If people are forced to pay money to unions, they should at the very least have easy access to a detailed account of how their money is spent.
When it comes to collecting ‘fair share’ fees, abolishing the practice would be the only outcome that’s truly fair to workers across the country.
Public bodies in Illinois rarely let taxpayers see proposed contracts before a vote – but local officials certainly don’t mind sticking taxpayers with the bill afterward.
Simple logic. Respect for rights. These are things Illinoisans are not used to seeing from their state government, so perhaps it’s understandable that some are having trouble understanding what Rauner has done and why he has done it.
The five major government unions in Illinois spent a combined $46 million in political campaigns from 2002 to 2014.
Big spending at hotels, holiday parties and retirement events is financed by forced dues.
Illinois’ biggest public-sector unions fail to meet the standard for nonprofits.
In 2013, SEIU Healthcare Illinois-Indiana spent a total of $1.5 million on such things as hotels, air travel, rental cars, and restaurants and catering. These “extras” represent the money of 3,092 members and nonmembers, or 3.3 percent of the union’s total membership.
Are you a state worker in Illinois who’s tired of being forced to give part of every paycheck to a government union you don’t support?
House Speaker Mike Madigan received more than $1.1 million since 2002 from the state’s five major public unions.
Illinois’ economy is floundering, and conditions will get worse without decisive action.
The flier has nothing to do with wages and benefits earned by state employees, or how their contract is enforced.
SEIU officials are telling caregivers they will lose all benefits, including health insurance and the Medicaid stipend that helps them care for their loved ones, should they opt out of paying union dues, according to training attendees.
State police have been threatening staffers from Illinois Policy with arrest because the Service Employees International Union, or SEIU, doesn't want us to tell home-based caregivers about their rights.