Herald & Review's Salute to Unions 2021

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Celebrating workers and unions in Central Illinois Lane Walker and Derek Borjon

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The Locals of the Decatur Building and Construction Trades Council wish every WOrKer a safe and happy Labor Day.

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Local #159 & #703

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Local #18 & #143

President Josh Sapp, IBEW Local 146 vice President Bill Francisco, Painters Local 288, DC 58

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Secretary/Treasurer Josh Prasun, Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 137 Sergeant-At-Arms Neil Jones, Laborers Local 159

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The Building Trades Council represents 2000 skilled tradesmen in Decatur and Macon County.

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Labor Day to showcase working families

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n this Labor Day, we celebrate the achievements of working people in Macon County and across the state of Illinois.

All workers want dignity and respect at work, and a fair share of what we produce. A union contract is the single best tool to ensure workers — all workers — have safe working conditions and earn a fair wage.

Last year, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the most significant worker empowerment legislation LAMARCUS since the Great Depression.

WILLIAMS The passage of that piece of legislation in the Senate, the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, is critical to ensure the voices of working people are heard and our nation’s economy works for all of us — not just the wealthy few.

The PRO Act will empower workers to exercise our freedom to organize and negotiate for better wages and working conditions. It will remove archaic barriers to organizing, increase worker protections and strengthen the institutions that hold corporations accountable. It will repeal the “right to work” laws that lead to lower wages, fewer benefits and more dangerous workplaces.

Decatur Trades & Labor Assembly is committed to raising awareness about the PRO Act and encouraging workers to organize into unions for a better way of life.

Our labor council has been making great strides to strategically engage workers in membership opportunities.

Earlier this year, in partnership with the Decatur Building & Construction Trades council and the Community Foundation of Macon County, we unveiled the Michael T. Carrigan Solidarity Scholarship to help workers on the path to union membership.

This scholarship — named after former Illinois AFL-CIO president and IBEW 146 member Michael Carrigan — will help workers looking to enroll in building trades apprenticeship programs. The scholarship will assist in purchasing tools, boots, GED classes and much more.

An apprentice guide was also created to help applicants decide which trade is right for them. It includes a description of the work, application information, contact information and a guide for earned wages in each trade. It is our hope that access to this information will employ a diverse workforce ready to learn the skilled trades needed to keep our community growing strong.

We continue to acknowledge and appreciate essential workers who are working to stay safe while keeping customers safe. Our members continue to build things, provide service and work with management to come back strong in the after-effects of the pandemic. We support them and encourage them in their efforts.

As we celebrate unions let us be reminded of their value and worth. Through the years, unions have bargained to create the 8-hour workday, weekends, paid days off, vacation pay, health insurance benefits, pensions, and much more. Union members are, first and foremost, citizens of our community.

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The Senate is considering the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, the most significant worker empowerment legislation since the Great Depression.

We are committed to making it a great place to live, work, raise a family and retire.

We invite you to join us as we host the annual Labor Day parade in downtown Decatur at 10 a.m. We will be showcasing union workers throughout Macon and surrounding counties. Following the parade, we will host our annual picnic for union members and their families and will

be distributing $15,000 in grants to local charity from our We Are One Community fund.

We encourage you to join in our celebration and ask that you thank a union member this weekend.

Lamarcus Williams is president of the Decatur Trades & Labor Assembly.

Workers need more than one day of platitudes Time is overdue for Workers Rights’ Amendment

decade we are fighting the same people that give us the pats on the back one day a year.

That can all change and we have the power to make it happen. e celebrate Labor Day every year On the ballot for voters next year will be and listen to politicians and comthe Workers’ Rights Amendment to the munity leaders tell us how imIllinois Constitution. If we want to stop the portant we are. They tell politicians from weakening our rights and us working families are the whittling away our protections, this Conbackbone of society and stitutional Amendment will take care of it front-line workers saved the once and for all. day during the darkest hours The facts are that for the last 40 years, of the COVID-19 pandemic. union members have been targeted for Well, that’s all true. Howdestruction. Politicians and corporate lobTIM DREA ever, it seems like every byists have hollowed out labor laws, and, other day and every year and here in Illinois, we’ve fought back many

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attempts at limiting our ability to negotiate.

We’ve won many battles and we’ve lost a few, too.

The Workers’ Rights Amendment gives working people the protection they deserve — not protection that dissolves when the political winds shift direction.

