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Jack Franks – Labor Unions’ Million Dollar Man – Part 15 — 4 Comments

  1. The Construction and General Laborers District council is an umbrella District Council within the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA).

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    They are generally referred to as the Laborers.

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    The District Council is is a group of Locals.

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    There are several Laborers District Councils in Illinois:

    – Laborers District Council of Chicago (Burr Ridge)

    – Great Plains District Council (Peoria)

    – North Central Illinois District Council (Peoria)

    – Southern and Central Illinois District Council (Marion)

    – Southwestern Illinois District Council (Swansea)

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    The District Councils controls or is affiliated with pension, health and welfare, labor management, and other funds whose revenue originates as hourly line items in wage agreements:

    – Health & Welfare Fund

    – Pension Fund

    – LECET (Laborers – Employers Cooperation and Education Trust) Fund

    – LMCC (Labor Management Cooperation Committee) Fund

    – Vacation Fund

    – Training Fund

    – Prevailing Wage (Fair Contracting) Fund

  2. The Construction and General Laborers District Council of Chicago and Vicinity has contributed $41,250 to Jack Franks’ PACs.

    That is per a “Contributions Search” on the Illinois State Board of Elections (SBE) website for the two Jack Franks PACs, the first which is not longer in use.

    Citizens for Jack D Franks, SBE committee ID 13681

    Supporters of Jack D Franks, SBE committee ID 19464

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    Officers of the Construction and General Laborers District Council of Chicago and Vicinity:

    – James P Connolly (James Connolly), Business Manager

    – Charles L LoVerde III, Secretary / Treasurer

    – Scott Pavlis, President

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    In unions, the Business Manager has a lot of power.

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    The Laborers District Council of Chicago and Vicinity is located at:

    999 McClintock Drive, Suite 300, Burr Ridge, IL 60527.

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    The previous address was:

    6121 West Diversey, Chicago, IL 60639.

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    The political action committee (PAC) for Laborers District Council of Chicago is:

    Laborers’ Political Action and Education League

    Illinois State Board of Elections (SBE) committee ID: 23199

    Officers of the PAC:

    – James Connolly, President

    – Charles LoVerde III, Treasurer

    This PAC began in January 2011 and has expended $7,254,142

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  3. Several other Laborers (LiUNA) affiliates have contributed to Jack Franks PACs:

    – Illinois Laborers Legislative Committee PAC (Laborers Midwest Region), Springfield: $16,550

    – Laborers Local 1035, McHenry & Boone County: $540

    – Laborers Local 6, Chicago: $1,500

    – Laborers Local 32, Rockford: $250

    Grand Total Contributions from all Laborers (LiUNA) affiliates to Jack Franks PACs: $60,090.

  4. The Laborers is an AFL-CIO affiliated union.

    The Laborers District Council of Chicago & Vicinity is thus affiliated with the following AFL-CIO organizations:

    – Chicago & Cook County Building and Construction Trades Council (BCTC)

    – Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL), which is a Central Labor Council (CLC)

    These entities coordinate among locals and promote union labor.

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    The Chicago Federation of Labor, Illinois AFL-CIO President Michael Carrigan, Democrat US Senator from Illinois Dick Durbin, and trial lawyers, are attending a reception supporting Jack Franks on October 19th at Petterino’s in Chicago.

    Following is a post describing that event.

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    McHenry County Blog

    Jack Franks Goes After More Chicago Money

    October 15, 2016

    http://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2016/10/15/jack-franks-goes-after-more-chicago-money/#comment-448539

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