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Keeping up the fight to fix Tier 2

Keeping up the fight to fix Tier 2

Feb. 07, 2025

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Keeping up the fight to fix Tier 2

AFSCME and our allies in the We Are One Illinois coalition are vowing to carry the fight for pension fairness forward into the spring legislative session, but it’s going to take the involvement of every AFSCME member to get it over the finish line.

Keeping up the fight to fix Tier 2

Rep. Gregg Johnson on building political power through people power

Rep. Gregg Johnson on building political power through people power

Dec. 17, 2024

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Rep. Gregg Johnson on building political power through people power

State Rep. Gregg Johnson is an AFSCME retiree and the former president of AFSCME Local 46 at East Moline Correctional Center. On Nov. 5, he won re-election to his seat as state representative from Illinois’ 87th District in the Quad Cities area.

Rep. Gregg Johnson on building political power through people power

Thousands rally in Springfield to say “Fix Tier 2!”

Thousands rally in Springfield to say “Fix Tier 2!”

Dec. 05, 2024

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Thousands rally in Springfield to say “Fix Tier 2!”

Thousands of public service workers—members of AFSCME and our allied unions in the We Are One Illinois coalition—gathered in Springfield on Nov. 13 to demand lawmakers fix the broken and unfair Tier 2 pension system.

Thousands rally in Springfield to say “Fix Tier 2!”

AFSCME members pack hearings on Stateville & Logan closure plans

AFSCME members pack hearings on Stateville & Logan closure plans

Aug. 01, 2024

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AFSCME members pack hearings on Stateville & Logan closure plans

On June 11 and 13, hundreds of AFSCME members from Locals 1866 at Stateville Correctional Center and 2073 at Logan Correctional Center made their voices heard at two Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability (COGFA) community hearings on the state Department of Corrections’ proposed

AFSCME members pack hearings on Stateville & Logan closure plans

AFSCME-backed bill would put brakes on selling, closing public nursing homes

AFSCME-backed bill would put brakes on selling, closing public nursing homes

Apr. 04, 2024

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AFSCME-backed bill would put brakes on selling, closing public nursing homes

State legislation supported by AFSCME Council 31 would give county residents a stronger voice on questions of sales or closures of nursing homes. HB 5537 would also require counties to be more transparent about the negative effects those sales or closures could have on the community.

AFSCME-backed bill would put brakes on selling, closing public nursing homes