striking for their right to education. Further, we fully support the demands of the strikers and the work of the organizing bodies of the Prison Strike, and stand in solidarity with incarcerated people everywhere as they seek to gain fair wages for their labor. We reject any policies which deny people their basic human rights, and believe everyone has the right to demand equitable treatment.
Standing firmly on the side of justice, UIC United Faculty is proud to endorse the National Prison Strike, and pledge our support.
In solidarity,
UIC United Faculty Local 6456