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
The We Are One Illinois labor coalition, which includes IEA, IFT, AFSCME, the Illinois AFL-CIP and other organizations representing public sector workers, issued the following statement in reaction to Gov. Quinn’s pension plan announcement: Responding to Gov. Pat Quinn’s news conference on pensions held Friday, April 20, Illinois AFL-CIO president Michael Carrigan issued this statement …
By midnight Thursday, we should know whether we have succeeded in beating back another illegal and unfair attack on the pensions of Illinois public employees. This is your fight and the participation of all 132,000 IEA members is needed if we are to stop Senate Bill 512, the illegal and unfair pension legislation. It …
This past spring, IEA helped secure the passage of an important school reform bill that improves our schools, keeps the best teachers in classrooms, and ensures the teachers’ voice remains strong at the bargaining table. It was the result of months of negotiations and represented a remarkable victory for IEA and our members across the state. …
Moving Illinois forward: Real world solutions for a broken economy. Join us October 8 for the IEA Economic Summit live streaming event. Guest speakers will discuss the economic climate and challenges on a national to local level. Discussion also includes the return on your education investment and quality in job growth. The event is for …
It’s important that as crucial elections come up this Fall (especially for Governor and statewide races) and this Spring (school board elections) our members are registered to vote. On September 9 at 4:30 the County Clerk’s office will be training our members to be voter registrars. Those who complete the training will be able to …
Continue to check here and at http://ieanea.org for updates, information and calls to action. Find out more information about the IEA recommendation, including a comparison of the two candidates and their views on public education.
We’ve posted links to several stories, photos and videos from the April 21 SOS (Save our State/Save our Schools) Rally on the UFEA Facebook Page. Several of the stories feature images and quotes of UFEA and BEA members. If you’re on Facebook and haven’t yet “liked” the UFEA Page, you should! You can also follow …
We will be taking over 30 Unit 5 employees and friends to the Lobby Day in Springfield tomorrow. We’ll be joining about 20 others from Region 14 and thousands of others from across the State. We think we will have a big crowd, and we hope to be able to talk with our local legislators when …
