Dear member:
The AFSCME Retirees Subchapter 161 will meet at Hackney’s Restaurant on Lake, 1514 E Lake Street, Glenview, on Wednesday, December 18 at 11:30 AM.
We expect to have an appropriate agenda for the last meeting of the year.
Sincerely,
John Metz, Chairman
Communications Committee
Click here to view minutes of November’s meeting.
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Dear member:
The AFSCME 161 Retirees will meet at Hackney’s Restaurant on Lake, 1514 E Lake Street, Glenview, on Wednesday, November 20 at 11:30 AM.
Our speaker will be Bill Esler on the topic of attending theater for free. If you plan to attend please leave your name on our Voicemail at: 224-366-7339.
Sincerely,
John Metz, Chairman
Communications Committee
Click here to see minutes of October meeting.
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There will be a community meeting about the Fair Tax on:
Monday, November 11, 2019
6:00 pm
The budget and Graduated Income Tax
Current Events Discussion Group
Sulzer Regionals Library
4455 North Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL
This event is free and open to the public
Questions? Contact Forward Chicago: (773) 633-8312
Co-sponsors: League of Women Voters Northside Unit, Forward Chicago, 40thAldermanic Ward, 47th Aldermanic Ward, Sulzer Regional Library
If you can attend (friends or family members are also welcome) please call our voicemail number (224-366-7339) and leave your name. Please take as many pictures as you’d like and email them to afscmeretirees161@gmail.com or text them to 224-366-7339.
The delegates at AFSCME Illinois Retirees Chapter 31 resolved “to stand in support of the Fair Tax to reduce taxes on low and middle-income families while raising taxes on the wealthiest Illinoisans.”
For further details on this resolution, click on this link and go to Resolution 13, pages 21 and 22: Seventeenth Biennial AFSCME Illinois Retirees Chapter 31 Convention, October 16-17, 2019, Resolutions
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from Chaya Rubenstein:
North Lake Shore Retired Teachers Association Newsletter
Illinois Firearms Restraining Order
from Ron Smolin (report on Council 31 Retirees Convention:
October 19, 2019
Dear member:
The AFSCME 161 Retirees will meet at Hackney’s Restaurant on Lake, 1514 E Lake Street, Glenview on Wednesday, October 23 at 11:30 AM.
Members of the subchapter who attended the retirees convention in Springfield will report on the meeting. Our speaker is Mr. Nicholas Peneff, of the Chicago Area Committee on Occupational Health and Safety (CACOSH). His subject is the hazards we still face even when we retire. If you plan to attend please leave your name on our Voicemail at: 224-366-7339.
Sincerely,
Charlie Hogan, President
Click here to see minutes of September meeting.
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September 13, 2019
Dear member:
The AFSCME 161 Retirees will meet at Hackney’s Restaurant on Lake, 1514 E Lake Street, Glenview on Wednesday, September 18 at 11:30AM.
We will be visited by Maria Britton-Sipe, Retiree Program Coordinator for Council 31. We will also conduct elections for officers for the next year. If you are planning to attend, please leave your name at our voicemail: 224-366-7339.
Attached below is a message from Maria Britton-Sipe.
Sincerely,
Charlie Hogan, President
Dear AFSCME Sub-chapter 161 retirees,
You are invited to attend the meeting of the sub-chapter at 11:30 am on Wednesday, September 18th at Hackney’s on Lake (1514 E. Lake Ave., Glenview, IL).
We will be providing updates on the latest attempts to undermine your retirement security, including the most recent strategies to cut pensions.
Thank you,
Maria Britton-Sipe
Retiree Program Coordinator
AFSCME Illinois Retiree Chapter 31
Minutes from our August meeting can be viewed by clicking this link:
AFSCME Retirees Subchapter 161 August 2019 Members’ Meeting
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August 18, 2019
Dear member:
The AFSCME 161 Retirees will meet at Hackney’s Restaurant on Lake, 1514 E Lake Street, Glenview on Wednesday, August 21st at 11:30AM.
Our speaker is Mr. Nicholas Peneff, of the Chicago Area Committee on Occupational Health and Safety (CACOSH). His subject is the hazards we still face even when we retire.
Sincerely,
Charlie Hogan, President
Click here to view minutes from July members meeting.
Click here to view information materials distributed at the meeting.
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July 12, 2019
Dear member:
The AFSCME Retirees Subchapter 161 will meet at Hackney’s restaurant at 1413 Lake Ave, Glenview on Wednesday, July 17th, 11:30 AM.
Sincerely,
Charlie Hogan, President
Click here to view minutes from June members meeting.
Click here to view information materials distributed by Charlie Hogan.
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11 June 2019
AFSCME Sub-chapter 161
Dear member:
The AFSCME Retirees will meet at Hackney’s on Lake, Glenview on Wednesday, June 19th, The guest speaker will be Dr. Ann Sheetz. She is our local fighter for Medicare for All. She will have an update on the local and national efforts to bring this into existence.
I will have news from the 4th quarter meeting of Council 31 Retiree Officers conference that met in Springfield on June 6-7. There is a lot of good news which I plan to present in written and spoken form in order to give most of the time to Dr. Sheetz and questions you might have for her.
This will be a busy Summer with our communications’ team’s work, the transition work before the September officer election, and planning our participation in the Council31 Convention in October.In other good news- Mrs. Maria Britten Sipe is back as our Retiree Coordinator. She will be visiting us in September.
Sincerely,
Charlie Hogan, President
Click here to view minutes from May members meeting.
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AFSCME Sub-chapter 161
Dear member:
The AFSCME Retirees will meet at Hackney’s restaurant at 1514 E. Lake Street, Glenview on Wednesday, April 15th. The meeting will begin at 11:30AM.
The next 6 months will be a preparation for the September election of new officers. We’ll discuss plans. Meanwhile, read and bring How to attend a meeting.
Charles Hogan,
President
The AFSCME Publication: How to Take Part in a Local Meeting
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