AFSCME

Illinois State University's faculty union said Thursday it's filed an unfair labor practice complaint against the university and its Board of Trustees after its members were allegedly asked to do the work of striking workers from another union.

With the fifth contract negotiation session failing on Wednesday, AFSCME Local 1110 is heading into day nine of its strike at Illinois State University. Picketers outside Bone Student Center said proposed contract terms are still not good enough.

AFSCME workers have been demonstrating outside Hovey Hall and at various points across campus where the university’s striking grounds, buildings and dining services workers would typically be on the job.

Illinois State University’s unionized buildings, grounds and dining services workers went on strike Wednesday after failing to reach an agreement with ISU administrators on a new contract.

The union representing buildings, grounds, and dining services workers at Illinois State University said it will strike Wednesday if there is no contract agreement by then.

Illinois State University's unionized buildings, grounds and dining services workers said Thursday they've voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike as contract negotiations drag on. It's the time this union has been on the brink of a strike in the past four years.

Union members with AFSCME said Monday that the GOP's tax and spending plan passed this summer will bring devastating cuts to the Illinois State University community and beyond.

An Illinois appeals court wants the Illinois Education Labor Relations Board to take another look at a dispute between Illinois State University and a union representing about 300 campus workers.

The union that represents corrections officers at Pontiac prison is calling for the Illinois Department of Corrections to hire more officers after a Pontiac prison inmate stabbed a corrections officer two weeks ago.

State employees could see furlough days as a way to help the state of Illinois balance its budget. That's according to a plan Gov. JB Pritzker has laid…