{"id":352927,"date":"2010-02-23T09:22:05","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T14:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/press-releases\/9-laid-off-in-ui-facilities-department"},"modified":"2010-02-23T09:22:05","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T14:22:05","slug":"9-laid-off-in-ui-facilities-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/352927","title":{"rendered":"9 laid off in UI facilities department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>URBANA \u2013 Layoffs have struck again in the Facilities and Services department at the University of Illinois&#8217; Urbana campus.<\/p>\n<p>The belt tightening at the university, which is owed more than $400 million by the state, means that nine workers lost their jobs last week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thirteen people received layoff notices in November 2009, but they were extended in December and January, because we had enough work for them,&#8221; Urbana campus spokeswoman Robin Kaler said. &#8220;Last Friday, we had to let nine of them go.&#8221; <span id=\"more-21010\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The group includes four carpenters, two mill workers and three laborers.<\/p>\n<p>One carpenter had &#8220;retreat&#8221; rights and will become a laborer electrician.<\/p>\n<p>The layoffs were because the workers&#8217; salaries are paid on a &#8220;charge back&#8221; basis, meaning their salaries are paid by units to Facilities and Services.<\/p>\n<p>Kaler said it was possible the division could lose more workers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These decisions are made on a month-to-month basis, but we are continuing to see a drop in the work that supports many charge-back positions,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>In July, eight Facilities and Services staffers were notified of layoffs that took effect Aug. 31. <\/p>\n<p>One employee was cut from each of eight shops: repair, sheet metal, carpenter, transportation, machine shop, pipe fitter, construction and operations engineering.<\/p>\n<p>Distributed via <a href=\"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\" rel='nofollow'>Chicago Press Release Services<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/_-LI1RSfp07VKnHexcgqYTJv4Ug\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/_-LI1RSfp07VKnHexcgqYTJv4Ug\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/_-LI1RSfp07VKnHexcgqYTJv4Ug\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/_-LI1RSfp07VKnHexcgqYTJv4Ug\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=2bqo7OqNc7g:u4tjuZSg6dI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=2bqo7OqNc7g:u4tjuZSg6dI:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=2bqo7OqNc7g:u4tjuZSg6dI:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?i=2bqo7OqNc7g:u4tjuZSg6dI:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/windycitynews\/~4\/2bqo7OqNc7g\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>URBANA \u2013 Layoffs have struck again in the Facilities and Services department at the University of Illinois&#8217; Urbana campus. 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