The WRA guarantees the right of workers to bargain for safe working conditions, fair pay and benefits. It will make sure patient care is put ahead of profit and construction workers can speak out about safety issues.

It will finally stop politicians from taking away workers’ freedom to join and negotiate with their employers.

Not only does it benefit working families,

it will also provide an ongoing boost for the Illinois economy by assuring there will continue to be a thriving middle class keeping business prosperous.

Now is the time and we will need your help.

Join the campaign to pass the Workers’ Rights Amendment. Go to www.workersrights.com for more information and sign up to join the campaign to pass this historic amendment.

The Illinois AFL-CIO represents more than two million union members and families.

Tim Drea is president of Illinois AFL-CIO.

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Tradition of giving continues

We Are One Community awarding $15,080 to local charities MATEUSZ JANIK

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DECATUR — For almost 40 years, Good Samaritan Inn has served lunch to those in need.

“A meal at the Good Samaritan Inn is more than a meal,” said Nicky Besser, Good Samaritan’s executive director. “There are some people that need it to sustain them, but even for many of our patrons, our meals turn into dollars that they’re saving that they can spend on other essential services.”

Coming off a year when more people are in need and traditional funding opportunities were strained, We are One Community is once again stepping in to help.

Good Samaritan is the recipient of $2,000 from the group.

The charity fund, built on the tradition of collective giving and philanthropy among work-

ing union families, will mark Labor Day with the distributing of $15,080 to 21 local organizations. The donations will be presented during the annual picnic following the Labor Day parade on Sept. 6, which runs through downtown Decatur starting at 10 a.m. Former Macon County Sheriff Tony Brown is this year’s parade marshal.

The awards presentation will be at 1 p.m. at the Large Pavilion in Fairview Park.

“Our dream for the We Are One Community is to have $100,000 in the community foundation and to be able to use the interests to give out more grants,” said Amy Rueff, the funds chairwoman. “I

mean there’s such potential for us to raise so much money.”

The funds come from local union members, who participate in fundraising campaigns or make donations through payroll deductions throughout the year.

The donor-advised fund is housed at The Community Foundation and the advisory board commits that 100% of all individual donations go directly to local services. They can do this because local unions cover the 1% administration fee and interest is reinvested to the fund, Rueff said.

Rueff said their labor advisory board decides which local charity will receive a grant and how much that grant is worth.

Along with Good Samaritan Inn, other organizations who will receive grants from the fund include Shemilah’s Outreach

Center, Old Kings Orchard Community Center, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Illinois and Decatur Power Tumblers.

Rueff said most of the time grants go repeat recipients that they know have an impact on the community as a whole.

Like The Good Samaritan Inn, Macon County Meals on Wheels is a repeat recipient and also will be awarded $2,000.

Meals on Wheels provides meals to senior citizens and other homebound individuals who cannot cook for themselves.

Greg Fritzgerald, a senior services supervisor with Catholic Charities, which oversees the meal program, said it takes a “fairly large” budget to operate the meal program especially when they served close to 95,000 meals last year and continue to serve an average of around 428 meals a day.

“It’ll be put toward purchasing meals and getting these meals out to the people that need it,” Fritzgerald said. “There’s a great community effort to make sure that these meals get to these people.”

Grant recipients

$500: Decatur Power Tumblers $500: Macon County CASA $500: Salvation Army $2,000: Good Samaritan Inn $500: John C. Ellis Lodge 17 $2,000: Meals on Wheels $1,500: Youth Advocate/Webster An additional $1,330 in designations will be mailed to the Cantrell Hall following agencies: American $1,000: Decatur Family YMCA $1,000: Old Kings Orchard Com- Cancer Society ($260), American Red Cross ($260), HSHS St. munity Mary’s Hospice ($260), DOVE $1,000: Boys & Girls Club ($250), Shriners Hospital ($100), $1,000: Boy Scouts Special Olympics ($100) and $1,000: Child First Center Macon County Animal Shelter $750: Big Brothers Big Sisters $500: Shemilah’s Outreach Center ($100).

DECATUR TRADES & LABOR ASSEMBLY THE VOICE OF LABOR IN DECATUR, IL

Happy Labor Day From the Working Men & Women of Decatur/ Macon County The mission of the central labor council is to improve the lives of working families to bring economic justice to the workplace & social justice to our state & the nation.

