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Labor Steps Up For 2020 Census EffortWith Billions on the Line, Unions Working to Ensure an Accurate Count

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CONTENTS

4 Affiliate News

6 Cover Story Unions Leading on Local Census Work

8 Feature Stories

10 CFL News

COVER PHOTO PHOTO: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

Students First Mid-managers at Triton College hold a one-day strike calling on management to return to the bargaining table.

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Federation News is owned and controlled by the Chicago Federation of Labor for the education, protection and advancement of organized labor.

Editor in Chief: Robert G. Reiter Jr., President Editor: Don V. Villar, Secretary-TreasurerManaging Editor: Jake LewisContributors: Elaine Fleck, Gus Fuguitt, Andrea Kluger, Nora Cay Ryan, and Charise Williams

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President’s Report

BOB REITERPRESIDENT

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Information moves quickly these days, especially when it comes to news and politics. What used to be a 24-hour news cycle now lasts just a few hours. News breaks and is quickly digested online, with the requisite spin, attacks, and outrage — only for the public to move on to the next topic and the cycle to begin again. I know at times I can get caught up in the latest scandal, controversy, or hot-button issue being debated on social media.

Phony news sources have crept into and taken advantage of this ecosystem, taking partisan talking points and disguising them as real news stories from legitimate news sources. I refuse to spread the names of these phony sources, but if you live in Illinois, you have almost surely encountered one of these outlets. Being an engaged, active union member and citizen means understanding the difference between news and outrage, facts and spin, and trusted sources and partisan sorcery.

That is why I encourage all union members to truly engage with the news updates released by their union. By reading this edition of Federation News you are already ahead of the game in being an informed, knowledgeable union member. Be sure to follow the CFL (@ChicagoLabor), the AFL-CIO (@AFLCIO), and other trusted union voices on social media, if you choose to partake. When you read news stories, check the news source to ensure it is a trusted, non-biased outlet. Better yet, subscribe to newspapers with long-standing legacies of hard journalism like The Chicago Sun-Times, owned in part by the CFL and other union partners.

Especially as we head into an election year, there will be no shortage of deceptive memes on Facebook, of partisan newspapers landing in your mailbox, or of Twitter faux-outrage. It is your duty as a leader on your job site and in your community to understand the difference between truth and fiction, even as some do their best to deceive. If you ever have any questions about something you have seen in the news or online, do not hesitate to contact your business agent or other union leader.

Together, we will make sure everyone knows the facts about our union, our city, and our country.


EPA Workers Push Bill of RightsOn Tuesday, Jan.7, leaders of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 704 demanded that Environmental Protection Agency leadership protect their workers and the future of the agency.

“Our demands are simple,” said Nicole Cantello, president of Local 704. “Fair working conditions and the right to [...] protect public health and the environment.”

AFGE Local 704 represents over 900 Midwest EPA employees; nationwide the union represents 8,000 EPA employees.

Supportive organizations standing with employees of Local 704 at the Metcalfe Federal Building included the Sierra Club, AFGE District 7, the Illinois Environmental Council, and the Chicago Federation of Labor.

Local 704 also released the EPA Workers’ Bill of Rights, including the right to scientific integrity in their work and the right to enforce environmental

laws without political interference.“We call on the Trump

Administration and the EPA to treat these AFGE Local 704 workers with dignity and respect,” said Bob Reiter, President of the Chicago Federation of Labor.

The union and EPA began new contract negotiations in Washington, D.C., in January.

Governor Pritzker Signs Illinois Works Jobs Program Into Law at Laborers’ Training Facility At the LiUNA Chicago Laborers’ District Council Training Center on Dec. 10, alongside chief bill sponsors Senator Napoleon Harris, and Representative Will Davis, as well as legislators and supporters, Governor Pritzker signed into law the Minority Participation Program requirements contained in the Rebuild Illinois capital bill.

The goal of the legislation, spearheaded by LiUNA Chicago Laborers’ District Council, is to

create a pipeline of qualified and diverse workers who are prepared for careers in construction and the building trades, and to create more opportunities for minority-owned businesses. It sets aside $25 million for the Illinois Works Pre-apprenticeship program for community-based diversity recruitment, pre-screening, and pre-apprenticeship skills-training, as well as establishes a review panel to monitor the effectiveness of Illinois Works Pre-apprenticeship programs. The legislation also establishes a goal that 10 percent of labor hours be performed by apprentices on Rebuild Illinois projects and creates two bid-credit banks for contractors who hire workers who have completed an Illinois Works Pre-apprenticeship program and/or subcontract to minority-owned firms.

