Override Governor Rauner's Veto!

Hey IEASP! We need your help!

As you might know, Governor Rauner has been in a bit of a stalemate with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) who represents many workers that are part of a union. As we know, Governor Rauner has been working to diminish union rights such as collective bargaining (negotiation of wages and other conditions of employment by an organized body of employees.)

The Illinois House of Representatives has recently passed a bill called SB1229 which proposes the following:

"Under SB1229, House Amendment #2, the Illinois Public Labor Relations Ace (IPLRA) would be amended to allow AFSCME to waive its right to strike while providing an alternative procedure for resolving collective bargaining agreements between the state of Illinois and units of employees of state agencies"

This quotation along with more details of the bill can be found at this link: http://www.ieanea.org/2015/08/30/protect-union-rights/

After vetoing SB1229, Governor Rauner threatened forcing a strike and shutting down the state government is AFSCME does not agree to his terms. Now it's up to us to tell Governor Rauner we support collective bargaining to protect our rights as teachers. We as students must contact our state representatives and tell our legislators to vote to override the governor's veto of SB1229 (Amendment #2).

The vote is scheduled for Wednesday so call or email now!

Rauner Report: Rauner hopes to leverage state aid to eliminate union rights

So, IEA often publishes updates regarding our governor, Bruce Rauner, and his actions regarding education. These updates are titled Rauner Reports, and we will be posting some of them here with short, accessible, summaries for all of you. 

So, Bruce Rauner has used the phrase "Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures" throughout his campaign as a reason to attack certain sectors of society, unions included. Currently, CPS is experiencing a huge budget deficit of $500 million. Rauner is willing to give CPS the $500 million, but he has conditions. His conditions mainly involve stopping the practice of the school district paying into teachers' pensions. Currently, school districts do this as part of the collective bargaining rights of teachers and it has been a long held and widespread practice. CPS desperately needs the $500 million for pensions, and Governor Rauner sees an excellent opportunity to weaken collective bargaining efforts for the unions.   

Here's the link to the original Rauner Report: http://www.ieanea.org/2015/08/11/rauner-hopes-to-leverage-state-aid-to-eliminate-union-rights/

It's That Time Again!

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