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 “Today marked the 67th day of negotiations with AFSCME. Like
every previous session, AFSCME rejected all of the Governor’s core
proposals and insisted that they would never agree to those
proposals despite our good faith efforts to address union concerns.
“In light of that position, our negotiators asked AFSCME if they
believed we were at impasse. If so, both parties signed a tolling
agreement establishing a Labor Board process by which that
determination can be made. AFSCME insists that the parties are not
at impasse while rejecting the offer for additional sessions next
week.
“After a year of no meaningful progress, we must now evaluate the
benefit of future sessions given AFSCME’s intransigence. In light of
their answers today, we will now decide if the previously-agreed
dispute resolution process should be considered.”
SEE
CHART summarizing the status of the negotiations with
AFSCME, while comparing it to its previous contract and the
contracts the administration has already reached with 17 other
unions representing state employees.
[Office of the Governor Bruce Rauner] |
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