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Health & Fitness

'Out of touch' unionized public employees strike over 14.5 percent raise

By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Watchdog

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.  —  Taxpayers in Will County have offered its public employees a hefty pay raise and are willing to pick up 90 percent of the cost for their health insurance, but that’s not good enough for members of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Local 1028.

Its 1,300 members went on strike Monday, decrying a “paltry” offer from the county that would have given workers a 14.5 percent pay hike and have taxpayers pay for the overwhelming majority of their health insurance costs.

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