SB 177 is a great achievement and the Laborers’ are proud to have worked diligently with law-makers and the Governor’s office to address long-standing disparities in both minority participation in the building trades apprenticeship programs, and participation of minority-

owned businesses on public works projects.

Submitted by LiUNA Chicago Laborers’ District Council

Teamsters Local 731 Makes Huge Donation to Chicagoland Toys for TotsThere are a lot of similarities between Santa Claus and Teamsters Local 731 member Jason Haynes. They’re both big, jolly, bearded men who drive vehicles with a lot of horsepower (or reindeer-power) for a living. And they both devoted a lot of their time this year to making sure every boy and girl had a toy on Christmas.

Haynes delivered 14 boxes full of toys, and Teamsters Local 731 members filled up at least six more boxes and donated an additional $3,500 to Chicagoland Toys for Tots at their Dec. 19 general membership meeting. Chicagoland Toys for Tots Vice

Affiliate NewsRead more on these topics at www.chicagolabor.org/news.

CFL PRESIDENT BOB RIGHT (CENTER) SPEAKS IN SUPPORT OF AFGE LOCAL 704 MEMBERS IN THEIR FIGHT FOR A FAIR CONTRACT AND THE EPA WORKERS’ BILL OF RIGHTS.


GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER (SEATED) SIGNS THE ILLINOIS WORKS JOBS PROGRAM INTO LAW AT THE LIUNA CHICAGO LABORERS’ DISTRICT COUNCIL TRAINING FACILITY IN CHICAGO.

PHOTO: CHICAGO LABORERS’ DISTRICT COUNCIL


In Memoriam

William E. “Bill” Dugan, seminal leader in the labor movement who devoted his life to fighting for working people, passed away on Jan. 11. 2020. He was 86.

Dugan grew up in West Virginia and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1951, serving three tours of duty in Korea with the United States Army 82nd Airborne. Dugan then moved to Illinois and joined the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 as a heavy equipment operator. In 1965, he was hired as a business agent, a position he held until 1984.

Dugan was elected President-Business Manager of IUOE Local 150 in 1986, a position he would hold for more than two decades.

As President-Business Manager, Dugan convinced the members to increase their dues to create an organizing department to grow market share and give Local 150 more leverage at the bargaining table. He presided over a time of general labor stability, during which time he helped negotiate agreements that included significant economic increases for the membership.

Under Dugan’s leadership, Local 150’s membership went from 10,000 in 1986 to more than 23,000 when he retired. Dugan served on several boards and commissions, including the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Board, a position he was appointed to by Gov. Jim Thompson.

Dugan was committed to training and encouraged the membership to fund the construction of a state-of-the-art training facility now named the William E. Dugan Training Center in Wilmington, Ill.

Dugan served on the IUOE General Executive Board and the Executive Board of the Chicago Federation of Labor until his retirement in 2008. Dugan was also an avid outdoorsman who shared his love of fishing and hunting with the world.

WILLIAM E. “BILL” DUGANIUOE LOCAL 150

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President Tom Dertz said the Teamsters are one of the groups largest individual donors to their group.

“The Teamsters have been a big supporter of us for many years, they go 110 percent for us,” Dertz said. “They’ve got big hearts, they’re very giving and anytime we’ve reached out for them for something they’ve come through for us.”

Haynes’ job is to deliver steel for Earle M. Jorgensen Co. (EMJ) in Schaumburg, where he also serves as a Union Steward. He enlisted the help of Teamsters Local 731 Trustee and Business Agent Michael Corrigan and his fellow Teamsters at Local 731 to help him out.

Haynes’ delivery route sometimes covers 400 miles a day. He has a lot of time to think while he’s on the road, and Christmas time, Haynes is usually thinking about who he can enlist to help him in his Toys for Tots mission. “I think about raising gifts all the time, what I can do to help the community, what else I can do to be a better person. And I think by reaching out to contacts to help the less fortunate,” Haynes said.