This Labor Day, take the time to thank unions - the people who brought you the weekend. Even if you don’t belong to a union, their efforts have provided better working conditions through safer workplaces, 8-hour workdays, child labor laws, equal pay, minimum wage, unemployment insurance, vacation, worker compensation laws, overtime, sick leave and much more.

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challenge working within the guidelines put in place during the pandemic, but these dedicated volunteers have managed to get this project off the ground.

These are just a few examples that show why we are so grateful for the volunteers who give back so much to our community.

We are thankful for their continued support of our projects.

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hile unions are the leading voice for workers in the workplace, their members also volunteer their time and talents to make their hometowns a better place to live, work and play.

Local non-profit groups are among the thankful recipients. The Herald & Review asked the leaders of these organizations to share stories about some of the ways local unions have assisted them with their missions.

We are fortunate to have groups in Decatur whose members step up to volunteer their time and talents for worthwhile projects in our community.

The Decatur Area Convention & Visitors Bureau has partnered with the local building and construction trades to complete several of these necessary improvements.

We worked to bring a national softball tournament to Rotary Park a few years ago and desperately needed to find a way to build covers over all ten dugouts. The Decatur Park District provided the materials, and the trade groups donated all their

—Teri Hammel, executive director, Decatur Area Convention & Visitors Bureau

Macon County CASA has received a great amount of support from the local unions across the years.

SUBMITTED PHOTO We’re thrilled at the chance Mike Martin, Tom Muchow and Steve Kaufman install a support to highlight several of the more recent instances of for what will become a roof over a dugout at Rotary Park. union support as CASA time and expertise. Working together we got advocates for the commuthe job done just in time for the first pitch. It nity’s foster children who have been abused was an important project that would not have or neglected. been completed without their hard work.

For the past five years, Macon County During Decatur’s inaugural Smoking Kan- CASA has been chosen as one of many local sas City BBQ Festival, the trades stepped up organizations to receive a grant on Labor Day again to not only sponsor the event, but they from the We Are One Community Group. The also provided the manpower to build the VIP checks are presented each year at the Annual area and beverage stations.

Community Labor Celebration at Fairview The IBEW Local 146 also works with the Park. The financial gift is a blessing, but the Decatur Area Convention & Visitors Bureau recognition of our work in front of hundreds to install and take down all the festive down- of local union workers is even greater. We have town lighting for the holidays. Apprentices volunteer support directly from these events donate their time to make our downtown each year. beautiful during this special season.

In September of 2018, the IBEW Local 146 During Christmas 2020, their generosity chose Macon County CASA to be the reciphelped us bring the Transfer House to life for ients of the WAND 3 Degree Challenge. By Santa and all the families that came for a visit. being the union’s choice, CASA was provided Now we are partnering with all the build- with advertising on WAND throughout the ing and construction trades to remodel the month to help continue our efforts to share our interior of the Transfer House. It has been a mission and advocacy with the community.

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Because so much of our work is done through community volunteers, this recognition and air time is vital to help us expand.

Finally, the Decatur Firefighters Local 505 chose CASA to provide their time and energy Christmas 2020. They chose 50 of our local foster children assigned to CASA, and with lists of sizes and wants/needs, the Local 505 firefighters, shopped and purchased many gifts for each child. CASA chose 50 of our children who were in the most desperate situations — newer foster homes, very little support, and more. Our CASA kiddos, CASA volunteers, CASA staff all felt very fortunate that our kids were the recipients of such kind hearts during the holidays.

—Julia Roundtree Livingston, executive director, Macon County CASA

Decatur Area Habitat for Humanity has had quite a bit of help from several of the major unions helping us with our last house builds.

The carpenter union found us a guy to assist in the oversight of the build, and the plumbers and other unions were also involved in the process.

A lot of this cooperation came through working with District 61 and the vocational building class starting back up. It was working with the students that the unions really helped us out.

—Edward D. Smith, executive director, Decatur Area Habitat for Humanity

Decatur Trades & Labor Assembly has been working closely with Baby TALK leadership to determine building material and labor needs to assemble baby play platforms, climbing structures, toddler pull up bars and tricycle ramps for the four playgrounds at our new facility. We are so grateful for their guidance as we complete these important outdoor spaces that will be accessible not only for enrolled Baby TALK families but also the community at large when we host special events.

