Board to state: Figure out how to pay step increases
Illinois officials have 20 days to explain what steps the state is taking to get union workers their past due step increases.
The Illinois Labor Relations Board issued the decision this week in the ongoing case of members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees trying to get step raises owed to members as far back as 2015.
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration stopped paying step increases after AFSCME’s old contract with the state expired June 30, 2015. However, AFSCME contended the administration could not do that because the provisions of the old contract continued while a new one was being negotiated. The issue ended up in court and the courts ruled that AFSCME members are entitled to continue receiving step increases.
The ILRB decision said that AFSCME members who were denied step increases in recent years must receive them along with 7 percent per year interest on the amount they are owed.
Read more: http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180711/board-to-state-figure-out-how-to-pay-step-increases