SPRINGFIELD (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner’s State of the State speech this afternoon was heavy on his original push to weaken unions, and completely lacking any mention of the current budget impasse.

Illinois labor leaders are reacting strongly to Rauner’s continued calls for changes that would weaken unions.

In a statement Wednesday, a coalition of unions said Rauner “has been an unmitigated disaster for the working people and most vulnerable citizens of Illinois.”

The Republican governor pushed in his State of the State speech Wednesday for many of the same pro-business ideas he’s been stressing for the past year.

He also said Illinois’ largest public-worker union is pushing in contract negotiations for compensation he describes as “out-of-touch with reality.”

Rauner says he wants to focus on improving Illinois schools and offering “quality school choice options” for low-income students.

He said he wants to direct more money to elementary and high school classrooms and early childhood education. He also says he wants to hold schools “truly accountable for results.”

The Republican has been a big supporter of charter schools, which typically are not unionized and which some Democrats oppose.

But reforming Illinois schools wasn’t a big emphasis of Rauner’s first year in office.

During his speech Rauner also said lawmakers should try to fix the state’s underfunded pension system by giving Illinois workers a choice on reduced benefits.

He noted a plan he says he’s working on with Democratic Senate President John Cullerton that would give employees a choice between keeping cost-of-living increases in retirement and counting future raises when figuring retirement benefits.

But there’s disagreement about whether the plan should include a provision that takes salary increases out of the collective bargaining process. Rauner wants that, but Cullerton does not.

Both say they’re willing to continue working to agree on a measure.

Lastly, Rauner said during his speech that he wants reforms to the Illinois’ criminal justice system to reduce the prison population.

Rauner told lawmakers he wants to lower the prison population by 25 percent by 2025 by implementing suggestions from a commission he convened last year to study the issue.

He says the commissions reforms “will lead to fewer victims of crimes, a pathway back for ex-offenders, and safer communities for all.”

Illinois’ prison population has grown from 6,000 in 1974 to about 49,000 presently. The state spends $1.3 billion annually on prisons.