SPRINGFIELD – Gov. Pat Quinn has fired a workers' compensation arbitrator who is married to the head of a union battling him over salaries, layoffs and pensions.

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 (Springfield) State Journal-Register (http://bit.ly/R3Qy8r ) reported Friday that Kinnaman and AFSCME said they have no "direct knowledge" to suggest the firing was a jab at her husband.