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April-May 2015 on the Move 1 O N T H E #165 • APRIL-MAY 2015 Illinois Council 31—American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees—AFL-CIO PAID AFSCME U.S. Postage Non-Profit Org Defending public services Resisting Rauner’s bare-bones budget See pages 8-9 2 On the Move April-May 2015 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT On the Move AFSCME Illinois On the Move is published 6 times annually by Illinois Public Employees Council The twisted logic 31 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO. Send correspondence to: of arm-twisting [email protected] or: AFSCME, On the Move, 205 N. Michigan Ave., 21st Floor, Chicago, IL 60601 Roberta Lynch, Executive Director Mike Newman, Deputy Director David Miller, Editor Dolores Wilber, Designer Gov. Rauner’s trying to compel elected officials to ignore the will of Council 31 Executive Board Officers CITY/COUNTY EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT their constituents and the needs of their communities. Carmin Willis-Goodloe, Cook County Hospital, Local 1111 PRIVATE SECTOR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Yolanda Woods, Hope Institute Local 2481 UNIVERSITY EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Dorinda Miller, U of I Clericals, Local 3700 their constituents, not to the SECRETARY Pat Ousley, Department of ruce Rauner recently boasted that big poobah in Springfield. Employment Security, Local 1006 Illinois’ fiscal crisis provides him with Political blackmail isn’t going TREASURER to fly with them. Rob Fanti, Sheridan CC, Local 472 “leverage” to force the changes he Hopefully, it will be reject- B Board Members ed just as decisively by members wants to make. S TATE CONFERENCE BOARD CO-CHAIRS of the state legislature, where Gloria Arseneau, (RC-14), Rauner’s also trying his hand at Northeastern Illinois State Employees, w Local 2794 BUT, TRUTH IS, THERE’S A MIGHTY workers, eliminating the pre- strong-arming. His budget plan Kathy Lane, (RC-63), FINE LINE BETWEEN “LEVERAGE” vailing wage for construction makes massive cuts to essential Northwestern Illinois State Employees, Local 448 AND POLITICAL BLACKMAIL – AND workers and taking away bar- services for vulnerable individu- the evidence suggests the gover- gaining rights from public als, including autism treatment REGION I VICE-PRESIDENTS (COOK AND LAKE COUNTIES) nor has galloped right across it. employees. programs, indigent burials, Safiya Felters, Department of Health- Look at what’s happening The governor claims his breast cancer screening, smok- care and Family Services, Local 2854 in villages, cities and counties program to eliminate unions ing cessation, and assistance for Ellen Larrimore, Northeastern Illinois statewide. The “change” the and drive down workers’ wages children with complex medical University, Local 1989 Steve Mittons, Department of Children BY governor says he wants is the would improve the economic needs. Next on the chopping and Family Services, Local 2081 ROBERTA LYNC H end of all union membership. prospects of local communities, block would be treatment for John Rayburn, Chicago Public Library, Most state legislators are reluc- but there’s little evidence to the mentally ill, community dis- Local 1215 Kobie Robinson, Cook County Asses- tant to back such a brazen back him up. In fact, states with ability services, programs for sor’s Office, Local 3835 assault on workers’ rights. So similar policies on average have homeless youth, health care REGION II VICE-PRESIDENTS the governor is focused on significantly lower household assistance and more. (NOTHERN ILLINOIS) twisting the arms of local gov- income, higher rates of work- But here’s where that Garry Cacciapaglia, city of Rockford, Local 1058 ernments – many of them very place fatalities, less access to blackmail dressed up as “lever- Gary Ciaccio, Shapiro DC, Local 29 WITH A LITTLE small and virtually defenseless – health care and higher levels of age” comes in. Rauner has Dave Delrose, Will County, Local 1028 to compel them to back his poverty. And even the Cham- strongly hinted that if lawmak- Ralph Portwood, Stateville CC, Local 1866 HELP FROM union demolition schemes. ber of Commerce has said that ers will back state legislation to Ruby Robinson, Illinois State Employ- UNION It’s a clever scheme. First, Illinois doesn’t need “right-to- drive down workers’ wages and ees, Local 2833 Gov. Rauner put forth a FY 16 work” to compete with neigh- weaken unions, he’ll support Yurvette Simmons, United Cerebral Palsy of Will County, Local 3237 MEMBERS, budget plan that cuts state boring states. new revenue to mitigate the funding for local governments The good news – very good draconian service cuts. That’s a REGION III VICE- PRESIDENTS MANY LOCAL by 50 percent. That’s a lot of news – is that, with a little help devil’s bargain if ever there was (CENTRAL ILLINOIS) Mark Kerr, McFarland Zone Center, OFFICIALS ARE dollars gone from