Illinois Arbitrator Stops Quinn’s Plan to Dismiss 1,900 Workers
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An arbitrator ruled that Illinois Governor Pat Quinn’s budget-cutting proposal to dismiss more than 1,900 state workers and close seven facilities violates a collective-bargaining agreement with unions.
Arbitrator Edwin Benn wrote in a 40-page opinion that Quinn’s plan, unveiled Sept. 8, “is in violation of the clear language” of a 2010 cost-saving agreement between the state and Council 31 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees that guaranteed no job cuts or closings before July 1.