NEIU Chapter of University Professionals of Illinois

11/03/2024

Union folks from Illinois Federation of Teachers were out canvassing in Kenosha WI and nearby on Saturday. Let’s get this thing wrapped up right!
University Professionals of Illinois Illinois Federation of Teachers UPI Retirees Chapter

05/02/2024

UPI campaign to INCREASE HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING in Illinois is active now. The numbers matter. Please use this link to send letters to YOUR state representative and senator:

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/university-professionals-of-illinois-legislative-agenda-2024?source=direct_link&

04/28/2024

04/15/2024

Fix the Tier 2 Pensions!
This is a week of action to let Illinois lawmakers know that Tier 2 pensions are unfair and not acceptable!

Call your representatives and let them know they need to fix Tier 2!

03/17/2024

IFT Presidents Conference in Springfield. Ready to pass all this knowledge and inspiration on to the next generation of UPI leaders and members.

03/16/2024

Lots of great ideas among UPI leaders at the IFT Presidents Conference.

10/04/2023

Congratulations and welcome to Ty we new ISU chapter of UPI!

06/24/2023

Member organizers, Comms team, and Bargaining Team members had a great retreat today. We reflected on lessons learned from the last 2 years of organizing and winning our new contract, and imagined what our future organizing will look like.

06/10/2023

Our union siblings in Glasgow, Scotland are fighting layoffs (“redundancies”)! They’re in week 2 of a strike.
WTch this video of their rally.

Highlights from day six of the all-out action being taken in the local dispute between City of Glasgow lecturers and college management, in the struggle to r...

04/26/2023

Tonight we had our first meeting to present elements of our Tentative Agreement to the members. Two more to go! Check your off campus email for details. Lots of good questions.

04/25/2023

Nancy Matthews