![Kerry Ferris, UFA president and associate professor of sociology at NIU, speaks on behalf of the union members during the Board of Trustees Nov. 8 meeting’s public comment segment. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Sean-Reed_Kerry-Ferris_November-2022-900x600.jpg)
NIU and tenured union reach tentative agreement
By Evan Mellon, News Reporter
| February 27, 2023
![Members of the UFA, consisting of tenured and tenure-track NIU faculty, gather to protest at the beginning of the Board of Trustees meeting on Dec. 8 in Altgeld Hall, Room 315. The demonstration consisted of the union members holding up paper plates with phrases relating to the ongoing negotiation for the unions contract. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/BOT_Dec8_Sean-Reed-900x600.jpg)
Tenured union and NIU continue negotiations Friday
By Evan Mellon and Bridgette Fox
| January 25, 2023
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