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University Professionals
of Illinois
Local 4100, IFT, AFL-CIO
Unions are happening!
UPI and other Labor Day Events
August 22, 2025
This Labor Day, we reaffirm our commitment to standing together for
fairness and respect. Educators, parents, students and community members across the country are continuing the fight for dignity, opportunity, and public investment in our schools and communities.
In thousands of communities around the country we encourage you to take a stand with us on Labor Day. On the streets, outside the offices of the corporate criminals who are behind the attacks on our freedoms and at congressional offices. Together we will demand a world that works for all of us.
There are events throughout the state. Please join and help send the message. Events page
Action Letters Needed
The DOL is considering rule changes to Home Healthcare workers to lower the minimum wage, removing Civil Service protection for government employees and removing respiratory protection for workers.
Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans
August 21, 2025
Greetings UPI Retirees!
The Alliance for Retired Americans (IARA) is holding a special event on August 29th in Springfield to celebrate Labor Day.
See your email for the invitation from IARA, which includes a link to RSVP. You are invited but should RSVP if you wish to attend. UPI is an affiliate of IARA.
On Friday, August 29th, the Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans is heading to the IL AFL CIO in Springfield to celebrate Labor Day with retirees and we invite you to join us!
We will hear from guest speakers including IEA VP Karl Goeke on the importance of retiree leadership in the labor movement, and a Mother Jones re-enactor will join us to talk about her life as an organizer well past "retirement age".
Students in Illinois will be automatically admitted to colleges under a new law.
July 6, 2025
CHARLESTON —
Eastern Illinois University is already trying the strategy out. For the past three years, Eastern Illinois University has been sending offer letters to juniors in neighboring counties – before the students start their applications.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a law Monday that will roll out a similar program statewide.
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The University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and in Chicago are not participating in the initiative. That is because they admit students by academic program, according to University of Illinois System State Relations Assistant Vice President Jennifer Creasey.
Illinois Board of Higher Education spokesperson José García said students will begin receiving offer letters through the program in the fall of 2026. The direct admission process will be free for those students.
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