The next AFSCME Retirees Subchapter 161 Members Meeting will take place on Wednesday, February 21, 2024. The meeting will occur at Sweet Basil Cafe, 5203 Old Orchard Road, Skokie, IL 60077. The meeting will begin at noon. Attendees may arrive as early as 11:30 and should order food before the meeting begins (click here to view Sweet Basil Cafe menu).
Our speaker, starting at 12 noon, will be Laurice Bell, Executive Director, Shorefront Legacy Center (www.shorefrontlegacy.org). She will be speaking on Unions and the Civil Rights movement.
The next AFSCME Retirees Subchapter 161 Members Meeting will take place on Wednesday, January 17, 2024. The meeting will occur at Sweet Basil Cafe, 5203 Old Orchard Road, Skokie, IL 60077. The meeting will begin at noon. Attendees may arrive as early as 11:30 and should order food before the meeting begins (click here to view Sweet Basil Cafe menu.
The agenda will include discussion of campaigns on prescriptions, long-term care reform, the Chicago housing referendum and AFSCME candidate endorsements.
The next AFSCME Retirees Subchapter 161 Members Meeting will take place on Wednesday, December 20, 2023. After a short business session there will be music by Andrew Carson, with other entertainment and socializing.
The meeting will occur at Sweet Basil Cafe, 5203 Old Orchard Road, Skokie, IL 60077. The meeting will begin at noon. Attendees may arrive as early as 11:30 and should order food before the meeting begins (click here to view Sweet Basil Cafe menu.
The next AFSCME Retirees Subchapter 161 Members Meeting will take place on Wednesday, November 25, 2023. The meeting will occur at Sweet Basil Cafe, 5203 Old Orchard Road, Skokie, IL 60077. The meeting will begin at noon. Attendees may arrive as early as 11:30 and should order food before the meeting begins (click here to view Sweet Basil Cafe menu). Members who attend will be eligible for a drawing for a complimentary lunch. There will be no Zoom for this meeting,
AGENDA:
1-Roll call
2-Minutes/Old Business
3-Treasurer’s Report/Expenses
4-Report on issues to defend the rights of nursing home residents and employees. Visit to Senator Don Harmon’s Office,9:30 am, Thursday, 11/16.
6-Illinois Labor History Society Dinner, Friday, December 8, 5 pm. Update on plans.
7-Report on Citizen Action Dinner, Friday, November 10, 5 pm.
8-Speaker at November Membership Meeting, Dr. Peter Gann on Medicare and Medicare Advantage. Dr. Gann is Professor in the Department of Pathology and Program Leader for the Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention Program of the University of Illinois Chicago.
9-Plans for December Membership Holiday Meeting. Singer and musician Andrew Carson is available. Other ideas.
10-Report on Northwestern Accountability Alliance.
The AFSCME Retiree Convention and AFSCME Council 31 Conventionue require a rescheduling of our usual practice of meeting on the third Wednesday of a month.
The next AFSCME Retirees Subchapter 161 Members Meeting will take place on Wednesday, October 25, 2023. The meeting will occur at Sweet Basil Cafe, 5203 Old Orchard Road, Skokie, IL 60077. The meeting will begin at noon. Attendees may arrive as early as 11:30 and should order food before the meeting begins (click here to view Sweet Basil Cafe menu). Members who attend will be eligible for a drawing for a complimentary lunch. There will be no Zoom for this meeting,
AGENDA (revised, 10/23/23):
1-Roll call of Officers.
2-Minutes/Old Business.
3-Finance report/expenses.
4-Report of Delegates from AFSCME Retiree Convention and AFSCME Council 31 Convention.
5-Union Strikes, rallies and other solidarity actions.
6-Discussion and registration for Zoom forum on Medicaid and Medicare.
7-Discussion on NA4J Dinner, 10/28, 5-8 pm, is 935 W Wilson Avenue.
8-Discussion on Illinois Labor History Society Dinner, Friday, 12/8, 5 pm, 2260 S. Grove.
9-Discussion on Citizen Action Dinner, Friday, 11/10 5 pm, Hilton Hotel, 710 S. Michigan Avenue.
The next AFSCME Retirees Subchapter 161 Members Meeting will take place on Wednesday, September 20, 2023. The meeting will occur at Sweet Basil Cafe, 5203 Old Orchard Road, Skokie, IL 60077. The meeting will begin at noon. Attendees may arrive as early as 11:30 and should order food before the meeting begins (click here to view Sweet Basil Cafe menu). Members who attend will be eligible for a drawing for a complimentary lunch. There will be no Zoom for this meeting,
AGENDA:
1-Roll Call of Officers
2-Minutes/Old Business
3-Treasurer’s Report/Expenses
4-Alliance For Community Services updates and Dinner, 9/26, Chicago.
