EIU struggling to recover from wounds inflicted by state budget impasse - Adalberto Toledo, Chammpaign News-Gazette

Seven months after the end of Illinois' state budget impasse, Eastern Illinois University is still reeling from deep cuts and sweeping layoffs — though a revitalization plan has given hope to many that they'll get their jobs back. As of now, though, Renee Kerz, AFSCME union president for EIU, said people still haven't adjusted to changing schedules, double or triple workloads and the absence of some of their friends and colleagues after about 400 people were laid off. "The workload on some employees really takes its toll," Kerz said. "The hardship was left to the ones that stayed. There's more work for them. A lot of job descriptions got combined. It really brought people's morale down." http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-02-06/eiu-struggling-recover-wounds-inflicted-state-budget-impasse.html