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AFSCME Council 31 members ratify contract with Illinois

By ELIZABETH DONALD Illinois Correspondent AFSCME Council 31, the largest union of Illinois state employees, has ratified its new contract with the state after voting overwhelmingly...

AFSCME Council 31 reaches tentative agreement with state of Illinois

By ELIZABETH DONALD Illinois Correspondent Springfield, IL – AFSCME Council 31, the largest union in the state representing state workers, has reached a tentative agreement with...

Illinois backs down on Vandalia prison layoffs after AFSCME turns up...

By ELIZABETH DONALD Illinois Correspondent Union workers at Vandalia Correctional Center in Illinois will not be facing reduced capacity or layoffs in the near future, following...

AFSCME endorses 4 Republicans

AFSCME Council 31 has endorsed four Republican candidates in the June 28 primary in Madison County races: Madison County Treasurer Chris Slusser, Jeff Connor as...

AFSCME child welfare worker stabbed to death during home visit

By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Springfield, IL – Illinois child welfare worker Diedre Silas, 36, a member of AFSCME Local 805 (part of AFSCME Council 31),...

AFSCME Council 31 ratifies new contract with Illinois

By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Springfield, IL – AFSCME Council 31, Illinois’ largest public Labor union has ratified a new contract with the state, the first...

AFSCME Council 31 reaches tentative contract with Pritzker

BY CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Springfield, IL – AFSCME Council 31, the largest union of Illinois state employees, reached a tentative agreement for a new contract...

Illinois AFL-CIO, AFSCME endorse Pritzker’s Fair Tax plan

By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Would boost taxes on rich, cut middle-class taxes Springfield, IL – The Illinois AFL-CIO and AFSCME have endorsed Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s...

Anti-union lawyers sue AFSCME for fees collected prior to Janus decision

By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Chicago, IL – Efforts to weaken public employee unions took another turn recently when nine Illinois state workers sued AFSCME Council...

Pritzker agrees to back pay and raises for 42,000 SEIU members

By CARL GREEN Correspondent Springfield, IL – Some 42,000 home care and child care providers in Illinois will get raises and receive long-withheld pay under an...