Largest Ill. Employee Union Says Rauner’s Latest Executive Action is ‘Blatantly Illegal’
Source: KMOX
John Gregory
ILLINOIS (IRN) The relationship between the governor and Illinois largest state employee union is going from bad from worse.
Gov. Bruce Rauners move to eliminate fair share payments from public sector employees who opt out of joining a union, but still get benefits from collective bargaining, is blatantly illegal, according to AFSCME Council 31 spokesman Anders Lindall.
The governor cannot flout the law, ignore the law, or set the law aside because he personally disagrees with it, Lindall said.
Lindall says these fair share payments are less than full-fledged union dues, and cover only the cost of negotiating and administering the unions contracts.
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Read more: http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2015/02/11/largest-ill-employee-union-says-rauners-latest-executive-action-is-blatantly-illegal/
BTW OS is a retired AFSCME member!
justhanginon
(3,290 posts)tries to Scott Walkerize my state. Anyone who could not see this coming has the intellect of a head of cauliflower. All the signs were there during his campaign but were not heeded by too many voters. It's going to be a bad four years for the citizens of this state.