Category: State Budget

Governor Rauner’s proposed 2019 state budget is more of the same. The budget is fundamentally unbalanced, propped up by a series of vague and unworkable schemes resting on taking away collective bargaining rights from public employees.

Hundreds of delegates gathered in Springfield on Jan. 27 for the AFSCME PEOPLE Conference to set the union’s 2018 legislative agenda and formulate a plan to elect pro-worker candidates in the March primary and November general elections.

In a recent editorial board interview about why he’s seeking reelection, Bruce Rauner made clear that his overriding goal remains crushing labor unions.

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner's administration has appealed the appellate court ruling that Rauner is violating state labor law by refusing to allow thousands of state workers to move as scheduled through the state pay plan.

AFSCME members in the Departments of Corrections and Juvenile Justice are advocating for safer policies in response to increasing assaults on staff—and among offenders—in correctional facilities. Watch their testimony at a Dec. 5 legislative hearing.

While the governor of Illinois claims he’s not in charge, we beg to differ. He’s been the state’s chief executive for nearly three years and “in charge” of a lot of damage.

After cutting child care for 30,000 children, Gov. Rauner restored some of the cuts to the Child Care Assistance Program. Then pretended the cuts weren’t his in the first place.

If workers don’t have the freedom to form unions, there is no front-line defense against unfair wages, harmful policies and eroding public services. That’s why America needs unions more than ever.

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.