9 May 2016
AFSCME Sub-chapter 161
Dear member:
We will meet again at Ruby Tuesdays Restaurant at 5203 Old Orchard Road, Skokie, IL on Wednesday, 11th of May. The meeting starts at 11 AM.
Note that this is the second Wednesday of the month rather than the usual third Wednesday. Our guest speaker is Mr. David Amerson, Council 31 retiree coordinator.
For now, the only working address for our website is:
Afscmeretirees161.wordpress.com
Sincerely,
Charlie Hogan
18 April 2016
AFSCME Sub-chapter 161
Dear member:
We will meet again at Ruby Tuesdays Restaurant at 5203 Old Orchard Road, Skokie, IL on Wednesday, 20th of April. The meeting starts at 11 AM.
Our guest speaker is Mr. David Amerson, Council 31 retiree coordinator.
Go to our website for some additional information at The Switchboard. For now, the only working address for our website is:
afscmeretirees161.wordpress.com
Sincerely,
Charlie Hogan
13 March 2016
AFSCME Sub-chapter 161
Dear member:
We will meet again at Ruby Tuesdays Restaurant at 5203 Old Orchard Road, Skokie, IL on Wednesday, 16th of March. The meeting starts at 11 AM.
Our guest speaker is Mr. Tom Judd, an organizer with Congresswoman Jan Schakowski’s political team. He wants to tell us about their work in preparing for the November elections.
In the last email, I spoke of preparing for a tough election fight. If you have been following Rauner’s roll out of lies in the media, you know we have to respond. We’ll need a fact sheet every member can use. We’ll want to discuss it and plan how to use it individually and in group activities.
I am preparing a list of sources that I have used. Feel free to bring sources and ideas to this meeting. We will use it as part of our effort to build a active membership through person-to-person efforts and alliances with other organizations.
For now, the only working address for our website is:
afscmeretirees161.wordpress.com
Sincerely,
Charlie Hogan
A new item, The Switchboard, has been added to the menu for our site (see black strip beneath the green and white “AFSCME Retirees” banner at top of this page). Clicking on the menu item will open The Switchboard page. Here you will find information or announcements that may be of interest to our members. Materials or links must be approved for posting on The Switchboard by the executive board but are not necessarily endorsed by the board.
14 February 2016
AFSCME Sub-chapter 161
Dear member:
We will meet again at Ruby Tuesdays Restaurant at 5203 Old Orchard Road, Skokie, IL on Wednesday, 17th February. The meeting starts at 11 AM.
This meeting’s speaker is Mr. Tony Tovar of Oak Street Health. His organization offers services to seniors living in the north Chicago and Evanston areas.
See you there.
Sincerely,
Charlie Hogan
13 January 2016
AFSCME Sub-chapter 161
Dear member:
We will meet again at Ruby Tuesdays Restaurant at 5203 Old Orchard Road, Skokie, Il. on Wednesday, 20th of January. The meeting starts at 11 AM.
This meeting’s speaker is Judge Gerald Esrig. He will be addressing the importance of the Judges we’ll elect in November. While we know the career histories of state legislators and governors, few of us are familiar with the career track of lawyers who are elected or appointed to the bench.
Since Senate Bill 1 became a law and was overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court, retirees have had a dramatic lesson in the role played by the courts.
Six of us attended the political conference in Springfield on January 9th. We will have a report and provide papers from the workshop.
Sincerely,
Charlie Hogan
14 December 2015
AFSCME Sub-chapter 161
Dear member:
We will meet again at Ruby Tuesdays Restaurant at 5203 Old Orchard Road, Skokie, Il. on Wednesday, 16th December. The meeting starts at 11 AM.
This meeting’s speaker is one of Congresswoman Jan Schakowski’s staff. He will be speaking about the importance of national issues affecting seniors.
See you there.
Sincerely,
Charlie Hogan
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AFSCME Retirees, Council 31, Subchapter 161
Intrachapter Communications Committee
https://afscmeretirees161.wordpress.com/
John Metz, Chairman
16 November 2015
AFSCME Sub-chapter 161
Dear member:
We will meet again at Ruby Tuesdays Restaurant at 5203 Old Orchard Road, Skokie, IL on Wednesday, 18th of November. The meeting starts at 11 AM.
Jason Kay will be our guest speaker. Mr. Kay is one of Council 31’s lobbyists. He is part of Council 31’s political staff. This month’s meeting will be focusing on PEOPLE and the retiree role in the upcoming election year. Jason has been involved in Council 31’s political efforts in Springfield for a number of years. I’ve asked him to share his perspective on what’s happened and what we need to be doing in order to support Council 31’s work to protect our pensions and benefits.
This will be a working meeting for members. We have unfinished election work. During the open discussion period, I will be listening for ideas of what we can do as political activists during 2016.
We need ideas for continuing our effort to build a active membership through person -to-person efforts and alliances with other organizations. I will bring materials from the recent conference as discussion aides.
Sincerely,
Charlie Hogan
9 September 2015
AFSCME Sub-chapter 161
Dear member:
We will meet again at Ruby Tuesdays Restaurant at 5203 Old Orchard Road, Skokie, Il. on Wednesday, 16th September. The meeting starts at 11 AM.
The business of this meeting is twofold: 1) Election of officers, executive board members, and trustees. 2) With the failure of the Illinois House vote to override the Governor Rauner’s veto of SB1229, there is a probability of a lockout or strike.
In our last meeting. Ms Jo Patton, of Council 31’s staff, laid out the the hostile actions of the governor’s bargaining team during the current negotiations. With the defeat of SB1229’s override vote, Council 31 and AFSCME Retiree Council 31 have decided on a joint course of action.
The bargaining team will continue to bargain for a contract acceptable to the state workers covered by the master contract. Our Union will fight, hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst (impasse and lockout). When this happens, the retirees will have a role in this fight.
The second piece of business will be a discussion of how we can re-tool and apply past and current work to this threat.
There are no winners in a strike. Economically, it will touch all of us. Our goal will be to prepare to deter the strike if we can, and help our union prevail if it happens. The purpose of deterrence is to tell your adversary that his chances of success are exceedingly slim to none at all.
Sincerely,
Charles Hogan, President
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