The main focus for Toys for Tots and the Teamsters is putting smiles on the faces of children during the holiday season.

After seeing the generosity of the large donation, a motion

was made to donate an extra $3,500 to Toys for Tots, which was unanimously approved by the membership.

“There were other boxes that were filled by the garbage guys in a local, everybody in our local that came that night, and it was just amazing,” Haynes said. “That’s what the Teamsters represent, the brotherhood, the sisterhood that’s in it, and to see them come together with stuff like that, it’s just awesome.”

Several other Teamster Locals that are affiliates with Teamsters Joint Council 25 made large donations to Toys for Tots as well.

Submitted by Teamsters Joint Council 25

TEAMSTERS JASON HAYNES (LEFT) AND PERRY HARRIS (RIGHT) STAND WITH TEAMSTERS JOINT COUNCIL 25 PRESIDENT TERRENCE HANCOCK (CENTER) IN CELEBRATION OF THEIR DONATION DRIVE FOR CHICAGOLAND TOYS FOR TOTS.

PHOTO: TEAMSTERS JOINT COUNCIL 25



Unions Working Together to Ensure Accurate Census Count

Cover Story

Billions in federal funding at stake during once-in-a-decade census

Chicago Federation of Labor Affiliates are working to make sure that everyone is counted in the 2020 census.

The CFL Census Working Group met for the first time on Jan. 22, 2020 at the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters Training Center to develop outreach strategies for union households.

The Census begins April 1 and goes through July 31. There are four ways that people can be counted – by mail, in person, by phone, or online.

Federal Funding, Representation on the Line Illinois is already projected to lose at least one seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, but an undercount could mean Illinois may lose a second congressional seat. According to state census officials, an undercount will diminish Illinois’ share of federal funding for critical services, education, social programs, public works and infrastructure projects.

“With so many federal dollars earmarked for infrastructure projects, the count is very important for our brothers and sisters in the construction trades,” said Hector Arellano of BAC Administrative District Council 1.

An undercount will also impact services and jobs that are tied to a community’s population. APWU Local 0001 President Keith Richardson says an accurate count supports the efforts to keep neighborhood post offices open, but an undercount can be detrimental to those efforts. “We have to understand that if we are not counted correctly, it could very well affect our livelihoods,” said Richardson.

Joint Effort Needed to Combat UndercountPeople of color, immigrants, and renters have been undercounted in past censuses. One reason for the undercount is fear of giving information to the government. That fear of providing that information is especially high among immigrants.

“There’s a lot of fear and confusion out there right now about the census,” said CFL Secretary-Treasurer Don Villar. “Union members reaching out to other union members can help cut through that fear and confusion to make sure everyone is counted.”

“It is more important now, than ever, for everyone to be counted in the 2020 census,” said Kathy Hanshew, Manager of the Chicago and Midwest Regional Joint Board, Workers United/SEIU. “It not only determines the required resources needed to support a community, city, or state. It is an opportunity for the acknowledgement of the diversity of who we are as a people that make up the United States of America.”

The CFL is also working with a taskforce of State of Illinois, Cook County and City of Chicago agencies and organizations that have been working on the Illinois count for several months.

“The stakes could not be greater, just a one percent undercount in 2020 could result in the state losing over $195 million in federal funds,” said Governor J.B. Pritzker. “Our State has committed by far the largest per-person investment made in any state in the nation this year to prepare and execute the census in Illinois.”

The CFL working group will hold additional meetings leading up to the start of the count. With so much at stake, all affiliates are invited to send a representative to the meetings.

Union Leader Key to Local EffortUnion members are playing an important role in the development of a tool that will be used statewide for the census. University of Illinois-Chicago United Faculty President Janet Smith (Illinois Federation of Teachers Local 6456) is part of the team at the UIC Urban Data Visualization Lab that has created Map the Count.

“The work our UIC team, which is lead by three faculty union members, is helping the state and the hundreds of community organizations get out to those parts of our state where people have been historically

under counted,” said Smith. “These are usually places and people with high unemployment rates that need resources to help them get into good paying and preferably union jobs.”

