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Update on Year 4 Increases

Earlier this month, employees received an email from the University of Illinois system stating that President Killeen announced a 3.5% “merit-based salary program” for the 2022-2023 academic year, subject to the negotiated agreements between the unions. This email serves to communicate the wage program for the entire University of Illinois system. If UIC adopts this same percentage as their campus wage, as they have done in years prior, then all employees will receive a 3.5% increase on the anniversary of their contract instead of the 1.5% originally negotiated for Year 4 of the agreements.

This raise would be effective the first pay period after the anniversary of each of the contracts. We will send out another email once the UIC campus wage has been adopted to confirm the contract anniversary increase and effective date for all employees represented by each of the four contracts.

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Upcoming Member Meetings

As we begin to prepare for the next round of negotiations for the four UIC contracts that expire in 2023, we are inviting members to join us for preliminary discussions about the goals for each contract. These meetings will be a space open for all members to discuss issues, concerns, and priorities specific to your respective contract. Please RSVP for one of the meetings below. Also, we encourage you to send questions ahead of time to mbunnage@seiu73.org.

Technical – Monday, June 27, 6pm, Register here
Clerical – Tuesday, June 28, 6pm, Register here
Service – Wednesday, June 29, 6pm, Register here
Professional – Thursday, June 30, 6pm, Register here

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Find Your Union Steward and Staff Representative

Staff at the local are assigned to work with specified buildings, departments and colleges of the university. These assignments may change from time to time. Please see the list below for an updated breakdown of which staff are assigned to which areas and their contact information. If you do not see your area listed below, reach out to Melinda Bunnage, Deputy Director of Higher Education, at mbunnage@seiu73.org.

Jeanene Johnson, Jeanene.Johnson@seiu73.org

UI Health Hospital & Clinics (see departmental exceptions below)
Miles Square Clinics
College of Pharmacy
College of Medicine
Building Service Workers – Hospital

Ryan Miller, rmiller@seiu73.org

UI Health Labs & Pathology department
UI Health Rehab Services department
UI Health Clinical Nutrition department
Ear Eye Infirmary
Outpatient Care Center
College of Dentistry
Division of Specialized Care for Children
John Marshall Law

Andrew Yale, ayale@seiu73.org

UI Health Continuum of Care (social workers, etc) department
UI Health Radiology department
Building Service Workers – Campus
Facilities
East Campus Colleges/Buildings
Peoria College of Medicine
Rockford College of Medicine & LP Johnson

Look here for a complete list of UIC stewards. Every department should have a steward. If you don’t have a steward in your area, nominate yourself or someone else here!

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Last Updated 6/17/22