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EIU Laying Off 200 Employees, Asking Union Faculty To Accept Furlough Days
Layoff notices are going out to 200 non-instructional employees at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, while members of the union representing faculty and academic employees consider an administration request to take unpaid furlough days.