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AFSCME 2858 case workers for the Illinois Department of Human Services held an informational protest at the largest welfare facility in the state of Illinois on Nov. 18 to underline the crisis facing the state's welfare system. There are not enough workers to process the cases, or, put another way, case
workers are given far too many cases than they can possibly handle (1200 instead of 600, the recommended number). AFSCME 2858 spokesperson Bunnie Johnson pointed out that welfare workers are like other public workers, such as bus drivers and school teachers, who are fighting cuts and layoffs, from which the public suffers as well as public workers. They hope that actions like this will be part of a general fightback growing to defend the public sector and its workforce.

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