In the wake of a court order halting implementation of a new tax on sugary beverages, the Preckwinkle Administration is taking steps to lay off hundreds of County employees. AFSCME members are mobilizing to stop the layoffs.
Political foes are spreading misinformation about the balanced budget plan approved by both parties. Get the facts from Illinois Working Together.
After two years in which Rauner held the budget hostage to his own political agenda, the governor’s budget blockade is finally over.
Contract negotiations are getting underway for 21 AFSCME locals in city and county government this summer. Fiscal constraints promise bargaining challenges.
Special Session is not exempt from Gov. Rauner’s schemes, including his demand for massive cuts to the state group health insurance program.
Gov. Rauner rushed to privatize state employee benefits administration, outsourcing the work from Springfield to Georgia—part of a $94 million contract with a foreign corporation.
Bus drivers at Rockford Public Schools District 205, members of AFSCME Local 1275, overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new union contract on May 26, blocking the school board’s privatization scheme.
General Assembly heads into overtime without final action on bill to raise wages for disability services workers, but bill raising state minimum wage to $15 an hour did pass.
Rauner still holding Illinois hostage to his anti-worker demands, inflicting untold damage on the state.
Legislation aiming to curb reckless privatization and ensure accountability to taxpayers passed out of the Illinois General Assembly with a Senate vote on May 25. The measure had already passed the House.
A recent study shows more than 2/3 of Illinois corporations pay no state income tax. But a move is afoot in Springfield to expand corporate tax breaks. The Center for Tax and Budget Accountability has all the facts.
Union members protest Bruce Rauner’s budget crisis as funding cuts threaten long-term damage to our state’s public higher education.
The Chicago City Council overwhelmingly approved a resolution on March 29, calling on Rauner to return to the bargaining table with state workers and their unions.
Illinois high court rejects governor's push to bypass appellate level in state employee impasse case.
Newly confirmed Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch will tilt court toward corporations and against working people.
A three-judge appellate panel heard the appeal from the Attorney General to dissolve the court order ensuring state employees are being paid despite the budget standoff.
AFSCME members at Pontiac Correctional Center spoke out on assaults by inmates, proposing steps to improve safety.
An appellate court granted AFSCME's request to put on hold the labor board decision in contract negotiations between our union and Gov. Rauner. As a result, Governor Rauner cannot impose his terms.
Following in Bruce Rauner’s footsteps, the Rockford Public Schools Board of Education voted to impose its ‘last, best and final’ offer on employees at a board meeting packed with union members pressing to continue negotiations.
While state employees are working hard every day to serve the people of Illinois, they also worry about their future and that of their families. Get the facts from AFSCME about the fight for a fair state contract.