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Court Rules AFSCME Members Are Owed Money

An Illinois appellate court has ruled that back wages owed thousands of state government workers from 2011 to 2013 must be paid.
 
A panel of judges from the First District Appellate Court found that members of
the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees should get the
back pay and the Legislature's failure to appropriate enough money to cover the
raises is not a reason to renege on them.
 
The ruling supports an independent arbitrator's decision that the government's
failure to pay up violated the union contract. A circuit court agreed the money
should go out.
 
The appellate ruling rejects an appeal by Illinois Attorney General Lisa
Madigan. A spokeswoman did not immediately respond.
 
The ruling instructs a circuit court to follow the arbitrator's decision.
 

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