CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - Champaign County employees will strike Wednesday if no agreement on a new contract is reached.
The workers, represented by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) filed an intent to strike June 30, with more than 96% voting to authorize a strike.
“For too many of us, county wages aren’t living wages. They start at less than $16 an hour, and a third of all county workers make less than $20 an hour,” Cecelia Phillips, a Deputy Clerk in the Circuit Clerk’s office and president of AFSCME Local 900, said in a press release.
“Yet management has barely moved at the bargaining table, and they won’t offer us any guarantee that our health insurance costs won’t spike by as much as 150%. That’s unacceptable," Philips continued.
Bargaining is scheduled to resume at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
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