UFEA: Unit Five Education Association
Union of education professionals affiliated with the Illinois Education Association and National Education Association - IEA-NEA, Advocating for Public Education Employees and Teachers in the McLean County Unit 5 School District located in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois
We Stand Up. We Fight Back! Several of you have already received mail at your home from the Illinois Policy Institute. Please take a few moments to read through the important information below. UFEA Members: Earlier this summer, we provided you with an important update following a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request from the Illinois …
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Remarks as prepared Good morning union sisters and brothers of the Unit Five Education Association! And, good morning Unit 5 staff and members of the Board of Education. My name is Lindsey Dickinson, and I am the newly elected President of the Unit Five Education Association. There aren’t words to describe how proud, humbled and …
This week, WGLT is running a four-part special series about the teacher shortage facing Illinois schools. Part 1, entitled “Skipping School: Why Teachers Quit, And How To Stop It”, features UFEA President Lindsey Dickinson and IEA UniServ Director Ben Matthews, as well as former UFEA member Derek Sieg. Part 2, entitled “Teachers Making Ends Meet”, adds …
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IEA Region 14 will be marching in the Bloomington Labor Day Parade on September 3, 2018. As we figure out logistics, we’ll announce them. For now, please save the date, spread the word, and plan to march with your fellow union members! Any IEA member is welcome to join us! Feel free to print and …
The last-minute pension proposal introduced as part of the budget package has several components, the most concerning of which is a decrease to 3 percent from the current 6 percent that employers can offer educators in both the Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) and State Universities Retirement System (SURS) for pay increases in the years used …
If you’re a member of the Unit Five Education Association, perhaps at one time or another you have asked yourself “what has the union done for me?”. We spoke with several past presidents to learn about the progress UFEA has made when members organized and mobilized. This video is a chance to listen to our …
