Today, thanks to commenter Mark, we look at the contributions to State Rep. Jack Franks from the Chicago and Cook County Building Trades and Construction Trades Council.
Today, thanks to commenter Mark, we look at the contributions to State Rep. Jack Franks from the Chicago and Cook County Building Trades and Construction Trades Council.
What follows is an example of the organized labor union umbrella web.
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The Chicago and Cook County Building and Construction Trades Council (BCTC), AFL-CIO has contributed $1,310 to Jack Franks PACs and is located at 150 N Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606.
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Two Officers:
Ralph Affrunti, President
– Bricklayers Local 67
– Bricklayers District Council 1
– The previous President of the Chicago and Cook County BCTC was Thomas Villanova (Tom Villanova) of IBEW Local 134.
– Jason Grotto of the Chicago Tribune wrote how Thomas Villanova was enrolled simultaneously in both an IBEW & the City of Chicago MEABF (municipal employees) pension systems.
– Mr. Villanova began his career at the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation as an electrician.
– As President of the Chicago and Cook County BCTC, Thomas Villanova and Dennis Gannon (then President of the Chicago Federation of Labor) negotiated collective bargaining agreements on behalf of 33 trade unions with the City of Chicago.
– City of Chicago collective bargaining agreements are located on the City of Chicago website.
– The current AFL-CIO collective bargaining agreements for the City of Chicago have 10 year terms, from 2007 – 2017, and were signed by Thomas Villanova and Dennis Gannon.
– Jason Grotto of the Chicago Tribune also wrote articles about Dennis Gannon’s pensions.
– Richard M Daley was Mayor of Chicago at the time the 10 year term collective bargaining agreements were signed in 2008 (Rahm Emanuel became mayor in 2011).
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Officer # 2 of Chicago and Cook County BCTC
Michael Macellaio, Secretary – Treasurer
– Government Affairs Director for the Laborers union’s “Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust (LECET).”
– President, Illinois Prevailing Wage Council, whose members are the AFL-CIO BCTC’s).
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Eight Executive Board Members of the Chicago and Cook County BCTC:
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Board Member #1 of the Chicago and Cook County BCTC
Daniel Baumann, Vice President
– Business Manager & President of Elevator Constructors Local 2
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Board Member #2 of the Chicago and Cook County BCTC
Robert Boskovich, Vice President,
– President, Iron Workers District Council of Chicago and Vicinity
– Executive Board, Chicago Federation of Labor CLC, AFL-CIO
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Board Member #3 of the Chicago and Cook County BCTC
Donald Finn, Vice President
– IBEW Local 134, Business Manager & Financial Secretary
– Executive Board, Chicago Federation of Labor CLC, AFL-CIO
– EIT Benefit Funds (NECA Chicago / IBEW Local 134), Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees
– Member, Labor Education Advisory Board, School of Labor and Employment Relations, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
– Board of Directors, Amalgamated Bank of Chicago,
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Board Member #4 of the Chicago and Cook County BCTC
James Sweeney, Vice President
– President and Business Manager, IUOE Local 150
– General Vice President, IUOE General Executive Board
– President, IUOE North Central States Conference
– Vice President, Chicago Federation of Labor CLC, AFL-CIO
– Chairman, IUOE Midwest Operating Engineers Health and Welfare Fund
– Chairman, IUOE Midwest Operating Engineers Pension Fund
– Chairman, IUOE Midwest Operating Engineers Apprenticeship Fund
– Chairman, IUOE Midwest Operating Engineers Construction Research Fund
– Chairman, IUOE Midwest Operating Engineers Information Technology Fund.
– Board of Directors, Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
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Board Member #5 of the Chicago & Cook County BCTC
James Allen (Jim Allen), Trustee
– President, Bricklayers Administrative District Council #1 of Illinois (ADC #1)
– Bricklayers Local 21
– Regional Vice President, North Central Region, BAC Executive Board
– Finance Committee, Chicago Federation of Labor CLC, AFL-CIO
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Board Member #6 of the Chicago and Cook County BCTC, AFL-CIO
Kevin Morrissey, Trustee
– Business Manager, Pipefitters Local 597 (succeeded James Buchanan on July 1, 2016)
– Trustee, Pipefitters Local 597 Retirement Fund
– Trustee, Pipefitters Local 597 401K plan
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Board Member #7 of the Chicago and Cook County BCTC, AFL-CIO
Rocco Terranova, Trustee
– President and Business Manager, Sheet Metal Workers Local 73
– Executive Board, Chicago Federation of Labor CLC, AFL-CIO
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Board Member #8 of the Chicago and Cook County BCTC, AFL-CIO
Frank Taffora, Sergeant-At-Arms
– President and Business Manager, Laborers Local 5
– Trustee, Chicago Laborers Pension and Welfare Funds
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All BCTC’s have contributed $21,450 to Jack Franks PACs.
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The Chicago and Cook County Building and Construction Trades Council (BCTC) is one of many Building and Construction Trade Councils (BCTC) in the Chicagoland area.
It is an AFL-CIO umbrella organization that promotes union labor and coordinates union activities between union locals whom are in the building and construction industry.
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AFL-CIO = American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.
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Additional AFL Building and Construction Trades Councils (BCTC) have contributed to Jack Franks PACs.
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The following AFL-CIO BCTC’s have also contributed to Jack Franks PACs:
– Dupage County BCTC
– Fox Valley BCTC (Kane County, Kendall County)
– Lake County BCTC
– Northwestern Illinois BCTC (Boone County, Winnebago County, Stephenson County, Jo Daviess County, Ogle County, Carroll County, Lee County, & Whiteside County.
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Central Labor Councils (CLC)
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There is another type of AFL-CIO umbrella organization categorized by AFL-CIO as a Central Labor Council (CLC), which is not restricted to the Building and Construction Industry.
The Central Labor Councils (CLC) have various endings to their names such as Labor Council, Trades and Labor Assembly, Trades and Labor Council, Trades Council, Federation of Labor, United Labor, and Northeastern Illinois AFL-CIO (McHenry and Lake County).
The following Central Labor Councils (CLC’s) have contributed to Jack Franks PACs.
– Chicago Federation of Labor
– Northeastern Illinois Federation of Labor (McHenry County, Lake County)
– North Central Illinois Labor Council (DeKalb County, Kendall County, part of Kane County)
– Rockford United Labor (Winnebago County, Boone County)
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All AFL-CIO Central Labor Councils (CLC) have contributed $19,939 to Jack Franks PACs.
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Combined, all AFL-CIO Business and Construction Trade Councils (BCTC) and Central Labor Councils (CLC) have contributed a total of $41,389 to Jack Franks PACs.
The political action committee (PAC) for the Chicago and Cook County, Building and Construction Trades Council (BCTC) is named “Chicago Building Trades State & Local Candidates Politcal Comm” on the Illinois State Board of Elections (SBE) website.
SBE committee ID 633.
The PAC Chairman is Ralph Affrunti.
The PAC Treasurer is Mike Macellaio.
The previous officers of the PAC are Thomas Villanova, Frank O’Lone, Bernard J Spatz (Bernard Spatz), Michael P O’Neill (Michael O’Neill), Robert G Wilke (Robert Wilke), Michael G Breslan (Michael Breslan), and Thomas J Nayder (Thomas Nayder).
Thank you Mark for all your work.😁