Friday, October 05, 2012

Quinn fires AFSCME head's wife from workers' comp job

The State Journal Register reports:
Gov. Pat Quinn, who has faced relentless criticism from state employees’ largest union for withholding pay raises, boosting retiree health-insurance costs and trying to reduce pension benefits, has fired the union president’s wife from a state job as a workers’ compensation arbitrator.
The conflicted world of Illinois politics!