Lawmakers call for return to bargaining; AFSCME agrees, urging HB 580 if governor refuses
On the late afternoon of May 26, AFSCME Council 31 executive director Roberta Lynch received a letter also addressed to Governor Rauner from seven Republican state representatives urging both parties to resume state contract negotiations.
In her response to the lawmakers, Lynch agreed with the legislators’ call for renewed negotiations, reiterating the union’s oft-stated willingness to return to the bargaining table ever since the Rauner Administration broke off talks on January 8.
In addition, Lynch pointed out that HB 580—the fair arbitration bill, which the legislators did not support—could actually serve to foster such a renewed bargaining process. If the governor refuses to heed the lawmakers’ call to return to the bargaining table, she called on the seven legislators to commit to vote for a new motion to override the governor’s veto of the fair arbitration bill before the General Assembly’s scheduled adjournment on May 31.
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