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Rauner backs off IDOC nurse layoffs
By randolphcountyheraldtribune.com
Published: 05/01/2017

The Illinois Department of Corrections has notified the Illinois Nurses Association that it has withdrawn its plan to lay off 124 nurses - including 13 at Menard Correctional Center in Chester - in favor of continued negotiations with the union.

According to the Associated Press, IDOC spokeswoman Nicole Wilson said the INA has been informed that the nurses would not be removed on June 15, a deadline previously established by Ed Jackson - chief of Labor Relations in Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration - in a letter to the union dated March 18.

Wilson told the AP that IDOC officials are available to meet anytime, but INA representatives are unavailable until May 8. In a written statement, the union stated that while the news was welcome, it wasn't clear what the IDOC intends with its decision.

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