Union pickets blast final offer of negotiators

URBANA – Nurses, library workers and other employees at the University of Illinois staged an informational picket Thursday protesting what they call a "union-busting" final offer from UI negotiators.

About 400 members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 698 have been working without a contract since last August, when their last agreement expired. The two sides have had nine negotiating sessions since then.

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