governmen- from union members, many one. Local 2767 tal bodies that have few rev- local officials are refusing to It’s playing poker with Gary Kroeschel, Sangamon County enue alternatives outside the bow to the governor’s tactics. In human lives as the chips: Indi- State Employees, Local 2224 REFUSING TO Matt Lukow, Springfield Area State politically-fraught path of rais- more than two dozen cities and viduals with autism, desperately Employees, Local 1964 BOW TO THE ing property taxes. A 50 per- counties, union members have ill children on feeding tubes, David Morris, Illinois State Employees, Local 805 cent cut in state funding would packed board and council families who can’t afford to GOVERNOR’S Steve Nordyke, Department of Health- cost Aurora more than $9 mil- meetings, presenting powerful bury a loved one, all these and care and Family Services, Local 2600 lion, Belleville more than $2 testimony about the damage more will be made to suffer Trudy Williams, Fulton County Sheriffs TACTICS. Dept. & Courthouse, Local 3433 million, Bloomington some “right-to-work” zones would do unless the General Assembly $3.7 million, Galesburg $1.5 to their jobs and communities. caves in to the governor’s REGION IV VICE-PRESIDENTS million – and the list goes on. In some areas, local offi- demands for legislation that (S OUTHERN ILLINOIS) Chris Milton, Madison County, After sowing panic, he cials are flat-out refusing to chops away at the rights, bene- Local 799 began travelling the state to even consider the resolution, fits and income of Illinois work- Duane Montgomery, Metro-East State promote his so-called “turn- insisting on the right to set ers. Employees, Local 1805 Cary Quick, Choate MH/DC, Local 141 around” agenda. The message their own agenda. The Dixon If elected officials in the Mike Turner, Southern Illinois Depart- to local government officials City Council adopted an alter- tiny town of Pecatonica, or in ment of Corrections, Local 415 was clear – to have any hope of native resolution that explicitly the Republican stronghold of Trustees getting their funding restored, rejects Rauner’s program. And Naperville, or in far downstate Carlene Erno, Illinois State Employees, they would have to pass a reso- Joliet’s newly elected mayor, Vandalia, or in numerous other Local 2615 Tom Minick, Moline Board of lution backing the governor’s Bob O’Dekirk, strongly criti- local governments across the Education, Local 672 agenda. To help them along, he cized the governor’s scheme, state can find the courage to Miguel Vasquez, Aurora Sanitary gave them a copy of the resolution saying “Union wages support stand up to Rauner, we can cer- District, Local 3297 and insisted they couldn’t change every business in Joliet while tainly insist that our state legis- Retiree Chapter 31 Representative a word. corporate profits of non-union lators do the same. With every- Larry Brown Despite Illinois’ budget companies may never find their one, including the governor, all challenges, Rauner has devoted way back into our economy.” too aware that new revenues much of his time to bopping While some local govern- are urgently needed to restore around the state on his disin- ments, usually very small ones, Illinois to economic health, formation mission, pushing for have passed Rauner’s resolu- let’s make sure those revenues support for his ‘turnaround tion, growing numbers of local are found without offering up agenda”– ”right-to-work” zones, elected officials are demonstrat- our state’s working families as cutting benefits to injured ing that their commitment is to this season’s sacrificial lambs. On the Move April-May 2015 3 AFSCME members turn down “turnaround agenda” he trial run for agenda, his scheme to bring “right-to-work” to Illinois Gov. Bruce through “empowerment Rauner’s zones,” has drawn especially T strong criticism from working extreme, anti-worker people. agenda is showing “I kind of think the gover- that the labor move- nor’s trying to put the onus ment is ready to on the local governments to do the dirty work for him and stand up and oppose get a feel for how the munici- attempts to weaken palities in the state want to the middle class in pursue this,” said Tony Miller, President of Local 1514, Illinois. which represents Aurora city w employees. Miller lives in IN FRONT OF COUNTY BOARDS, Oswego, which was the first CITY COUNCILS AND VILLAGE government body to take up BOARDS, MEMBERS OF AFSCME Rauner’s resolution. and other unions have turned Miller said “right-to-work” AFSCME was well-represented among more than 300 union members who turned out to oppose was nothing more than an out on short notice to let Rauner’s resolution in Livingston County. elected officials know the gov- attempt to divert more wealth ernor’s ideas aren’t welcome and power into the hands of in their communities. the elite. Rauner is pushing local has real problems, but the government meetings to con- got a strong message.
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