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Public employees, therefore had to be careful with political allegiances; campaigning for a loser would result in demotion, firing, or transfer, while neutrality could result in a stagnant career advancement. [1] [2] [3] Shakman, then an attorney, ran for a public position outside of the Cook County Democratic Party and lost. He was distressed ...
Shakman was a reform Democrat. He and the other plaintiffs objected to the support the incumbent Democratic candidates received from public employees which were mandatory for those desiring to keep their jobs. Shakman felt that it was a violation of employee rights and free elections, and an abuse of public funds. [1] [2] [3]
The state and the nation's largest union of public employees will head to court over an arbitrator's decision that Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner was within his rights to order the layoffs of more than 150 state workers last year. [10] The state filed a suit before a Sangamon County, Illinois judge to uphold the arbitrator's ruling. AFSCME Council ...
Columbus city employee claims federal rights violations. Council OKs $95,000 settlement. Mark Rice. October 28, 2024 at 10:11 AM.
Texas Department of Public Safety, 597 U.S. 580 (2022), was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) and state sovereign immunity. In a 5–4 decision issued in June 2022, the Court ruled that state sovereign immunity does not prevent states from being sued ...
An employee with the Illinois comptroller's office has been fired after she posted vulgar antisemitic comments on social media during an exchange about the latest Israel-Hamas war.
Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois, 497 U.S. 62 (1990), was a United States Supreme Court decision that held that the First Amendment forbids a government entity from basing its decision to promote, transfer, recall, or hire low-level public employees based upon their party affiliation. [1]
Nursing home violations announced The Illinois Department of Public Health announced that it has posted the 2024 Third Quarter Report of Nursing Home Violations. Four facilities, two in Chicago ...