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BUSINESS JOURNAL “ONE REGION,

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UNIONS Continuing to change with the times

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WHAT PURPOSE DO UNIONS SERVE TODAY AS OPPOSED TO IN THE PAST?

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FLYING AUTOPILOT WITH TARGET-DATE FUNDS: POINTS TO CONSIDER DURING RETIREMENT PLANNING

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TINY NEBRASKA TOWN SAYS NO TO 1,100 JOBS, CITING WAY OF LIFE

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BUSINESS JOURNAL “ONE REGION,

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The Southern Business Journal is a publication of The Southern Illinoisan. Contact us via mail at 710 N. Illinois Ave., Carbondale, IL 62901, or at P.O. Box 2108, Carbondale, IL 62903. Also reach us on the Web at www.sbj.biz and via email at SBJ@thesouthern.com. The Journal is published 12 times per year monthly and distributed by The Southern Illinoisan and www.thesouthern. com. Copyright 2016 by The Southern Illinoisan, all rights reserved. A subscription may be obtained by calling 618-529-5454 or 618-997-3356, or by visiting our website.

Publisher John Pfeifer 618-351-5038 Special Projects Coordinator Rhonda May 618-351-5077

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I live in a union household

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have never been a member of a union, but once came perilously close to being asked to augment my advertising sales representative role with being a “scab” reporter. It was at my very first job, I was making very little money and members of the newsroom guild were talking about a strike.

As soon as “management” was reminded that I had a degree in journalism, they started being extraordinarily nice to me.

The labor situation was settled long before I would have needed to make any sort of decision about crossing a picket line, and I like to think that they would have let me continue to sell advertising even if I had refused to become a temporary replacement in the newsroom. Of course I was in my early twenties at the time, so naiveté was like one of my primary characteristics.

Although never a union employee, I am married to a public school teacher who has been a member of the Wisconsin Education Association, the National Education Association and is currently a member of the Illinois Education Association. Every month I benefit from the salary and benefits negotiated by her union. Too frequently, I take that pay and future pension for granted. I certainly shouldn’t.

Despite what we’re tempted to think, the absence of a fiscal year 2016 Illinois budget is not the most troubling financial issue facing the state. The biggest issue – the 800-pound gorilla – is the state’s unfunded pension liability that tops $115 billion.

Unions will play a central role determining how this issue is addressed and, hopefully, solved. Unions have evolved just as the primary concerns of their members have also changed. Working conditions as that primary concern gave way to length of work day and work week. And then to pay. And benefits. And pensions.

The coverage of business in Southern Illinois is not complete without considering the past, present and future roles that labor unions play. This edition of the Southern Business Journal addresses the issue, but to some degree merely scratches the surface of the role that unions play in our lives. As you read business stories in The Southern over the next month, take note of how many involve unions; the number will likely be higher than you think.

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Unions:

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began to grow more and more, the government knew it needed infrastructure to support its growth. He said this is when here has been pubunions were being formed lic debate about for iron workers, carpenwhether or not ters and teamsters, but the unions are a necgrunt work was not done by essary in today’s union members. world, but it is indisputable He said the work that others that the formation of unions didn’t want to do was usumore than 100 years ago had a ally delegated to people seen massive impact in the workas unskilled and could be paid force of Illinois and the rest of little money. the country.

Taylor said that is when the Reaching back to the founding of the National Labor Union American Federation of Labor, or the AFL – founded in 1886 in 1866 to the many different unions in power today stretch- by Samuel Gompers – stepped in and said the individuals ing throughout many differdoing the grunt work was just ent types of working men and as important as others and they work, there are some differneeded to be represented. ences in the way negotiations “That is what sprung the are handed and the power that laborers’ union,” Taylor said. union wield when protect“The grunt work.” ing employees.

Taylor said unions negotiated for a living wage and The early days‌ protection from being fired G. William Domhoff writes because the boss was having in “Who Rules America: The a bad day, but there wasn’t Rise and Fall of Labor Unions in the U.S,” that the early forms health insurance or retirement benefits. of labor organization in the “There wasn’t any benefits U.S. were largely mutual aid outside of guaranteed work, societies or craft guilds that restricted entry into a craft and and that was hopeful,” he said.

He said many of the unions enforced workplace standards. in the early part of union hisClint Taylor, business tory were broken down by manager for the Southern ethnic background. Because the and Central Illinois Laborers’ biggest problem was communiDistrict Council, said there were several types of crafts that cation and a lot of immigrants were prevalent in the early days were being exploited.

“If you can’t communicate of the country, there weren’t many people to take their place on a job, there is no way we can all come together and form a when they passed away. So, he union,” Taylor said. “That was said, that is when apprenticeone of tricks management used. ships started.

If they could keep the different Taylor said as the country DUSTIN DUNCAN THE SOUTHERN‌

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SIU Faculty Association members and supporters picket during a faculty strike in 2011 in Carbondale.