Smith, a Professor of Urban Planning and Policy at UIC, and her colleagues have brought together data on demographics, employment, housing, education, gender and other points of information into an interactive map. The map will help identify neighborhoods and city blocks at risk of being undercounted. The information also gives a glimpse into factors for why a specific community has not responded to the census.

“Our goal -- along with the thousands of people doing outreach -- is to get as close to a 100% count to assure Illinois gets all the funds it needs to support workers,” said Smith. “The 2020 Census is more than simply counting how many people live in Illinois, the results will determine how much our state will get of the billions of federal dollars allocated annually for education, hospitals, roads and bridges -- all things our communities need and sites where thousands of union members proudly work.”

To learn more about the 2020 U.S. Census, visit: 2020census.gov and mapthecount.uic.edu

JANET SMITH, PROFESSOR OF URBAN PLANNING AND POLICY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-CHICAGO AND PRESIDENT OF UIC UNITED FACULTY (IFT LOCAL 6456)

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CENSUS 101: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOWThe 2020 Census is closer than you think!

Here’s a quick refresher of what it is and why it’s essential that everyone is counted.

Everyone counts.The census counts every person living in the United States once, only once, and in the right place.

It’s about fair representation.Every 10 years, the results of the census are used to reapportion the House of Representatives, determining how many seats eachstate gets.

It’s in theConstitution.The U.S. Constitution mandates that everyone in the country be counted every 10 years. The first census was in 1790.

It’s about $675 billion.

The distribution of more than $675 billion in federal funds, grants, and support to states, counties, and communities are based on census data.

That money is spent on schools, hospitals, roads, public works, and other vital programs.

It’s about redistricting. After each decade’s census, state officials redraw the boundaries of the congressional and state legislative districts in their states to account for population shifts.

Taking part is your civic duty.Completing the census is mandatory: it’s a way to participate in our democracy and say “I COUNT!”


Feature Stories

SNAPSHOTS

CFL PRESIDENT BOB REITER (RIGHT) PRESENTS RETIRING ILLINOIS AFL-CIO PRESIDENT MICHAEL CARRIGAN WITH A RESOLUTION CELEBRATING HIS LIFETIME OF SERVICE TO THE WORKING PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS.


Labor Promotes Benefits of Apprenticeships to EducatorsThe Chicago Federation of Labor proudly participated in the recent Illinois State Apprenticeship Committee Conference, hosted at the NECA/IBEW Local 134 Training Center in Alsip, Ill.

The Chicago and Cook County Building and Construction Trades Council and CISCO organzied the conference, attended by more than 130 school counselors and educators. Participants received information about the benefits of apprenticeship programs for their students. More than a dozen trades participated in an open-house information session, featuring hands-on activities to better illustrate a career in construction.

CFL staff provided information on HIRE 360 during

an open-house information session. Gus Fuguitt, CFL Director of Labor Partnerships, also participated in a panel discussion on the trades.

“The CFL is proud to do everything it can to expand opportunities for young people to join the trades,” said Fuguitt. “Apprenticeships are the first step to a long and successful career for many workers.”

Afterward, counselors stated the event helped them gain a better understanding on how apprenticeship programs function, how to prepare their students to be successful applicants and addressed some misconceptions.

The Chicago Federation of Labor extended its thanks to the Chicago and Cook County

Building and Construction Trades Council, CISCO and IBEW Local 134 for holding this important event and their work

to prepare the next generation of construction workers.

CFL DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GUS FUGUITT (LEFT) SPEAKS TO EDUCATORS AT THE ILLINOIS STATE APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE CONFERENCE.


Amid Office Move, CFL Preserving Its HistoryAfter more than 50 years at 130 E. Randolph St. in Chicago, the CFL is moving its headquarters. As part of the moving process, the CFL contracted an archiving and digitization specialist to carefully remove,

itemize, digitize, and store important CFL documents.

“We accumulated a lot of history in the last half-century: from photos to meeting minutes to campaign materials and more,”

said CFL President Bob Reiter. “Some of the materials housed at the CFL are more than a century old, dating back to our founding in 1896. Moving presents an opportunity to ensure that our history is safeguarded for the next generation of Chicago union members.”