—Kim Mangan, vice president, board of directors, Baby TALK

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Applicants sought for Carrigan scholarship

International Union of Operating Engineers Local 965

DECATUR — Applications are being accepted for the Michael T. Carrigan Solidarity Scholarship.

The $500 scholarship is designed to provide a scholarship to union members in good standing or workers with a path of entry into a union. The scholarship awards shall be used for the purpose of gaining meaningful employment, advancing a current career path or joining a union trades school.

Carrigan Named for a four-term Decatur City Council member and union leader who served as president of the AFL-CIO from 2007-2019, the scholar-

ship was funded by a $10,000 donation from the Community Foundation of Macon County to the Decatur Trades & Labor Assembly, with an additional $5,000 earmarked for publicity pamphlets that will list all the trades, the qualifications needed to get into apprenticeships, and direction how to apply for those programs and for the scholarship. Carrigan began his career as an electrician through the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

Send applications to: Michael T. Carrigan Building Trades Scholarship c/o Decatur Trades & Labor Assembly P.O. Box 2847, Decatur, IL 62524.

For more information, contact Amy Rueff at 217-433-5126.

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Shampine scholarship recipients announced

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ecatur Trades & Labor Assembly is proud to announce distribution of $6,500 to 12 recipients of the 2021 Michael E. Shampine Memorial Scholarship.

The scholarship was open to affiliate union members and their immediate family who plan to enroll in higher education, vocational trade schools or apprentice programs.

It was named after the passing of the assembly’s dedicated president, Michael Shampine, who passed away in 2007.

Those receiving scholarships are: Terrence Tally, $1,000, will graduate from Eisenhower High School and plans to attend the University of Illinois to study computer science. His mother, Roberta Tally, is a member of the Decatur Federation of Teaching Assistances Local 4324.

Lakin Boehm, $500, is a graduate of PORTA High School and attends Lincoln Land Community College in nursing. Her father, John Boehm, is a member of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 137.

Reiley Doty, $500, is a graduate of Mount Zion High School and attends Jud-

son University. She currently works at NASA Johnson Space Center in Texas. Her father, Jason Drake, is a member of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 146.

Dawson Kostenski, $500, will graduate from Mount Zion High School and plans to attend Parkland College to study aviation.

His father, Dave Kostenski, is a member of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Local 768.

Emily Morrison, $500, is a graduate of Taylorville High School and attends Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. Her father, Ben Morrison, is a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 146.

Owen Morrison, $500, is a graduate of Taylorville High School and will attend Florida Gulf Coast University to study marine science. His father, Ben Morrison, is a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 146.

Ciera Perry, $500, will graduate from Okaw Valley High School and plans to attend Southern Illinois University at Ed-

wardsville to study nursing. Her father, Nicholas Perry, is a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 146.

Tristen Peters, $500, is a graduate of Cerro Gordo High School and attends Richland Community College. Her father, Matthew Peters, is a member of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 137.

Taylor Prasun, $500, is a graduate of St. Teresa High School and attends Bradley University to study nursing. Her father, Joshua Prasun is a member of the United Association Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 137.

Morgan Wayne, $500, will graduate from Lutheran School Association and plans to attend Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville to become a pharmacist.

Her mom, Michelle Wayne, is a member of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 146.

Bekiredamje Williams, $500, will graduate from Maroa-Forsyth High School and plans to get a degree in biology. Her father, Bemajedareki Williams, is a member of the American Federation of State,

County and Municipal Employees Local 674.

Lamarcus Williams, $500, is a member of United Steel Workers Local 193G and is enrolled in an apprenticeship program of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 146.

Since its inception in 2007, $52,625 in scholarships and grants have been awarded to 85 students representing 21 different unions. The memorial scholarship is kept in a donor advised fund at The Community Foundation. Donations can be sent directly to: Michael E. Shampine Memorial Scholarship, c/o The Community Foundation, 101 S. Main, Suite 400, Decatur, IL 62523.

Decatur Trades & Labor Assembly is a central labor council of the AFL-CIO and is made up of 37 local unions. They represent approximately 13,000 union members and retirees in Macon County. The mission of the AFL-CIO Central Labor Council is to organize in the community to promote social justice for all working people.

For more information, contact Michael E. Shampine Memorial Scholarship chair Amy Rueff at 217-433-5126.

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