University Professionals
of Illinois
Local 4100, IFT, AFL-CIO
Unions are happening!
Social Security Fairness Act: HR 82 passes the U.S. House
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This is a huge moment. For too long, retired educators and other civil servants have been denied their Social Security benefits. We are one step closer to repealing GPO and WEP.
Wednesday's Rally:
Fix Tier Two Rally at the Capitol
November 13, 2024 Amy Rueff
Fix Tier Two Rally at the Capitol this afternoon. Great turnout and as a bonus I got to see my union sister Ticorral Tolliver and my IWIL sister Samantha Alloway. #solidarity
UPI Retirees Newsletter
Greetings UPI Retirees!
The Retirees fall newsletter is attached.
Take a break from the national news and find out what our chapter has been doing!
Betsy
Elizabeth Essex
President, UPI Retirees Chapter
ISU update
Bargaining update:
A follow up from our rally and march on Wednesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly, we have been informed that ISU has not agreed to begin mediation. They claim that our request is "premature" (even though we've been bargaining for nine months). Frustratingly, their letter includes this statement as one reason why the decline: "the parties have not had significant discussion regarding the Union’s very extensive economic proposals." Now, what could possibly be the reason why we haven't talked about economic proposals?
November 26, 2024 update:
Full details from yesterday's session just hit your inbox, but here's a highlight reel:
1. We gave counters on Grievance and Arbitration and Nondiscrimination (package) and Disability.
2. Admin gave a counter on Workload. Finally! And it includes Milner faculty! BUT, it's also filled with assumptions that faculty are lazy and looking to cut corners. One particularly eye opening moment came when Admin Lead Mark Bennett responded to part of our proposal that would give pre-tenure faculty members a 3 credit hour teaching reduction in the semester before or when their tenure file is due so that they have time to work on it. This instant is just one of many that show a disconnect between what the administration of this university thinks we do and our actual lived experiences as employees here.
We hope you all have a great holiday break this week! We'll be back at the table again on December 4 (9am-1pm, Admin Building 1), and we hope to see you there!