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Regional Mental Health
Center Membership Meeting

     Please join us to discuss the workplace challenges impacting SEIU Local 73 members working at the Regional Mental Health Center.

DATE: Thursday, April 29, 2010
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
PLACE: Stark Center
             Third Floor Conference Room
             3903 Indianapolis Blvd, East Chicago, IN 46312

     For more information, contact Field Organizer Eric Brooks at 219-884-4901 or call the Member Resource Center at 312-588-7630 or 1-888-734-8573.

Click below for a pdf flyer with meeting information. 
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Update: School for blind,
deaf children to stay open

April 9, 2010
chicagotribune.com

     The state comptroller's office said Friday that it will issue a check for about $1.3 million to keep afloat the state's sole public facility serving children who are both blind and deaf.
     Officials at the Philip J. Rock Center and School said this week the state owed the facility about $1.7 million, meaning it could no longer pay staff beyond April 15 and might be forced to close.
     26 members of SEIU Local 73 work at the facility in Glen Ellyn.

Read the complete article at chicagotribune.com

Our division in the news: State's only
school for deaf, blind could close

April 8, 2010
chicagotribune.com

     Illinois' only school offering housing and classes to students ages 6 to 21 who are legally blind and deaf may be forced to close in coming weeks because of the state's financial crisis.
     The state owes Philip J. Rock Center and School about $1.7 million -- about half its annual funding -- and the chief administrator says she will not be able to pay her staff beyond April 15.
     26 members of SEIU Local 73 work at the facility in Glen Ellyn.

Read the complete article at chicagotribune.com


Member activists lobby lawmakers to solve
state fiscal crisis, pass income tax increase

Springfield
February 17, 2010

    On February 17, member activists from three Local 73 Social Services units -- CARC, Grand Prairie Services and the Jewish Federation -- participated in a day of action in Springfield sponsored by the Responsible Budget Commission.
     We met with Local 73 lobbyist Mike McGann and then brought a letter to 18 key Democratic state senators and representatives at their offices.
     Click below to read for a pdf document of the letter and the list of the legislators we visited:

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     The lobbying was just the opening shot in the 2010 fight for the very lives and dignity of the people in need that we serve, and for our own living standards, working conditions and jobs.

 

Protesters flood Springfield
to push for fair, sustainable budget

Springfield
February 17, 2010

     Today, SEIU members and staff were among the more than 1,000 members of the Responsible Budget Coalition who traveled to the state capitol in Springfield to remind lawmakers that they must pass a sustainable budget this year.
     At large rally in the rotunda -- followed by individual office visits -- the protesters reminded their representatives that no part of their job is more important than passing a budget that protects the health, education, and well-being of Illinois' citizens. And doing so will require new revenue.

Click here for coverage at progressillinois.com
VIDEO:  RBC members rally in Springfield (progressillinois.com)

 

Social Services units formally with
HCII vote to affiliate with SEIU Local 73

     We proudly welcome our newest sisters and brothers to the SEIU Local 73 family.
     In November, members of Social Services units formally affiliated with HCII voted unanimously to transfer to SEIU Local 73.
      The six bargaining units involved are:
 --- Anixter Center
 --- CARC
 --- Grand Prairie Services 
 --- Jewish Federation of Metropolitian Chicago (includes Council for Jewish Elderly, Jewish Community Centers, Jewish Child and Family Services, Jewish Federation Maintenance Corporation, Jewish United Fund and Jewish Vocational Services)
 --- Philip J. Rock Center and School (PRC)
 --- South Lake Community Mental Health (Tri City campus)

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Meet Your Union Representatives:
Paul Siegel and Nick Carone

     We are proud and happy to be working with members in our six Social Services units.
     We look forward to meeting you, learning from you and to build a productive and creative working relationship.
     If you have any questions about worksite issues or any ideas about what you would like to see changed at the workplace, feel free to call Paul Siegel at 312- 588-7486; or Nick Carone at: 312-588-7460.
     You can also email us @ psiegel@seiu73.org or ncarone@seiu73.org, or visit our offices at 300 South Ashland, Suite 400 in Chicago.

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Paul Siegel
Division Director

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Nick Carone
Union Representative

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Questions? Concerns? Issues?
Call the Member Resource Center

     As part of a dynamic 2.2 million member international Union, our social service units can benefit from lessons learned and models developed by other locals of SEIU.  An important new innovation is the Member Resource Center (MRS).
     The MRC provides full time access to information and advice by knowledgeable staff through a call center.  This means that if you have a question relating to your particular contract you can always talk to someone who can access the contract, respond to your question and make sure that your Union representative (field organizer) is aware of your call so that they can follow up on the problem.
     This process allows quicker response times for members, stewards and worksite leaders.
     The MRC is helping your representative to better serve you, visiting sites, investigating working conditions and working with you.
     It also allows the rep to do more organizational and educational training sessions for all members who work our Social Services units.
     To reach the Member Resource Center call 1-312-588-7630 or 1-888-734-8573 or send an email to mrc@seiu73.org

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STEWARD AND ACTIVIST TRAINING

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Saturday April 24
9 a.m to 1 p.m.
Chicago, Teamster City

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Downstate Illinois (Cancelled)
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Chicago (Teamster City)

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