Judge directs SIU to pay $1.9 million to employees for 2011 furlough - Christy Hendricks, KFVS

A judge for the Illinois Education Labor Relations Board found the administration for Southern Illinois University at Carbondale acted illegally during a 2011 contract dispute. The judge directed the university to pay around $1.9 million to more than 1,500 current and former employees. In 2010, SIU's Chancellor Rita Cheng said despite cost saving efforts, another $2.6 million still needed to be cut to balance the budget. "This can be achieved with four days from every employee that equals 1.53 percent of everybody salary," Cheng said in 2011. The university can appeal the ruling. http://www.kfvs12.com/story/26193973/judge-directs-siu-to-pay-19-million-to-employees-for-2011-furlough