At one time, Federation News was a weekly newspaper, covering labor’s ongoing history

and the political and social activities of the city. Now a quarterly publication, Federation News has brought the latest labor news to Chicago for more than 100 years. The CFL currently holds a century of Federation News issues, the best written source material of labor’s history in Chicago

Starting in 2020, these archives will be digitized and stored in the cloud, making them accessible to both the CFL and CFL affiliates. The goal of the project is to bring these materials back to life and share them with union members across the city, especially as the CFL approaches the 125th anniversary of its founding in 2021.

Following digitization, all materials will be stored in an environmentally secure facility in Buffalo Grove, Ill., safe from degradation and available for future research.

“Chicago is the hometown of the American labor movement, and these historical documents are absolutely vital to telling our story as a movement,” said Reiter. “Through this project, we will ensure the history of the Chicago labor movement lasts another 100 years – and beyond.”


United for the Holidays DeliversChicago’s labor movement once again raised a record amount to support the United Way of Metro Chicago’s annual United for the Holidays event. Held on December 9, 2019, this year’s United for the Holidays took place in West Chicago at the Zone 250 Fitness Center and brought holiday cheer to over 100 families.

“This event truly could not happen without the generosity of Chicago’s unions,” said Bob Reiter, President of the Chicago

Federation of Labor. “Each year we ask the Chicago labor movement to step up, and each year you deliver.”

The annual event celebrates the giving season by bringing together families and providing them with new coats, toys, winter accessories, a warm meal and more. Children were able to meet Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus and share their Christmas lists.

Chicago’s unions consistently top the list of donation for United for the Holidays, and

this year was no exception. Labor unions demonstrated the spirit of solidarity and stepped up to make sure this event was a huge success. Contributing organizations included: Automobile Mechanics Local 701, Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters, Cement Masons Local 502, IAM Local 126, IBEW Local 9, IUOE Local 399, LiUNA Local 4, LiUNA Local 225, Painters District Council 14, Plumbers Local 130, SMART Local 73, and Unite Here Local 1.

The CFL gives a special thanks to the International Union of Elevator Constructors Local 2 and the Toybox Connection for providing toys for United for the Holidays, and Robert Benline of IBEW Local 134 for donating his time and labor to assist with toy delivery.

Over 750 toys, stuffed animals were distributed thanks to the combined effort.

Labor Central in Newly Legalized Cannabis Industry Marijuana On Jan. 1, 2020, Illinois became the 11th state in the nation to legalize recreational marijuana. The legalization of cannabis is expected to foster the growth of a multi-billion dollar industry in Illinois, and the labor movement is doing everything it can to ensure that workers have a seat at the table.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act in June 2019, creating a licensing and taxing structure for marijuana operators. The bill explicitly supported labor’s role in the new industry, saying, “The General Assembly supports and encourages labor neutrality

in the cannabis industry and further finds and declares that employee workplace safety shall not be diminished and employer workplace policies shall be interpreted broadly to protect employee safety.”

The bill includes language affirming labor neutrality and specifies that businesses seeking marijuana licenses with the state are credited for demonstrating a “plan of action” to “engage in fair labor practices and provide worker protections.” Applications for operating licenses will receive additional points for labor peace agreements, ensuring that a licensee will not interfere with a

union’s efforts to organize.Already, early unionization

efforts have sprung up in Rock Island and Joliet in what is expected to be a sustained organizing effort across the state. Robert Bruno, Professor of Labor and Employment Relations at the University of Illinois, described the importance of the initial organizing efforts, telling the Chicago Tribune, “These elections for union certification become really important signals of what the standards are going to be in the industry.”

It remains to be seen just how quickly the marijuana industry will take off in Illinois, though

interest is running high from potential retailers. Applications for cannabis retailers were due in January 2020, with hundreds of entries from all over the state. Most applications included a labor peace agreement, signalling a potential boon for labor as it seeks to organize new workplaces. The successful applicants will be notified in mid-2020 with retail openings to follow thereafter.

With nearly $20 million of recreational marijuana sales in the first 12 days after legalization, the cannabis industry is positioned as one of the next big frontiers in union organizing.

