Friday, January 15, 2016

That would be more inequality

Illinois Policy: Contract negotiations between Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees nearly reached an impasse last week. The governor’s office and AFSCME have been in talks for nearly a year to replace the most recent contract, which expired at the end of June 2015. These talks are ongoing despite the union’s assertion Jan. 8 that negotiations had fallen through. Reaching an affordable agreement with AFSCME is imperative for the state, given that AFSCME worker salaries grew five times faster than Illinois workers’ earnings from 2005 to 2014, costing Illinois taxpayers $3.5 billion.

If true, then  we have the smoking gun. It is workers who pay the taxes.

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