Editorial: Illinois Unions Are Miffed at Springfield Democrats Who Usually Do Their Bidding. That’s a Positive. – Chicago Tribune*

Editorial: Illinois unions are miffed at Springfield Democrats who usually do their bidding. That’s a positive. – Chicago Tribune*

"A hefty chunk of Illinois’ budgetary woes, which at Gov. JB Pritzker’s urging have kept lawmakers in recent sessions from enacting many new programs and passing progressive new policies, are tied directly to the legislature’s past bending of the knee to unions. Those lamentable prior actions, of course, include overly generous pension benefits for state workers and public school teachers."

Editorial: Illinois unions are miffed at Springfield Democrats who usually do their bidding. That’s a positive.

Illinois union leaders are throwing a hissy at Springfield Democrats over their lack of action on labor's agenda. That counts as good news.