Statement from State Representative Mike Unes
State Representative Mike Unes
Regarding Scheduled AFSCME Protest on HB 580
For Immediate Release
Contact: Rep. Mike Unes
March 29,
2016 (309)620-8631
The “all or nothing” arbitration in HB 580
takes away collective bargaining, and I don’t believe that is fair to anyone.
The best approach is and always has been for both sides to collectively bargain
a contract that is fair to all concerned.
Last fall, both sides signed a tolling
agreement, which is a binding contract that established a path to resolution in
the event that the parties believe the other side is not negotiating in good
faith—and that’s the point they’re at right now. Therefore, there is already a clear and mutually
agreed upon path forward via a signed contract by both AFSCME and the
administration. A contract is a contract—and that’s exactly the position I took
previously in supporting our teachers and state employees against
unconstitutional pension bills, as well as when their current retiree health
care agreements were called into question.
I believe that ultimately, both sides will end up back at the bargaining table, and when they do, I will continue to implore them each to engage this effort in good faith to obtain an outcome that is fair and suitable to all concerned.
I believe that ultimately, both sides will end up back at the bargaining table, and when they do, I will continue to implore them each to engage this effort in good faith to obtain an outcome that is fair and suitable to all concerned.
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