Two dozen staffers in Illinois House Speaker Welch’s office said they intend to unionize in a bid for higher wages and better benefits.
Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch leaves the House floor on April 19, 2023, at the Illinois Capitol building in Springfield.
The staffers, members of the newly formed Illinois Legislative Staff Association, issued a statement on Twitter saying that since Welch, a Democrat from Hillside, became speaker in early 2021, “it has been more of the same for his legislative employees.”“Many employees struggle to pay their bills, are forced to work overtime hours with little compensation, and work extra jobs to make ends meet,” the association said in a statement.
The House staffers, who work in legislature, research and appropriations roles for Welch, asked his chief of staff and chief counsel several times to be recognized as a union but were refused, according to the association.
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