Quinn drops union chief's wife from state job
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. Pat Quinn has fired a workers' compensation arbitrator who is married to the head of a major state-employees union.
Jacqueline Kinnaman had been an arbitrator since 2004. She is married to Henry Bayer, executive director for Council 31 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
The union is battling Quinn over salaries, layoffs and retirement benefits.
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