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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 2003
Page
2
Clerks nurses and health workers led a picket over a stalled contract at Southern Seven, with pay starting at 10 000 to 11 000 a year. Officials cited limited retirement benefits and lean state funding as driving the dispute across seven counties.
Governor Blagojevich outlines a multi pronged plan to close Illinois budget holes by saving money, selling state property including the Thompson Center and leasing back, freezing construction, filling vacancies, and boosting education funding. He aims to raise per student spending by 250 dollars while shifting funds and tapping special purpose accounts.
AFSCME said health care workers at state prisons may strike Monday April 14 over a dispute with Health Professionals Limited. Wages and benefits lag state DOC pay, with 28 workers set for no raise first year and 29 for no raise second year. Contingency plans are being reviewed as nurses, dental hygienists and other specialists could walk off.
A reader report cites two errors in Tuesday’s edition: misnaming the Grant City School superintendent as William Rogers in a teacher layoffs story and misreporting the Carbondale mayoral result, noting Brad Cole defeated Maggie Flanagan by 21 votes.
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