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Members of AFSCME Local 1787 picket
Victory quickly follows after Local 1787 pickets for safe staffing
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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

Menard Correctional Employees protest with signs saying "Our Safety Matters."
Our Safety Matters: AFSCME members in IDOC and IDHS picket for safe workplaces
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Our Safety Matters: AFSCME members in IDOC and IDHS picket for safe workplaces

When confronted with management inaction in the wake of serious assaults on staff at their facilities, AFSCME members at Menard Correctional Center and Ludeman Developmental Center both took their fight for safe workplaces to the picket line.

Our Safety Matters: AFSCME members in IDOC and IDHS picket for safe workplaces

Members holding sign saying Logan CC belongs in Logan County
AFSCME members pack hearings on Stateville & Logan closure plans
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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