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NIU staff tell trustees low pay and staffing cuts are hurting student services
Summary
Three Northern Illinois University employees told the Board of Trustees during public comment that wages and staff reductions have left front-line workers unable to meet student needs, rely on food pantries and skip overtime pay.
At the Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees meeting, three university employees used the public-comment period to urge trustees to address pay and staffing shortages that, they said, are hurting morale and student-facing services.
Martha Villegomez, a senior library specialist with NIU Libraries, described longstanding low pay and said some library co‑workers rely on a snack pantry and local food banks because “we make too much to get government benefits, but too little to survive any other way.” She said she joined the union when she became a…
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