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BLUE ISLAND – Blue Island teachers will host a community rally after school on Wed., Sept. 30. The rally comes after requests to properly clean schools have been ignored by the Cook County School District 130 administration and board of education. The District 130 custodians were laid off by the…

BLUE ISLAND – Teachers in Blue Island filed a complaint with the State of Illinois under the Illinois Occupational Safety Health Act (IL OSHA) after repeated requests to clean the filthy conditions at their schools went unfulfilled. “Enough is enough. This is why there are laws protecting workplace safety. Our…

MAHOMET– The Mahomet Seymour Education Association (MSEA) filed its intent to strike with the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board (IELRB) on Friday. Once the intent is posted to the IELRB website, MSEA can legally go on strike after 10 days. This comes after MSEA members overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike on Thursday. Tonight, MSEA plans…

BLUE ISLAND – Blue Island teachers plan to attend the Blue Island District 130 Board of Education (BOE) meeting tonight after schools have not been properly cleaned in a month, resulting in unsanitary, unhealthy learning and working conditions for students and teachers. At least 100 teachers and community members plan to attend the meeting. Blue…

FRANKFORT – In light of the racist actions directed at Homewood-Flossmoor High School (HFHS) students during the Lincoln-Way East High School and HFHS football game Friday night, the Illinois Education Association (IEA) is issuing the following joint statement in conjunction with our locals at both high schools. The following joint statement is attributable to IEA President Karl Goeke, Homewood-Flossmoor Education Association President Dana Noble, Homewood-Flossmoor Classified Staff Organization…

MAHOMET– After several mediated bargaining sessions between the Mahomet Seymour Education Association (MSEA) and the Mahomet Seymour Community Unit School District 3 Board of Education (BOE), MSEA is declaring impasse and beginning the public posting process. Once the Illinois Education Labor Relations Board posts the last offer from MSEA and the BOE on the IELRB website, MSEA can choose to go on strike in 14 days. The decision by MSEA comes…

ROXANA – The Roxana Education Association (REA) membership overwhelmingly voted in favor of authorizing a strike. This vote gives the REA bargaining team the authority to call a strike when they deem it necessary. The first day REA could legally go on strike is Sept. 3. “I can tell you the absolute last thing we want to do…

EDWARDSVILLE – The Edwardsville Education Association (EEA) is planning to call for the termination of an elementary school principal after several verified and well-documented incidents of inappropriate behavior toward staff, students and parents. Teachers, staff and community members plan to wear red and pack tonight’s Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7 (D7) Board of Education meeting and speak during public comments, calling on the board to take immediate action. The D7 administration was made aware…

ROXANA – After several federally-mediated bargaining sessions between the Roxana Community Unit School District 1 Board of Education (BOE) and the Roxana Education Association (REA), REA is declaring impasse and initiating the public posting process. Once the public posting process is initiated by the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board (IELRB), the union could legally go on strike within 14 days.  District 1 schools are…

ROXANA – Roxana teachers and their supporters will be out from the early morning hours today all the way into the evening, holding an information picket about contract negotiations. The Roxana Education Association (REA) and the Roxana Community Unit School District 1 Board of Education (BOE) have been bargaining since…

WHO: The Education Association of Pekin (EAP) is hosting a “Stuff a Bus” event to help collect school supplies for Pekin Public School District 108 students in need. WHEN: Sat., July 25 and Sun., July 26 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. WHERE: Pekin Walmart (3320 Veterans Dr., Pekin) NOTE:  Pekin Public…

DENVER — Future teachers from across the country came together today to elect Stephanie Chávez, a student teacher from the suburbs of Chicago, to serve as the next chairperson of NEA Aspiring Educators. She will serve a two-year term. “It is so important that young people get involved early and make…

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Education Association President Karl Goeke joined Illinois Federation of Teachers President Stacy Davis Gates, and many other union presidents and educators across the country, in a letter urging Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and other Democratic governors to reject a federal voucher plan. Students, parents, and educators are counting on Pritzker and other…

Legislative update for June 1, 2026.

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Education Association’s legislation on Notice to Remedy, Senate Bill 2914, today passed out of the Illinois House of Representatives. It passed the Illinois Senate in April, and both chambers passed the bill with veto-proof majorities. It now awaits Gov. JB Pritzker’s signature to become law.   The following statement is attributable to IEA President Karl…

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Education Association (IEA) is working to pass Senate Bill 2914 this session, a bill that would put an end to a long-time practice of school administrators keeping accusations that have been proven false in an educator’s employment record. IEA seeks safe public schools for every student and every school employee and supports accountability…

Evanston educators and staff to attend Evanston Community Consolidated School District 65 Board of Education meeting and deliver letter detailing staunch opposition to District 65 administrators’ plan to eliminate the School Aged Child Care (SACC) program for students. 

ROCKFORD – This week, the Rockford Education Association (REA) will file an unfair labor practice (ULP) against the Rockford Public School (RPS) District 205. RPS is knowingly ignoring an Illinois law when it comes to class sizes for mostly Hispanic, bilingual students. In addition to overcrowding Hispanic student classrooms, the district is also failing to fairly compensate educators for additional students. The REA has two pending grievances against the district. The…

SPRINGFIELD – HB 4416, the Unemployment Equity Act sponsored by Assistant Majority Leader Marcus C. Evans Jr. (D-33), passed the House Labor Committee. This is a critical step forward in ensuring frontline, public education workers are eligible to receive unemployment when school is not in session. “The Unemployment Equity Act…

SPRINGFIELD – Reginald “Reg” Weaver died Tuesday at age 86. Weaver was a lifelong educator and organizer who served as president of the Illinois Education Association from 1981 to 1987 and led the battle to ensure collective bargaining rights for Illinois educators. Weaver, who also spent 30 years as a…