In the press release about the new contract for McHenry County College President Clint Gabbard the new compensation information was omitted. Here’s the relevant part of the new contract, which gives him 2019 salary of $248,885 3% per year raises … Continue reading
Category Archives: Contract
A press release from Crystal Lake High School District 155: D155 Reaches Agreement with D155 Education Association The District 155 Board of Education approved the teachers’ contract on Thursday, January 24. The D155 Education Association, district administrators, and the Board … Continue reading
Way down at the bottom of the Crystal Lake High School Board 155’s agenda for tonight’s meeting is the following: If you can attend the meeting and want to speak, you need to go early. What you see from the … Continue reading
From regular Crystal Lake High School Board attender John Pletz: What happens when teachers elect their family members to Community High School District 155’s Board of Directors? Taxpayers only get 48 hours of notice that these board members are voting … Continue reading
This Daily Herald headline caught my attention becaue five years is the length of time of the Local 150 contract signed by former Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Bob Miller: Des Plaines District 62 approves 5-year contract with teachers Des Plaines … Continue reading
A press release from State Rep. Steve Reick: Reick Strengthens Contract Protections for Military Personnel through Passage of First Bill in Illinois House of Representatives SPRINGFIELD…..Seeking to provide additional protections for military personnel who are called to relocate in the … Continue reading
Statement from Rauner Administration on Unfair Labor Practice Filing State seeks damages on behalf of taxpayers The following is attributable to Dennis Murashko, General Counsel to Governor Bruce Rauner, regarding the administration filing an unfair labor practice against AFSCME Council … Continue reading
Now that you have read the articles about the debate over the McHenry County Administrator’s contract, below is what the County Board members had in front of them during the debate. The proposed contact, by the way, was not posted … Continue reading
Crystal Lake Republican Precinct Committeeman attended last night’s meeting of the Crystal Lake High School District 155 Board of Education. Here’s what he took away: Johnnie Thomas Gets Contract Extended Two Years Last night the D155 School Board addressed the … Continue reading
A press release from Governor Bruce Raunder: Illinois Federation of Teachers Ratifies Four-Year Collective Bargaining Agreement with Rauner Administration SPRINGFIELD – Governor Bruce Rauner issued a statement today following the Illinois Federation of Teachers ratification of four-year collective bargaining agreement: … Continue reading
At the last McHenry County Board meeting Diane Evertsen made an issue of Administrator Peter Austin’s contract extension. It is coming up and will automatically be renewed on May 27th, she said. Evertsen thought it appropriate for the Human Relations … Continue reading
A press release from Governor Bruce Rauner: Statement on the Senate’s Vote of HB 580 SPRINGFIELD – The following is a statement from Catherine Kelly, Press Secretary to Governor Rauner: “HB 580 is unprecedented and unaffordable, putting hard working families … Continue reading
A press release from Governor Bruce Rauner: ICYMI: Senate should reject forced arbitration bill 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 … Continue reading
At its Thursday meeting the McHenry County Board’s Finance and Audit Committee came up with a majority to recommend Board approval of the Local 150 International Operating Engineers contract for employees of the County’s Facilities Department. The vote was 4-1, … Continue reading
The first time the proposed contract between McHenry County and Local 150 International Union of Operating Engineers Facilities Department came before the Finance and Audit Committee it stalled because of a tie vote. The vote was 2-2. Jim Heisler and … Continue reading
I noticed that the Northwest Herald did not report the vote on the three-years of 4% raises passed by the Crystal Lake High School Board on Tuesday night. The vote was 6-1. Newly-elected Rosemary Kurtz was the only one to … Continue reading
After I received the press release (15 comments so far) about the contents of the contract from Crystal Lake District 155 last night, I submitted some questions. Those questions and the answers supplied are below: What will the starting salary be … Continue reading
A press release from Governor Bruce Rauner: After AFSCME Rejections, Administration Appeals to Labor Board Labor Board to Determine if Parties at Impasse SPRINGFIELD – Last week, AFSCME refused to seriously negotiate for the 24th bargaining session in a row on … Continue reading
Negotiations with the SEIU Local 73 McHenry County Health Department employees have been completed. The previous contract expired in November of 2014. Being considered by County Officials is a four-year contract. The details, except for the estimate total cost each … Continue reading
A press release from Governor Bruce Rauner: Rauner Administration Statement on Labor Negotiations with AFSCME CHICAGO – The following statement is attributable to Lance Trover, Director of Communications for Governor Bruce Rauner: “Today marked the 67th day of negotiations with … Continue reading