Total Articles: 4
Appellate Court Reverses IELRB: School District Did Not Unlawfully Change the Status Quo or Retaliate Against Union Vice President
In Thornton Fractional High Sch. Dist. No. 215 v. IELRB, the Illinois Appellate Court recently held that a high school district did not engage in any unfair labor practices when it did not assign 12-month secretarial positions on the basis of seniority, and when it did not offer a 12-month position to a secretary who also happened to be the Union Vice President. The Court reversed a decision by the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board (IELRB) on both counts.
Illinois Unions Gain Picketing Rights (pdf).
Governor Rod Blagojevich recently
approved an amendment to the Illinois
Labor Dispute Act, Public Act
94-0321, that becomes effective January
1, 2006. The amendment modifies
the Act to permit individuals who
are engaged in picketing to use public
rights of way to apprise the public
of the existence of a labor dispute,
to erect temporary signs discussing
the labor dispute, park vehicles on
public rights of way, and to erect
tents and other temporary shelters
for the health, welfare, and safety of
picketers.
Illinois Legislature Approves Unemployment Benefits for Locked-Out Employees; Bill is Before Governor for Signature (pdf).
On January 11, 2005, the final day of the 93rd General Assembly, the Illinois state Senate passed legislation that will allow workers locked out during a labor dispute to receive unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. The legislation, Senate Bill 1994, now awaits the governor’s signature. The Illinois Manufacturers Association (IMA) estimates that if enacted into law, SB 1994 will cost Illinois employers up to $14 million annually in additional unemployment insurance benefits contributions.
Federal Court Enjoins Enforcement of Illinois Employment of Strikebreakers Act in Seven Counties (pdf).
Recent Newsletters reminded Illinois employers of new state laws that became effective January 1, 2004. One of the laws expands the 1975 Employment of Strikebreakers Act, or "ESA" (820 ILCS 30/1 et seq.).
