Vienna Correctional Center News

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Gov. Pat Quinn halted the layoff of 2,600 state employees Monday - two days before it was to take effect - after a Southern Illinois judge said it violated a union contract covering most of them.

A judge in Johnson County in southern Illinois has ruled for AFSCME in its challenge to the governor's plan to layoff 500 prison workers at the Vienna Correctional Center, but the ruling could also stop Quinn's proposal to layoff a total of 2600 state workers.A The governor has said the workers have to go to balance the state budget, but the union ...

Local prison workers are now looking to a judge to save their jobs. Gov. Pat Quinn, D-Illinois, is about to lay off 50 people from the Vienna Correctional Center, but the union said in court today those layoffs would break a promise the state made just three months ago.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees hopes a court injunction will stop job cuts at six Illinois prisons, including the Vienna Correctional Center.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees filed a lawsuit Aug.

Celebrating Labor Day at a time when a lot of local families are hoping for a pick up in the job market with the help of more stimulus money.

A hearing is scheduled next week in southern Illinois in a major union's lawsuit meant to block Illinois Gov.

A union that represents state government workers is taking its "no layoffs" plea to a judge.

Governor Pat Quinn says he's cutting state funding to the Department of Corrections in order to help balance the state's budget deficit.

Hire, don't fire. That is what two southern Illinois lawmakers say will save hundreds of prison jobs.

Hire, don't fire. That is what two southern Illinois lawmakers say will save hundreds of prison jobs.

The Illinois Department of Corrections is laying off more than 400 employeees because of budget cuts.

The Illinois Department of Corrections is laying off more than 400 employeees because of budget cuts.

VIENNA, Ill.-- A push is on to save workers about to be laid off at Vienna Correctional Center.

Fifty-one prison workers in southern Illinois will be out of a job by the end of September.

The Vienna Correctional Center is overcrowded, by more than 700 inmates according to the Department of Corrections, and union officials say there isn't enough staff to handle them safely.

More than 2,600 Illinois state workers will join the unemployment line soon. That includes 87 employees at the Vienna Correctional Center, who will be laid off in the first round of cuts.