Arbitrator Rules WIU's Mass Layoff of Academic Librarians Was Illegal, Orders Reinstatement and Relief

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Jun 11
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IFT 6/10//2026

MACOMB, Ill. — The University Professionals of Illinois (UPI) Local 4100 is celebrating a major victory for students, faculty, staff, and Illinois public higher education after an arbitrator ruled that Western Illinois University's decision last year to lay off all nine of its academic librarian faculty and two additional bargaining unit professionals was illegal.

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