A press release from Governor Bruce Rauner:
ICYMI: Senate should reject forced arbitration bill
Bruce Rauner
This week the Senate is expected to vote on HB 580, and if passed, it would cost taxpayers $3 billion. It will deepen Illinois’ fiscal crisis even further, squeeze social services, and, ironically, lead to layoffs. The following is excerpt of an editorial in the Herald & Review explaining why the Senate should reject this legislation.
(House Bill 580) is bad public policy for a whole host of reasons. First, it is clearly and narrowly aimed at Rauner. This bill applies only to collective bargaining agreements during Rauner’s current term and then would expire.
The bill could also be potentially expensive to taxpayers. AFSCME’s last proposal, according to the governor’s office, would cost the state $3.6 billion over four years. That’s money Illinois clearly doesn’t have. AFSCME is proposing four-year raises ranging from 11.5 to 29 percent, a 37.5-hour workweek and five weeks of vacation. A similar bill was approved by the House and Senate last year, but the House could not override the governor’s veto…
What’s important is a fair contract that the state can afford. The Rauner administration has come to new contract agreements with 17 other unions, including the Teamsters. The Teamsters, understanding the state’s financial position, agreed to a four-year salary freeze in return for incentive bonuses.
The General Assembly would be wise to reject House Bill 580. The bill would tie Rauner’s hands and possibly saddle the state with a union contract it cannot afford. AFSCME needs to understand the state’s financial situation and settle for a contract similar to the Teamsters.
I suport Rauner.
Unions are a disease.
Abolish the Unions.
I’ve never had anyone do my negotiations for me and have never had to take from the mob such as a union.
Is it any wonder the Democrats support Unions.
The Unions are the Democrat syndicate!
Amen, please republicans everywhere get out and vote for fiscal conservatives.
We really need to help the Governor in his attempt to turn around the disaster that is IL.
I have had to deal with unions and they care only for themselves and protecting the cushy jobs of the Irish mafia.
You can thank JFK for allowing government employees to unionize.
Doing so has favored the Democrats with an abundance of votes
from their union lackeys throughout the decades since.
Just look at what it’s done to Illinois.
And Jack Franks?
Not wanting to have to choose between a governor who carried this District by 36% and the unions that support him, he punted on this one and didn’t vote.
https://illinoyances.wordpress.com/2016/02/17/punt-jack-punt/
We need to be represented fairly!
Please support Steve Reick for State Rep so the tax payers get some say in the game and not just the bill for it!