UIC Updates

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December 19

On behalf of all the UIC Union Stewards and Staff, we wish all UIC workers a Happy Holiday!

Please see the updates below, and reach out to your union representative or the Member Action Center if you have further questions.

Update on Pay & Raises

• 2024 Technical Raises – The 2024 2% increase for Technical workers will go into effect on Dec 22 (the first day of the first pay period after the anniversary of the Technical contract – Dec 17) and will be paid out on Jan 15 check.
• Market Pay Information – Per the new language in all four agreements, the union has the right to request market reviews and market data for 30 titles each quarter. We requested a market review for Professional titles for the 4th Quarter of 2024, and we will be able to share the results in January. We will submit a market review request for Technical titles for the First Quarter in 2025.

2025 Tabling Dates

We have secured monthly tabling dates on the Chicago East & West campus. Please see this flyer for a list of all the tabling dates. Our next tabling dates are:

• Jan 15: 11 AM – 1 PM, Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted St.
• Jan 16: 10 AM – 3 PM, Specialty Care Building, 1009 S. Wood St., Room 2105

December Labor Management Meeting Report Back

Per the new language in all four agreements, the Union and UIC will hold system-wide Labor Management Meetings every other month and Health & Safety Meetings every quarter. These meetings will include Union Stewards & Staff Representatives and UIC Labor Relations & Human Resources Staff. Our next Labor Management Meeting will be Feb 4.

Your union stewards met with UIC on Dec 3 and discussed the issues listed below. We may not have definitive responses from UIC on these items yet, but we will inform employees as soon as there are updates. Please reach out to your union representative if you have further questions about any of these issues.

• BSW Hospital to Campus Reassignment Bid – The union raised concerns after UIC announced that they were eliminating 12 first-shift positions they had initially promised were available to BSWs impacted by the move. Following this meeting, UIC refused to re-add those positions, so the union filed a grievance. 
• Bilingual pay – UIC committed to providing an update on the new process for bilingual pay in the College of Medicine & College of Dentistry in January. We have yet to discuss this process for the College of Pharmacy, College of Medicine Rockford, and College of Medicine Peoria. If you work in any of these colleges and believe you are entitled to bilingual pay, please contact your union representative.
  • If you work for UI Health/Miles Square and believe you are entitled to bilingual pay, please refer to this FAQ explaining the payout process.
• UI Health agenda items included the topics below.
  • Developing preceptors among transporters
  • Third scrub for employees eligible to receive it via negotiations
  • Concerns about time for employees in restricted areas to change into scrubs
  • Concerns about the distribution of overtime for clerical employees in the ER
  • Requested to expand the Specialty On Call pay to additional titles. Our request was denied, but your coworkers are committed to fighting to expand this pay to more titles.

If you are experiencing any workplace issues not mentioned above, please reach out to your steward or union representative to review possible options for resolution. As a union member, you have resources available to fight for a fair workplace.