Strike Seems Likely for Judicial Center Security Guards

A strike was authorized weeks ago, and the two sides aren't much closer to a settlement, the Kane County Chronicle reports.

A strike was averted in early February, but it looks more and more like the security guards at the Kane County Judicial Center will go to the picket line, the Kane County Chronicle reports. The court security officers presented the county last with a five-day notice to strike back in the early days of February. But the negotiators met and felt they were making enough progress to postpone a walkout, according to an article in the Daily Herald. The security personnel have been working without a contract since 2008. Last week, the Policemen’s Benevolent Labor Committee rejected the "last, best" offer of Kane County put forward by Kane County Sheriff Pat Perez and the negotiating team. There are 32 security officers in the union, and it is …

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