Illinois state worker union members approve strike if needed

By Dave McKinney and Karen Pierog
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois could face a shutdown of its state government after its biggest labor union representing state workers said on Thursday its members overwhelmingly voted in favor of a strike.
Just over 80 percent of members voted in favor of allowing the union’s bargaining committee to call a strike if “no other path forward can be found” in reaching a new contract with the state, said Roberta Lynch, executive director of the