THE CFL CONGRATULATES

TIM DREA AND

PAT DEVANEYon their election as

President and Secretary-Treasurer of the Illinois AFL-CIO

RALPH AFFRUNTI AND

MICHAEL MACELLAIOon their re-election as

President and Secretary-Treasurer of the Chicago & Cook County Building &

Construction Trades Council

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2020 Primary Election Slate Card

Antonio Munoz Kimberly Lightford Heather Steans Robert Martwick Celina Villanueva Robert Peters

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Bobby RushRobin KellyDan LipinskiJesus “Chuy” GarciaMike QuigleySean Casten

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Dick Durbin Democrat

U.S. House of RepresentativesDanny DavisRaja KrishnamoorthiJan SchakowskyBrad SchneiderBill Foster

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U.S. Senate

Illinois SenateJacqui Collins Michael Hastings Cristina Castro Karina Villa Laura Murphy Patrick Joyce

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Aaron M. Ortiz Theresa Mah Nidia Carranza Delia C. Ramirez Lamont Robinson, Jr. Sonya Harper Emanuel “Chris” Welch La Shawn Ford LaKesia Collins Jawaharial “Omar” Williams Ann Williams Margaret Croke Greg Harris Kelly Cassidy John D’Amico Yehiel “Mark” Kalish Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz Robyn Gabel NeutralMichele Darbro Brad StephensEdgar Gonzalez, Jr. Michael J. Madigan Mike Zalewski Lisa Hernandez Curtis J. Tarver II Kam BucknerJustin Slaughter Bob Rita

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Illinois House of Representatives

Thaddeus Jones Will Davis Mary Flowers Andre Thapedi Marcus Evans Nick Smith Fran Hurley Kelly Burke NeutralDebbie Meyers-Martin Will Guzzardi Jaime Andrade Anna Moeller Fred Crespo Diane Pappas Jennifer Zordani Maura Hirschauer Mary Edly-Allen NeutralMark Walker Maggie Trevor Marty Moylan Michelle Mussman Jonathan Carroll Bob Morgan Daniel Didech Kathleen Willis Camille Lilly Anthony DeLuca Neutral

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The Chicago Federation of Labor is proud to endorse candidates in the 2020 primary election on Tuesday, March 17. All of the candidates endorsed by the CFL understand the issues facing working families and have a proven record of standing up for the middle class.

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Cook County State’s AttorneyKim Foxx Countywide Democrat Michael Cabonargi Countywide Democrat

Clerk of the Circuit Court

Metropolitan Water Reclamation DistrictKimberly Neely DubucletCam DavisPatricia Theresa Flynn

P. Scott Neville, Jr.

DemocratDemocratDemocrat

Cook County Board of ReviewAbdelnasser Rashid 1st District Democrat

Circuit CourtKerrie Maloney LaytinElizabeth RyanLaura Ayala-GonzalezCelestia L. MaysSheree Desiree HenryLevander Smith, Jr.Jennifer Callahan

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Bellows VacancyCoghlan VacancyFord VacancyFunderburk VacancyGorman VacancyLarsen VacancyMason Vacancy

Subcircuit Court

Teresa MolinaElizabeth Anne WalshLorraine MurphyMaura McMahon ZellerJill Rose QuinnLynn Weaver-Boyle

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McCarthy VacancyO’Brien VacancyRoti VacancyC. Sheehan VacancyK. Sheehan VacancyGriffin Vacancy

2020 PRIMARY ELECTION

Early VotingRuns through March 16.Time and locations vary.

For more information, visit chicagolabor.org/vote

TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2020Vote By Mail/Absentee BallotAll requests must be received by March 12 at 5 p.m.

Grace Period RegistrationVoter must immediately vote when using Grace Period registration.

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Tyria WaltonSondra DenmarkDavid BonomaErin Haggerty AntoniettiDaniel MaloneyEileen Marie O’ConnorJamie Guerra DicklerJonathan Clark Green

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Pamela StratigakisJohn MulroeJon StromstaPatricia M. FallonJoe GumpDaniel O. TiernanGerardo Tristan, Jr.Nichole Patton

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Axelrood Vacancy Allen Vacancy McGing Vacancy Hanlon Vacancy Hoffman Vacancy Lacy Vacancy Bertucci Vacancy Griffin Vacancy

Supreme Court Appellate Court1st District Freeman Vacancy Michael Hyman

John Griffin1st District1st District

Neville VacancySimon Vacancy

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