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Quinn Administration, State Workers Agree To Tentative Contract
The union and Quinn’s office had been negotiating for more than a year at a time when the relationship was already strained.
6 Illinois Prisons To Set Up Temporary Housing
Security is being undermined at Illinois’ prisons because of overcrowding and the need for space, a prison watchdog group said Thursday after state officials confirmed that six medium-security prisons would be using gymnasiums to temporarily house extra inmates.
State Prison System Takes Another Crack At Early-Release Program
Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn shut down the former program after The Associated Press reported that 1,745 inmates — some convicted of violent crimes — had been released within weeks or even days of their arrival at the penitentiary.
Quinn Files Appeal Over Worker Contract Raises
Gov. Pat Quinn has filed an appeal over a Cook County judge’s ruling that the state must pay wage increases promised to workers in 2011.
Judge Orders Quinn To Honor Contract Raises
A Cook County judge has ruled that Gov. Pat Quinn must pay the 2011 wage increases promised in a contract with most state workers.
Union: Quinn’s Unfair Demands Have Left Contract Talks At Standstill
First it was Mayor Rahm Emanuel with the Chicago Teachers Union, and now, another prominent Illinois Democrat is in trouble with a public employees’ union.
DCFS Workers Rally Downtown To Protest Layoffs
A few hundred employees of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services rallied in front of the Thompson Center this afternoon, protesting layoffs at the agency.
State Agrees To Halt Transfers From Prisons Set To Close
The state’s largest public employee union has won a short-term victory, with the state agreeing to temporarily stop moving inmates from prisons scheduled to close.
8 Volatile Criminals Moved As Tamms Supermax Prison Prepares To Close
Eight of the state’s more volatile criminals were moved Thursday from the Tamms Superman prison downstate.
Monday Library Hours To Be Restored
Mayor Emanuel said libraries would be open full days Monday, beginning in with the fall school year, as a result of new staffing strategies devised by his new library commissioner.
Appeals Court Backs Quinn’s Move To Deny Workers’ Raises
A federal appeals court is backing Gov. Pat Quinn’s move to deny pay raises to thousands of union workers.
Chicago Workers Protest Gov. Walker’s Speech In Springfield
Dozens of Chicago union workers boarded buses to Springfield Tuesday morning, where they joined about 3,000 other workers protesting today’s speech by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
Some Lawmakers Join State Workers Demanding Raises
Thousands of state workers are still fighting for the pay raises the governor canceled this summer, and some lawmakers are now joining the fight.
Public Employee Union: Where’s Our Pay Raise?
Big corporations got tax breaks last year, and the state’s largest public employee union is still asking, what about us?
Illinois Union: Scott Walker Is Too Extreme For Wisconsin
In Wisconsin, the process of verifying signatures collected to recall Republican Governor Scott Walker begins Tuesday.
Union: Quinn Is Striking Backroom Deals To Close Mental Health Centers
Leaders at the state’s largest public employee union are taking issue with what they believe are backroom deals being struck by Gov. Pat Quinn to close state mental health centers.
Union: City Can Afford To Maintain Library Hours
The union representing frontline library employees is all but rejecting a letter from aldermen Edward Burke (14th) and Brendan Reilly (42nd) asking workers to make a sacrifice to preserve library hours.
Aldermen: Libraries Could Stay Open Mondays If Staff Passed Up Raises
Two Chicago aldermen have a proposal to end the dispute over the closing of the city’s public libraries on Mondays.
Arbitrator Rules Against Quinn’s Plan For Layoffs, Closures
An arbitrator has ruled that Gov. Pat Quinn may not lay off more than 1,900 state employees and close seven state facilities, because the move would violate a deal with a state labor union.
Union: State Is Ramming Through Public Hearings On Facility Closures
The largest union representing state of Illinois employees is suggesting that the state is trying to ram through public hearings on facility closures that will lead to numerous layoffs.
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