Union representing Illinois state nurses has a history of prioritizing union jobs at all costs

By Mailee Smith
04/28/2017
Privatizing some medical services provided to inmates in the Illinois Department of Corrections could potentially save the state $8 million a year. But the Illinois Nurses Association has a history of doing all it can to keep taxpayers on the hook for that money – and for union jobs that might not even be necessary.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, IDOC: Illinois Department of Corrections, INA: Illinois Nurses Association, labor, unions

General Assembly passes SB 19, which would hinder care for IDOC inmates and saddle taxpayers with unnecessary costs

By Mailee Smith
04/06/2017
Senate Bill 19 could prevent the state from providing the best, most cost-effective medical services for inmates in the Illinois Department of Corrections, and it forces the state to pay for employees that may not be necessary.

TAGS: health care, IDOC: Illinois Department of Corrections, INA: Illinois Nurses Association, labor, prison, prison population

Illinois Nurses Association lobbies for HB 5104 to protect IDOC union jobs

By Mailee Smith
07/26/2016
The Illinois Nurses Association is lobbying for a bill that would force taxpayers to pay for Illinois Department of Corrections medical employees who are no longer needed and would impede the state’s ability to subcontract to improve medical services for inmates.

TAGS: AFSCME: American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, IDOC: Illinois Department of Corrections, INA: Illinois Nurses Association, unions