By Illinois News Network
SPRINGFIELD – There’s a new tentative deal between the state and various trades unions.
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office says after several months of good faith negotiations the governor has agreed to a new four-year contract with the International Union of Operating Engineers, the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry, and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
Rauner’s office says the new contracts cover workers at the Departments of Agriculture, Central Management Services, Corrections, Historic Preservation, Human Services, Juvenile Justice, Military Affairs, Transportation, Veterans’ Affairs and the Illinois State Police.
Details of the tentative agreements are confidential until members of the various unions vote to approve the deals. The previous agreement expired at the end of June this year.
