During that time, Wallace will evaluate them and the bookstore operation in order to make a decision regarding future employment. Employees who wish to remain at SIUC will have seniority on the Civil Service register in their current classification. Those who retest for other job classifications successfully will move to the front of those registers too. SIUC has offered the same provisions to the three Civil Service Employees who are not represented by the union, Dietz said. Wallace's will employ students and will offer a student internship in bookstore management.
Plans also call for the company to employ a student manager.
Wallace operates about 80 bookstores across the country, including stores at Illinois State University, Yale University and the University of Louisville.