Tag: state workers
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...
As Missouri reopens, unions call Parson out for failing to protect...
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Jefferson City – Unions representing Missouri state workers say Gov. Mike Parson is not doing enough to protect state employees during the...
Back pay bill gets veto-proof support in Illinois Legislature
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – The Illinois Legislature has sent Governor Bruce Rauner legislation to pay long-overdue back pay to 24,000 state union...
Manar sponsors ‘offshoring’ bill to keep governor’s workers on governor’s payroll
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – More than half the employees working for the Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner’s office are paid by state agencies with...
Appellate court says Rauner must give raises owed to state workers
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Mount Vernon, IL – An Illinois appellate court has ruled that Governor Bruce Rauner violated state labor law by not paying thousands...
Judge LeChien denies Madigan’s payroll request
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Belleville, IL – Illinois state employees who were concerned they might be thrown out of work breathed easier last week when...
Rauner wants union to pay $2 million a day for taking...
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner now wants to charge the largest union of state workers $2 million a day...
Illinois state workers sue to block ‘impasse’ ruling
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Belleville, IL – Unionized state workers, staring down the possibility that Gov. Bruce Rauner could unilaterally remake their contract, sued last...