Today we continue moving down commenter Mark’s spreadsheet of labor union contributions to Lying Jack Franks. The Laborers International Union is next on the list. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Labor Unions’ Million Dollar Man
McHenry County Blog continues to list the labor union contributions to Lying Jack Franks, who wants to do to McHenry County government what he did to Illinois state government. Thanks again, to commenter Mark, for assembling the data. Today we … Continue reading
We continue our magical mystery tour of Lying Jack Franks many, many contributions from labor unions, thanks to commenter Mark’s research. Today it’s time for the International Heat and Frost Insulators Local 17 member gifts to Franks. … Continue reading
Thanks to commenter Mark, we have more labor union contributions to State Rep. Lying Jack Franks. Today we look at contributions from the Franks Union International Union of Elevator Constructors Local 2. … Continue reading
The umbrella labor union organization is next on commenter Mark’s list of Lying Jack Franks union contributors–the AFL-CIO. Here’s another contribution entered in the Illinois State Board of Elections data base in 1998 under a slightly different name Il State … Continue reading
Still in those unions with names stating with “Illinois,” commenter Mark looks at the Operating Engineers’ part of the enormous amount of money donated to Lying Jack Franks from unions. This union is variously identified in campaign disclosure reports, so … Continue reading
Continuing our roll out of the massive labor union contributions for Lying Jack Franks organized by commenter Mark, we move to the Illinois Pipe Trades. I note that there is an Illinois AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education $1,000 donation here … Continue reading
The Illinois Federation of Teachers is the next union on commenter Mark’s list of members of organized labor who have donated to Lying Jack Franks over the years. … Continue reading
Today, Mark’s research brings us to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, a most faithful contributor to Jack Franks’ campaign fund. For some reason I can’t get the last six to copy in the same format. They are IBEW PAC … Continue reading
We move on to unions whose names start with “I” now. First up, the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International. Again, thanks to Mark for doing the research. The Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union gave Jack Franks $2,000 on … Continue reading
Now we move to the Heat and Frost Insulators Local 17 out of Chicago. … Continue reading
Today we look at donations to State Rep. Jack Franks from policemen. This article would not have been possible without the help of commenter Mark. He found these contributions from Chicago’s Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7. … Continue reading
Moving west from DuPage County, commenter Mark has found a couple of campaign contributions from the Fox Valley Building Trades Council, based in Aurora. … Continue reading
Today we see that State Rep. Jack Franks had appeal beyond Chicago unions. Thanks to commenter Mark, we can look at the contributions that Franks received from the DuPage County Building & Construction Trades Council. … Continue reading
Today, thanks to commenter Mark, McHenry County Blog can share another Chicago-based union’s contributions to State Rep. Jack Franks. Below are donations from the Cook County College Teachers Union Committee on Political Education (COPE). … Continue reading
This Saturday we look at contributions from the Construction and General Laborers District Council of Chicago and Vacinity. We are able to do this thanks to the work of commenter Mark. … Continue reading
Contributions from the Chicago Teachers Union are next in line. Again, thanks to commenter Mark for organizing the data. The following article and those linked to it may be of interest to those wishing to link legislative votes with special … Continue reading
Midweek brings us to campaign contributions from a Political Action Committee connected to Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers–the Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC. Could this be the conduit through which Local 150 got State Rep. Jack … Continue reading
Union plumbers are the subject of today’s article on labor union contributions to State Rep. Jack Franks. Again, thanks go out to commenter Mark for accumulating the data. … Continue reading
We look at Chicago Firefighters Union contributions to State Rep. Jack Franks today, while offering thanks to the research work of commenter Mark. … Continue reading