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1. Money and Influence in the Chicago City Council.

Author

Hennessy, Cari Lynn

Subjects
*CAMPAIGN funds, *CITY council members, *LIVING wage movement, *BIG box stores, *POLITICAL participation of labor unions, *MUNICIPAL ordinances, *TWENTY-first century, CHICAGO (Ill.) politics & government
Abstract

This paper examines the impact of campaign spending on the 2006 vote of the Chicago City Council on a proposed living-wage ordinance for big-box retailers. It finds that some aldermen supported the ordinance, despite the strong opposition of Mayor Richard M. Daley and their own private reservations, because labor unions were preparing to spend huge sums of money to unseat aldermen who voted against the proposal. Further analysis of campaign contributions in the 2007 election indicates that spending by labor unions was indeed instrumental in defeating aldermen who opposed the ordinance. The results demonstrate that campaign spending can influence policy decisions at the local level, particularly when an interest group is capable of spending enough money to make a difference in the upcoming election. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2013
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2. SEIU, UFCW, and Teamsters Add Members in July.

Subjects
HEALTH facilities, NURSING care facilities
Abstract

The article reports that some 370 nursing home workers in four states joined the Service Employees International Union in July 2005. The union won elections in a unit of 110 nurses' aides and other support staff at Kettle Brook Care Center in Connecticut, among 85 aides and support staff at Lake Mary Health and Rehabilitation Center in Florida, among 70 caregivers at Vista Nursing and Rehabilitation in Florida, and among 55 service staff members at the Beverly Enterprises-owned Northcrest Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Ohio. Fifty employees at the Rose Garden Care Center in Illinois won voluntary recognition from their employer. A total of 270 workers voted to join the United Food and Commercial Workers in July.

Published
2003

3. Chicago building settlement.

Author

Cimini, Michael H. and Muhl, Charles J.

Subjects
ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc., COLLECTIVE labor agreements in service industries
Abstract

Provides information on two master contracts signed by the Chicago Building Owners and Managers Association (CBOMA) and Local 25 of the Service Employees International Union. Wage increases; Rates for new hires; Health and welfare trust fund contributions.

Published
1994

5. A booster shot for uninsured.

Author

Klein, Sarah A.

Subjects
HOSPITALS, MEDICAL care, HEALTH insurance, SOCIETIES
Abstract

Hospitals in Illinois are hammering out a plan to provide free or discounted care to the uninsured. Families without health insurance and with incomes up to $18,850 a year could get free medical care under a deal the Illinois Hospital Association will propose to the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Moreover, SEIU is pushing a bill in Springfield that would force hospitals to provide services at cost to anyone who makes less than $27,930 per year and requires discounts for families making as much as $75,400 per year.

Published
2004

6. Skeptics Challenge Conventional Wisdom of Emanuel as No. 1 in Mayoral Race.

Author

DUMKE, MICK

Subjects
*MAYORS
Abstract

Chicago is abuzz with talk about Rahm Emanuel's expected entrance into the wide-open mayor's race, with rumors swirling about when he might head back to town to formally open a campaign. Not everyone likes the idea of Mayor Emanuel. Leaders of the Service Employees International Union, which has spent millions of dollars supporting candidates in recent elections, have been telling reporters and elected officials that Mr. Emanuel, the current White House chief of staff, is several notches below the bottom of their list of mayoral contenders. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2010

7. Acorn Woes Hit Union, Democrats.

Author

MAHER, KRIS

Subjects
*CAMPAIGN funds, *POLITICAL participation of labor unions
Abstract

The article reports on the pressure being faced by Democratic lawmakers in several U.S. states from Republicans to distance themselves from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) due to its relations with Acorn. Democrats who are backed by unions were called upon by Republicans in Kansas, Virginia and Illinois to return SEIU campaign contributions. Acorn has been criticized after some of its members were caught on video offering pieces of advice on evading taxes.

