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September-October 2016 on the Move 3 ON THE #173 • SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2016 Illinois Council 31—American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees—AFL-CIO READY. SET. PAID AFSCME U.S. Postage U.S. Non-Profit Org VOTE! Council 31 VOTER 21st Floor Chicago, IL 60601 Chicago, AFSCME 205 N. Michigan Ave. GUIDE PAGES 8-9 AFSCME members gear up for election PAGE 3 Labor Board judge rules in state contract dispute PAGE 5 20th anniversary of strike at Anna Veterans’ Home PAGE 16 2 On the Move September-October 2016 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT On the Move AFSCME Illinois On the Move is published six times annually by Illinois Public Employees Council 31 The Big Lie theory of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO. Send correspondence to: [email protected] or: AFSCME, On the Move, 205 N. Michigan Ave., The Illinois Policy Institute plays a critical role in 21st Floor, Chicago, IL 60601 Rauner’s web of deception. Roberta Lynch, Executive Director Mike Newman, Deputy Director Nell McNamara, Editor Dolores Wilber, Designer COUNCIL 31 EXECUTIVE BOARD OFFICERS State Executive Vice-President Ralph Portwood, Stateville CC, ecently public employees all across Illinois opened their mail- Local 1866 City/County Executive Vice-President Carmin Willis-Goodloe, Cook County boxes to find a letter from a group few had ever heard of—the Hospital, Local 1111 Illinois Policy Institute—urging them to drop their AFSCME Private Sector Executive Vice President Yolanda Woods, Hope Institute R Local 2481 membership and become a Fair Share feepayer. The IPI claimed they University Executive Vice-President just wanted to help employees save the cost of paying full dues. Dorinda Miller, U of I Clericals, Local 3700 Secretary ✦ Dave Delrose, Will County, Local 1028 Treasurer Rob Fanti, Sheridan CC, Local 472 Huh? What group is so con- schools. No recognition of the Now, amidst its nonstop BOARD MEMBERS cerned with the well-being dangers faced by firefighters, insults and attacks directed at State Conference Board Co-Chairs of public employees that it police officers, correctional offi- public employees, IPI actually Gloria Arseneau, (RC-14), would spend tens of thousands cers, or other public safety per- had the gall to turn around Northeastern Illinois State Employees, Local 2794 BY of dollars in mailing costs just sonnel who put themselves at and send many of those same Gary Ciaccio (RC-9), Shapiro, DC to help them out? risk to protect us. No acknowl- employees that slick mailer, Local 29 ROBERTA LYNCH Kathy Lane, (RC-63), Northwestern Definitely not the Illinois edgement of the responsibility dripping with concern for their Illinois State Employees, Policy Institute. borne by child protective inves- well-being and urging them to Local 448 Founded in 2002, the IPI tigators, disability caregivers, drop out of the union. kicked into a higher gear when public health monitors, or What they fail to mention is REGION I VICE-PRESIDENTS (Cook and Lake Counties) Bruce Rauner became gover- others on whom human lives that if enough workers quit the Safiya Felters, Department of Healthcare nor. Now they serve as an echo depend. And certainly, not even union, there will no longer be a and Family Services, Local 2854 chamber for Rauner’s goals like a shred of appreciation for the union—exactly what Bruce Raun- Ellen Larrimore, Northeastern Illinois University, Local 1989 driving down public employ- countless public servants who er and IPI want to see happen. Stephen Mittons, Department of Children ee wages, ending pensions, perform the essential functions Fighting back against the and Family Services, Local 2081 outsourcing public services, that make our communities IPI attack is up to all of us. You John Rayburn, Chicago Public Library, FIGHTING BACK Local 1215 and shielding rich people from happen every day—the garbage can start by tossing their decep- Kobie Robinson, Cook County Assessor’s AGAINST THE taxes. And they know the only collectors, snow plow drivers, tive mailers in the trash. As Office, Local 3835 way to achieve that agenda is by highway maintainers, water always, read your union bulle- Crosby Smith, Ludeman Developmental ILLINOIS POLICY Center, Local 2645 eradicating unions in our state. technicians, and so many more. tins and attend your local union INSTITUTE’S The IPI’s role in Rauner’s Instead you will find meetings. And visit AFSCME31. REGION II VICE-PRESIDENTS web is to demonize government there—and in countless org/TheRealIPI to get the facts (Northern Illinois) ATTACKS IS UP Garry Cacciapaglia, City of Rockford, in general and public employees reports, op-eds and media and watch a new video that Local 1058 TO ALL OF US. in particular by wielding phony messages—an effort to por- exposes their true agenda. Then Carlene Erno, Department of Children statistics and distorted facts tray public employees as lazy, spread the word by talking to and Family