Tag: AFSCME Council 31
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...