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IL: AFSCME sues again to stop Pontiac prison closure

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

AFSCME sues again to stop Pontiac prison closure Sat. November 08, 2008; Posted: 04:44 AM PONTIAC, Nov 08, 2008 (The Pantagraph - McClatchy-Tribune Widening its effort to stop the closure of Pontiac Correctional Center, the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees filed a second lawsuit against the state on Friday. AFSCME argues state officials failed to meet their legal obligation to bargain with the union before implementing layoffs and job transfers related to the closure. It asks a Livingston County judge to halt the closure, which is scheduled to be completed by Dec. 31, until the bargaining issue is settled. "The Blagojevich Administration has ignored safety, economics and plain common sense in its rush to close Pontiac," said AFSCME Council 31 Executive Director Henry Bayer in a statement issued Friday...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on November 10, 2008 (boomark / email).