AFSCME Council 31 is the Illinois state-level council of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) government worker union, the largest union for government workers other than teachers in the United States and the largest member union of the AFL-CIO labor federation.

Council 31 has spent millions on state politics as well as a large amount of money in the 2008 federal election. All of the money Council 31’s PAC spent in 2008 assisted the Democratic Party. 0){ let parent=divs[divs.length-1].parentNode; let footer=divs[divs.length-1]; delete divs[divs.length-1]; for (let i=2; i