8- Union strikes and solidarity actions: Northwestern Accountability Alliance, UAW, SAG-AFTRA, Starbuck’s.
Announcement: October Retiree Membership Meeting will be Wednesday, October 25, because the AFSCME Retiree Convention will include the third Wednesday of the month when our meeting would ordinarily be held.
The next AFSCME Retirees Subchapter 161 Member Meeting will take place on Wednesday, July 19. The meeting will occur at Sweet Basil Cafe, 5203 Old Orchard Road, Skokie, IL 60077. The meeting will begin at noon. Attendees may arrive as early as 11:30 and should order food before the meeting begins (click here to view Sweet Basil Cafe menu). Members who attend will be eligible for a drawing for a complimentary lunch. There will be no Zoom for this meeting,
AGENDA:
1-Officer roll call
2-Minutes/Old Business
3-Update on Contract Negotiations and Retiree Healthcare. Other union actions and strikes (see
4-Nominations and election of delegates/guests to AFSCME Retiree Convention-October 17-19, Springfield, Illinois.
5-Nominations and election of delegates/guests to Alliance for Retired Americans Convention-Saturday, September 16, Ottawa, Illinois. https://illinois.retiredamericans.org/
6-Speaker, Bill Bianchi, Executive Board, Illinois Single Payer Coalition. Threats to Medicare and Medicaid. Plan for work with Alliance for Community Services and Illinois Single Payer Coalition.
The next AFSCME Retirees Subchapter 161 Member Meeting will take place on Wednesday, July 19. The meeting will occur at Sweet Basil Cafe, 5203 Old Orchard Road, Skokie, IL 60077. The meeting will begin at noon. Attendees may arrive as early as 11:30 and should order food before the meeting begins (click here to view Sweet Basil Cafe menu). Members who attend will be eligible for a drawing for a complimentary lunch. There will be no Zoom for this meeting,
Our speaker will be Lenny Lamkin, a member of the Northeastern Accountability Alliance in Evanston and a member of AFGE, American Federation of Government Employees. He will provide information about the coalition and what it is doing.
The next AFSCME Retirees Subchapter 161 Member Meeting will take place on Wednesday, June 21. The meeting will occur at Sweet Basil Cafe, 5203 Old Orchard Road, Skokie, IL 60077. The meeting will begin at noon. Attendees may arrive as early as 11:30 and should order food before the meeting begins (click here to view Sweet Basil Cafe menu). Members who attend will be eligible for a drawing for a complimentary lunch. There will be no Zoom for this meeting,
Since we are transitioning from quarantine imposed restrictions on meetings, as well as accommodating to a new restaurant venue, we will be returning to meeting procedures more anchored in procedures recommended in our constitution. The staff at Sweet Basil will take orders for food and deliver drinks only between 11:30 and 12. Members who arrive after 12 should place their orders with the wait staff before entering the meeting room. The meeting will be called to order at 12 noon with the customary reports by officers, committee chairs, and outside alliances. There will then be a recess to allow for distribution of food, eating and socializing. After approximately 20 minutes, the meeting will reconvene for discussion of new business including action items and announcements. We hope to adjourn by 1:30.
The next AFSCME Retirees Subchapter 161 Member Meeting will take place on Wednesday, May 17. The meeting will occur at Sweet Basil Cafe, 5203 Old Orchard Road, Skokie, IL 60077. The meeting will begin at noon. Attendees may arrive as early as 11:30 and should order food before the meeting begins (click here to view Sweet Basil Cafe menu). Members who attend will be eligible for a drawing for a complimentary lunch. There will be no Zoom for this meeting,
Our guest speaker will be Robin Rue Simmons. She is the Founder and Executive Director of FirstRepair, a not-for-profit organization that informs local reparations, nationally. She serves as the chairperson of the City of Evanston’s Reparations Committee. Rue Simmons is the former 5th Ward Alderman for the City of Evanston, IL, where she led, in collaboration with others, the passage of the nation’s first municipally-funded reparations legislation for Black residents, which began disbursements in January 2022.
This website is maintained by and for the approximately 1000 members of AFSCME Retirees, Council 31, Subchapter 161, based in the northern suburbs of Chicago. Diane Stokes is President of the Subchapter. This site is maintained by the Communications Committee, John Metz, Chairman. Email communications may be addressed to: afscmeretirees161@gmail.com. Phone messages may be left at our voicemail number: (224) 366-7339.
