New Illinois AFSCME contract: 15 percent wage hike over four years

Pantagraph reports:

SPRINGFIELD -- Prison guards and other unionized state workers began voting this week on a contract proposal expected to give them raises totaling more than 15 percent over the next four years.

Although details of the proposed agreement with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees haven't been released, union members and legislative sources familiar with the pact said it includes annual wage hikes averaging 3.8 percent.