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story to complete, the travel time of employees is different than it was even in the 1930s, Taylor said.

He said back then, there were local unions in almost every town because of the lack of travel for work.

“Today, people can drive 2-3 hours to a job, but back then it was horse and buggy,” he said.

“And you better be within an hour of a horse and buggy ride to go to work.”

As for jobs today, the emergence of technology has not just made travel more important, but also the amount of people needed for a particuThe Southern File Photo lar job.

Taylor recalls past generaMembers of several local trade unions prepare signs for the arrival of Gov. tions telling stories about how Bruce Rauner February 5, 2015 at the Holiday Inn in Mount Vernon. Rauner has drawn the ire of labor unions for several his proposals that target unions. it would take about 400 people to complete a road project, but now, the same job with modern really came about and then ethnic backgrounds separated technology would require about came strength in numbers.” and not speaking, they can’t Eventually, another evolution 10 employees. form together.” in the union mentality came As more and more unions about, because negotiating a began to spring up in the late Changing mentalities‌ good wage was great, but union part of the 19th century, TayIn the early 1980s to the membership began to realize lor said some unions began 1990s, Taylor said the bigthat people can’t work forever, gest evolution he has seen was to merge with each other. For Taylor said. example, the highway pavmore cohesiveness between He said about the middle of ers’ union merged with the employees and management. the century, is when the idea Laborers’ union which is why He said before those times, the of pensions and healthcare those members work on highemployees fought for everyfunds came to the forefront ways today. thing that they received. Strikes for union representatives. The and picket lines were much unions began fighting fiercely more common.

Gaining momentum‌ for protection after working “The new mentality for In the 1940s, ‘50s, and ‘60s, for several years and setting up employees and management Taylor said membership in some sort of standard of living was that they saw the advanunions began to “sky-rocket.” where members could continue tage of us being more of a team He said most of it was due to to live. Also, health insurance than fighting all the time,” job protection and a group was a hot topic at the time in he said. negotiating a wage on their case something happened on Part of that change came behalf. He said many times the job, Taylor said. because the unions wanted to an employee would attempt Today, the idea of health secure as many jobs as posto land a job for themselves insurance, pensions and work- sible and by putting on a united and the employer would say man’s compensation are stanfront, it was easier for coneverybody else was working at dard in every negotiation, along tractors to want to hire local a lower wage, but it would be with competitive wages. union employees. found out after accepting the “We still disagree, but we job that everybody was making can sit down and agree on a more than the employer origiTechnological changes‌ nally said.

Technology has also changed lot more than we disagree on,” Taylor said. “That is different “Everybody was being paid the game when it comes to from 50 years ago.” different wages and then it how union jobs are performed was learned others were makand the availability of work ing more money for the same for employees. dustin.duncan@thesouthern.com 618-351-5823 work,” he said. “So that is Even before newer tools on twitter: @zd2000 where the collective bargaining made jobs easier and quicker

Provided by American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union

A yard sign shows support for the AFSCME union.

To join or not to join Those cards or a petition are then to be filed with the nearest NLRB Regional Office.

After that, NLRB staff is to work with the employer and union to set a date, time and place for balloting. The NLRB also works with the parties to determine who is eligible – MOLLY PARKER generally, employees whose THE SOUTHERN‌ duties are primarily managerial cannot be part of the bar‌Federal and state labor gaining unit – as well as other laws extend various rights to factors, which can include the employees regarding union representation. That includes language(s) in which the balthe right to attempt to form a lots must be made available.

Workers have the right union in a workplace without to a secret ballot. Neither one, and the right to attempt the union nor the employer to decertify a union that employees no longer support. is allowed to disclose how individual workers voted. The union must be recognized Employee rights‌ by the employer if a simple Other employee rights, majority of voters cast a ballot according to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), in favor of representation.

Mark Conner, a union orgainclude that workers may join nizer with the International a union whether or not it is Association of Machinist and recognized by the employer, may assist a union in organiz- Aerospace Workers District 9, said one of the primary ing fellow workers, or may challenges that worker’s face refuse to participate in some in attempting to unionize or all of these activities. is the time lapse between On its website, the NLRB when petitions are submitexplains the two ways that private-sector workers can go ted and when the election is held. Until recently, the time about forming a union. One between petitions being filed way is for at least 30 percent and the election was about 40 of workers to sign cards or a petition saying they want a union.

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NLRB protects workers’ rights to support or oppose unionization

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STORY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 days, which Conner said gave the employers time to meet with individual employees and spread half-truths about ways unionization might harm them.

Rules govern both what unions and employers can say, but Conner said that false whisper campaigns about employees losing all their benefits or the plant closing over unionization can be difficult to track to a source.

“The scales are so titled toward the employer it’s pitiful,” he said. “Our job is to educate and do our best to stay on the offensive rather than the defensive.”