Services, Local 2615 in an endless stream of fake useless human beings who your co-workers, telling your Tom Minick, Moline Schools, Local 672 Ruby Robinson, Collar Counties State “research” reports, newspaper are doing nothing more than family members, and sharing Employees, Local 2833 columns, web videos and media trying to rip off and game the these resources with your Face- Yurvette Simmons, United Cerebral Palsy of Will County, Local 3237 commentaries. system. They’ve got a mock- book friends, so they know the Like Rauner they are firm ing little video that portrays truth, too. REGION III VICE-PRESIDENTS believers in the Big Lie theory a state employee as someone But being aware and stay- (Central Illinois) Mark Kerr, McFarland Zone Center, of mass communication: Take who seems to have no actual ing informed are only half the Local 2767 any fake fact—for example, job assignment while looking battle. We have to take action. Gary Kroeschel, Sangamon County that Illinois state workers are for every possible way to avoid And the fall election is right in State Employees, Local 2224 Matt Lukow, Springfield Area the nation’s highest paid, or doing any work. front of us. You can bet the IPI State Employees, Local 1964 that AFSCME is asking for a $3 And that’s not all. The Illi- is engaged, trying to elect more David Morris, Illinois State Employees, billion raise in state contract nois Policy Institute has created Rauner puppets and defeat leg- Local 805 Steve Nordyke, Department of negotiations—and repeat it its own media outlets—the islators who stand with working Healthcare and Family Services, nonstop in the hope that it will Illinois News Network, which people. Local 2600 Trudy Williams, Fulton County Sheriff’s eventually appear to be true. provides stories free of charge Rauner’s providing the big Dept. & Courthouse, Local 3433 What motivates their fierce to newspapers, and the Illinois money—more than $20 million animosity to public services Radio Network, which does the for Republican legislators who REGION IV VICE-PRESIDENTS and the employees who provide same for broadcast stations—to will back up his anti-worker (Southern Illinois) Chris Milton, Madison County, them? The IPI is a secretive inject its biased views into the agenda in the General Assembly. Local 799 group, refusing to reveal its mainstream. And next month We can’t match his millions. But Cary Quick, Choate MH/DC, Local 141 Mike Turner, Southern Illinois sources of income, but media they’re scheduled to release an we can take our message directly Department of Corrections, Local 415 reports have unmasked backers hour-long “documentary” film to our fellow voters by reaching Tim Worker, Vandalia CC, Local 993 including Bruce Rauner and the smearing House Speaker Mike out in our communities. Koch Brothers. Madigan. If the prospect of the IPI TRUSTEES Stephen Howerter, Canton Correctional Nowhere on the IPI website They even control a law and Bruce Rauner hand-picking Center Employees, Local 3585 does one find any recognition of firm, the Liberty Justice Center, the members of the General Miguel Vazquez, Aurora Sanitary District, the array of difficult, demanding that has provided legal repre- Assembly makes you shud- Local 3297 and severely under-resourced sentation in lawsuits aimed at der—and it should—then visit RETIREE CHAPTER 31 REPRESENTATIVE jobs public employees perform. instituting anti-union “right-to- AFSCME31.org/ReadySetVote Larry Brown No appreciation for teach- work” schemes at the local gov- today to volunteer to help stop ers who spend their own money ernment level and aiding Raun- the Rauner/IPI takeover of our for supplies in underfunded er’s efforts to end fair share. democracy. September-October 2016 On the Move 3 AFSCME members gear up for election Local union delegates chart path forward for working families undreds of delegates from local unions across Illinois came together for the HAFSCME PEOPLE Conference on August 27 to chart a winning strategy for working fami- lies in the November elections. ✦ PEOPLE, an acronym for Duckworth over incumbent Public Employees Organized to Sen. Mark Kirk in that critical Promote Legislative Equality, contest, which could help to is AFSCME’s political arm. The determine control of the conference capped a months- U.S. Senate. long grassroots process in which “It is imperative to the local union and retiree delegates future of the labor movement in all 11 PEOPLE regions state- that we elect candidates who wide met to review legislative will nominate and confirm voting records and responses to Supreme Court justices who the union’s candidate question- support workers’ rights and a naire, as well as conduct candi- fair economy,” AFSCME Council date interviews. 31 Director of Political Rela- The recommendations tions John Cameron told con- from those regional meetings ference delegates. were submitted to the statewide “While the Friedrichs AFSCME Council 31 PEOPLE delegates listen to remarks by Sen.
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