Published
2009

8. SEIU Spends $250,000 On Ads For Feigenholtz.

Subjects
POLITICAL campaigns
Abstract

The article reports on the $250,000 advertising campaigns paid by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in support of Democratic state Rep. Sara Feigenholtz aired in Illinois' 5th District.

Published
2009

9. Illinois Scandal Spotlights SEIU's Use of Political Tactics.

Author

MAHER, KRIS and KEMODEL, DAVID

Subjects
*LABOR unions
Abstract

The article focuses on the use of political tactics by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in the scandal involving Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. SEIU has grown rapidly by organizing home-health-care workers, which is often backed by state governors and lawmakers who received donations from the group. SEIU president Andy Stern denied links with the action of Blagojevich as their organization of Illinois home-health-care workers started in 1998, way before Blagojevich was elected.

Published
2008

10. Order Highlights Close Ties With SEIU.

Author

MAHER, KRIS and KESMODEL, DAVID

Subjects
*EXECUTIVE orders, *HOME care services, *POLITICAL corruption
Abstract

This article reports that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was preparing to issue an executive order that would have allowed union organizing of home care workers. The executive order was never signed because of the arrest of Blagojevich for corruption charges. It is noted that the existence of the order illustrates the close ties between the governor and the Service Employees International Union.

Published
2008

11. Blagojevich and Union Have Longstanding Ties.

Author

ANSBERRY, CLARE and Brat, Ilan

Subjects
*CRIMINAL investigation, *POLITICAL corruption, *ACTIONS & defenses (Law), *GOVERNMENT policy, ILLINOIS state politics & government, 1951-
Abstract

The article reports on the criminal investigation on the allegation that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has approached the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) seeking assistance in a pay-for-play scheme involving the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. It was alleged that Blagojevich spoke with an SEIU official about the Senate seat, and he brokered a deal in which a union job will be given to him in exchange for naming a labor-friendly senator to the post. The statement of the SEIU about the investigation is presented.

Published
2008

12. Machinations.

Author

Hinz, Greg

Subjects
POLITICAL organizations, ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc., COUNTY budgets
Abstract

The article presents information related to two political organizations of Chicago, Illinois. The first is the Cook County Regular Democratic Organization and other is the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). The Cook County Regular Democratic Organization kept power over the county budget in late February 2007 only because of last-second help from-of all people-county board Republicans. The SEIU is making things interesting in Daley Inc.'s Chicago City Council subsidiary.

Published
2007

13. Advocate Health Sued.

Author

Shields, Yvette

Subjects
ACTIONS & defenses (Law), ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc., MEDICAL care, SOCIAL groups
Abstract

The article reports on the lawsuit filed by the group Save Bethany and local Service Employees International Union against the Advocate Health Care in Cook County Circuit Court in Cook County, Illinois. The lawsuit charges that the care system is improperly seeking to invest more money in its facilities serving affluent suburbs and shorting its services in poorer, urban neighborhoods.

Published
2006

14. Union blues.

Author

Hinz, Greg

Subjects
LABOR laws, LEGISLATIVE bills
Abstract

The article reports that the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) of Chicago, Illinois, has been rebuffed in Democratic-dominated Springfield, Illinois on a key bill. At issue is a proposed "displaced workers act," which regional SEIU President Tom Balanoff likens to the federal plant-closure notification law. As originally drafted, it would require that janitors, guards and maintenance workers get 90 days to prove their worth when the buildings where they work change hands, rather than be summarily fired by the new owners, which is what often happens now.

Published
2005

15. Reese employees to take strike vote.

Subjects
ILLINOIS, CHICAGO (Ill.), UNITED States, MICHAEL Reese Hospital & Medical Center, SERVICE Employees International Union
Abstract

Reports on the plan of about 900 workers at Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center to take a strike authorization vote in the first week of February 1995. Expiration of a three-year contract between Michael Reese and Local 73 of the Service Employees International Union.

Published
1995

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