Illinois Lt. Governor slams proposed job cuts at the Rock Island Arsenal

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ROCK ISLAND, Illinois (KWQC) - Another prominent voice rushed to defend more than 400 proposed jobs at the Rock Island Arsenal.

Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton adds to an outcry of government officials after union leaders announced the number of cuts proposed by federal leaders at The Department of Government Efficiency.

Union leaders confirmed the proposed cuts in April.

Stratton, who also announced her bid to fill Dick Durbin’s senate seat promised to do everything she can in her current role as Lt. Governor to keep jobs in Illinois.

“The threats from Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE to cut over 400 jobs at the Rock Island Arsenal are reprehensible. These are Illinoisans who play a vital role in our national defense and are essential to the Quad Cities economy. This is a gut punch, all in the name of appeasing the vanity projects of Trump’s billionaire stooge. “Hundreds of families will be left with nowhere to go and nothing to fall back on-- families who’ve built their lives around this work, bought homes, raised children, and poured their lives into serving our country from the Arsenal. As Chair of the Military Economic Development Committee, I will do everything in my power to defend the dignity of these workers. The Pritzker-Stratton administration is ready to fight back and protect them as they’ve so dutifully protected us.”
Juliana Stratton (D) Illinois Lt. Governor

Stratton joins a bipartisan group of lawmakers from Illinois and Iowa who have tried to convince federal leaders to back off of cuts to the Arsenal. Senators Dick Durbin (D) and Chuck Grassley (R) along with Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) and Eric Sorensen (D).