State Employees

Feb. 22, 2025

News

Proposed FY 26 budget plan holds the line on key public services

Gov. JB Pritzker introduced a balanced FY 26 budget proposal that averted major cutbacks, layoffs or closures.

Proposed FY 26 budget plan holds the line on key public services

Feb. 07, 2025

News

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

Thousands of public employees pack the Capitol at the Tier 2 rally.

Dec. 05, 2024

News

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!”

Local 2811 members speak to the media on the picket line.

Oct. 15, 2024

News

State Board of Education employees secure "monumental" contract

Members of AFSCME Local 2811 who work for the Illinois State Board of Education started bargaining a new contract for their 45 members while negotiations for a new State of Illinois master contract were already well underway.

State Board of Education employees secure "monumental" contract

Oct. 11, 2024

News

Victory quickly follows after Local 1787 pickets for safe staffing

Members of AFSCME Local 1787 at the Quincy Veterans Home took to the picket line on Sept. 4 to call out the Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS) for not taking the necessary steps to foster hiring at the facility.

Victory quickly follows after Local 1787 pickets for safe staffing