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Committee(s) Assignment:
Zalewski (23) Ramirez-Rosa (35) Quinn (13) Pawar (47) Tunney (44) O'Connor (40) Resolution
Call for Governor Bruce Rauner to renew good faith , negotiations with state employees represented by AFSCME Council 31 and other public employee unions Committee on Workforce Development and Audit
Resolution Calling for Good Faith Negotiations
Whereas thousands of state of Illinois employees reside in the City of Chicago and serve our communities in a myriad ways, including helping the jobless and families in need, protecting the environment, preventing child abuse, safeguarding public health, assisting individuals with disabilities, and much more; and
Whereas Chicagoans rely on the wide array of services that state workers provide, particularly in some of our city's most impoverished communities which have already been impacted by Governor Bruce Rauner7 s refusal to work toward enactment of a state budget; and
Whereas Illinois state employees have a voice on the job through their unions and for more than 40 years of collective bargaining, have always been able to reach contract settlements with governors of both political parties that were fair to employees and taxpayers without the disruption of services that would result from a strike; and
Whereas since January 2016 Governor Rauner has refused to negotiate with AFSCME Council 31, which represents some 38,000 state employees, holding hostage their collective bargaining agreement just as he is holding hostage the state budget, jeopardizing vital public services for millions of Chicago residents;
Whereas, the governor has refused to meet again since then, even though the union repeatedly made clear its willingness to continue negotiating; and
Whereas state employees recognize the challenges that the state's current budget difficulties pose and have clearly signaled a willingness to take those difficulties into account as reflected in the settlement framework recently pu...
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