Updates to faculty layoff plan and other stuff

[Leatherneck10]

Aaaaahhh yes, raise taxes. The simple solution to every problem.

Not "the" solution, but "a" solution. Major difference. No way can this be fixed with cuts alone.

[WIU0812]

Problem is if they agree to raise income taxes back to what it was at 5% will they actually allow cuts to be made as well? I think there is a huge lack of trust by the people of Illinois in the Illinois government. I would probably almost agree to the 5% if they could some how guarantee significant and effective cuts and that they will not reenact these same programs with problems if we were able to get out of debt. Need ways to make sure this never ever happens again.

[wiu712]

Eastern Illinois president blames layoffs on state leaders

From the Associated Press:

Eastern Illinois University President David Glassman says 177 campus employees who earlier who were given layoff notices because of the state-budget stalemate have now lost their jobs.

Glassman sent a message to people on campus Friday, calling it a sad day and blamed the state's political leaders. The university president said those who lost jobs are victims of "the lack of any bipartisanship and compromise."

Illinois' state government has not had a budget since last summer as Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Democrats who control the General Assembly disagree on how to address a massive financial deficit.

Public colleges and universities have not received state money since summer.

Glassman said the employees would get their jobs back when the state has a budget.

[sealhall74]

Eastern Illinois president blames layoffs on state leaders

From the Associated Press:

Eastern Illinois University President David Glassman says 177 campus employees who earlier who were given layoff notices because of the state-budget stalemate have now lost their jobs.

Glassman sent a message to people on campus Friday, calling it a sad day and blamed the state's political leaders. The university president said those who lost jobs are victims of "the lack of any bipartisanship and compromise."

Illinois' state government has not had a budget since last summer as Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Democrats who control the General Assembly disagree on how to address a massive financial deficit.

Public colleges and universities have not received state money since summer.

Glassman said the employees would get their jobs back when the state has a budget.

That is a pretty bold statement him saying they would get their jobs back not knowing what his slice of the budget is going to be. Therein lies the problem IMO. The state is going to have to lean and mean going forward to get out of this mess in a timely manner.

[wiu712]

New freshmen applicants are down 10%. But an increase in the number of transfer students is expected.
http://www.wiu.edu/news/newsrelease.php ... e_id=13433

[Tere North]

Eastern's faculty deferred their 1.5% FY16 raise while Western's faculty kept their 2% raise and has refused to defer their FY17 1% raise. Also Eastern's faculty are voting on whether to take a 5.6% paycut that will be assessed in April, May, and June while Western's faculty refuse to even consider the possibility of a pay cut. Eastern's faculty union, also UPI, has made it's considerations and concessions public knowledge while Western's faculty union leadership, UPI, keeps it hush-hush, and largely among only their executive group.
http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/easte ... ignId=2650

[Leatherneck10]

Eastern's faculty deferred their 1.5% FY16 raise while Western's faculty kept their 2% raise and has refused to defer their FY17 1% raise. Also Eastern's faculty are voting on whether to take a 5.6% paycut that will be assessed in April, May, and June while Western's faculty refuse to even consider the possibility of a pay cut. Eastern's faculty union, also UPI, has made it's considerations and concessions public knowledge while Western's faculty union leadership, UPI, keeps it hush-hush, and largely among only their executive group.
http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/easte ... ignId=2650

Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

I am in no way connected to UPI leadership, and I received a message to UPI members last week that stated that UPI members will have the opportunity to vote on contractual changes, which presumably will include a pay cut, in the coming weeks.

WIU-UPI might be going at this slower than the sister chapters, but that are actively engaged in the process.

[WIU0812]

She is not wrong that they did refuse to defer their raises though because that has already been voted on. As for a pay cut that may still happen, but if they wouldn't defer a raise why would you take a pay cut.

[Leatherneck10]

She is not wrong that they did refuse to defer their raises though because that has already been voted on. As for a pay cut that may still happen, but if they wouldn't defer a raise why would you take a pay cut.

Um, sorry. There has not been a UPI member vote on anything. I have every expectation that members will be asked to vote on deferring the 1% raise and for additional givebacks. Mark it down.

[WIU0812]

Maybe it was not a vote maybe it was just the UPI board that refused it either way it was reported at one time that they were being stubborn on items such as that, though this was a few months ago and things do seem a lot more grim now so maybe that has swayed the masses into a different thought process. They did at one time did offer to defer the 1% 2017 raise until 2018, but there is no budget planned for 2018 that year yet so would of been a risky move by university to assume things will be better.