A statewide concern: Illinois’ population decline outpaces neighboring states – Wirepoints on ABC20 Champaign
“We are not in good shape” Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski told ABC 20 Champaign during a segment on Illinois’ latest population losses. Illinois was one of just three states to shrink in the 2010-2020 period and has lost another 300,000 people since then. Ted says things need to change. “It’s too expensive to live here, there aren’t enough good jobs and nobody trusts the government anymore. There’s just other places to go where you can be more satisfied.”
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It was those pesky Russians again.
‘“The contract negotiations with AFSCME need to take place, and we’re going to have to come to resolution there, and there’s going to be some costs associated with that,” he said.’ Get ready for those “costs.” This will be a litmus test of how Pritz intends to deal with unions throughout his tenure. My guess is that he will go in and tell them, “give me something, so the media can say I got a win, here,” and then give them everything they REALLY want. They will deceptively spin the costs of this, while the union tells their members with… Read more »
Gosh I sure hope he grants them the 37.5 hour work week, how draconian to expect them to work 40 hours.
Every extra dollar AFSCME squeezes from JB is a dollar JB cannot spend elsewhere.
This dispute will get resolved. Fat ass will give AFSCUM whatever they want plus 50% for their inconvenience