AFSCME, Rauner in court

Posted on April 26, 2016
AFSCME rally
AFSCME members staged a rally in Bloomington in June 2015. (WJBC file photo)

By WFMB/FarmWeekNow.com

SPRINGFIELD – An effort to get Illinois’ largest labor union and Gov. Bruce Rauner together on a new contract has spilled over to hearings at the Labor Relations Board.

Officials with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and the governors’ staff appeared Monday during a hearing on the impasse. An administrative law judge will now issue a decision on whether or not the two parties are really at a standstill.

If the judge decides in favor of Rauner he will then be free to dictate the terms of the next union contract to AFSCME members.

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