The NRLB recently changed the rule resulting in an expectation for elections to take place much sooner within about 10 days or so, or as soon as possible. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce opposed the change.

In an online article for World of Employment, a blog of Stoel Rivers LLP, a law firm in Portland, Oregon, attorney Terry Briscoe stated that the result of the so-called “quickie rule” would be the union “getting a quick vote before the employer can make its case against unionization.”

“This means that employees will be voting based on the information provided to them by the union, which is less than complete and sometimes less than factual,” she wrote.

The path to unionization‌

Another path to unionization, though it is less common, is that an employer may voluntarily recognize a union based on evidence, such as signed union-authorization cards, that the majority of workers are in favor of representation. Conner said he would like to see the law changed so that employers are required to recognize the union when a petition is returned

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Hundreds of public service union workers and community members turned out to rally against Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration over contract talks and the budget impasse Dec. 9, 2015 in Marion.

signed by a majority of employees, negating the need for an election. That is how the process works for public-sector workers in Illinois, he said.

Bill Looby, spokesman for the Illinois AFL-CIO, an umbrella organization that represents labor organizations in the state, said that if employees are interested in unionizing, it’s important that the process is done democratically. It can start with a committee meeting after work, he said, and if there’s interest, a worker or workers can reach out to a union that has a history of representing people in their line of work.

Looby said he believes that collective bargaining brings an “element of fairness into a workplace” that can benefit both employees as well as the employer. “The contract is a guide by which everybody works off of,” Looby said.

“There’s not elements of favoritism. Everybody knows this is how this works. These are the wage increases. This is the duration of the contract.”

Looby said union contracts often go beyond wage scales and benefits for employees. For

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instance, teachers may negotiate class size ceilings, and workers in high-risk jobs may negotiate for safety features, he said.

While Looby said that employers often benefit from the unions’ prescribed rules, avoiding favoritism claims in some cases, some business owners and chamber organizations argue that unions also can become too powerful, negotiating wages and benefits that the company cannot afford over the long haul – and essentially negotiating themselves out of a job. In some cases, employers also have argued union contracts prevent flexibility in responding to the ebb and flow of business. In more recent years, large-scale manufacturers have sought to locate in right-to-work states in the South, where unionization is more difficult, to avoid these concerns.

Regardless, the NLRB states that once a union has been certified by one of these two means, the employer is required to bargain over workers’ terms and conditions of employment with the union representative.

Employees who do not support the union cannot be forced to join. But the collective bargaining agreement between the employer and employee must cover all applicable employees – whether or not the employee wishes to join the union.

Of note, the NLRB covers most private-sector workplaces. Public-sector workplaces in Illinois are similarly governed by the Illinois Labor Relations Board.

“Fair share” dues‌

In some states, such as Illinois, workers who decline to join the union but who work in a unionized workplace can still be required to pay “fair share” dues. These dues are intended to cover the union’s administrative costs given that the collective bargaining agreement must cover all employees.

In Illinois, where someone has a religious objection to joining a union or paying “fair share” dues, he or she can be required to make a comparable donation to a non-religious charity.

These “fair share” dues have been a hot-button political issue of late, particularly as it

relates to public-sector unions.

Conservative political leaders such as Gov. Bruce Rauner have argued that requiring people to pay something when they object to representation is a violation of First Amendment free speech rights. Unions are not allowed to use the “fair share” dues on political activity, where there is more flexibility with union dues. But Rauner and others have argued that the line there is so thin – particularly in regards to public-sector unions – that there may be people who are being unwittingly forced to support political candidates and activities to which they are opposed.

Early in his term, Rauner filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the “fair share” requirement, but it was dismissed by a federal judge. But a case brought by three Illinois workers with the same challenge is proceeding.

Also, the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on the debate earlier this spring, deciding in late March by a split 4-4 vote to leave “fair share” fees intact for public-sector unions.

The ruling upheld a previous one by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, covering Western states. And court watchers say the issue is very likely to come up again before the U.S. Supreme Court, and could have a different outcome depending on who is appointed to the high court to replace the late justice Antonin Scalia, who likely would have tipped the decision he other way.

Union officials argue that attempts to challenge “fair share” are a backhanded approach to weaken labor unions, and that the restriction on the use of funds for political activity is an adequate protection of the rights of workers who decline to join their workplaces’ unions. molly.parker@thesouthern.com 618-351-5079 / On Twitter: @MollyParkerSI ‌

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Flying autopilot with target-date funds: Points to consider STAN CHOE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS‌

‌NEW YORK — What’s in your 401(k)? For more of us, the answer is just a single fund.

Target-date retirement funds aim to make investing simple, and that’s why their popularity is exploding. Just pick one pegged to the year you plan to retire, put money in steadily, and it will take care of loading up on high-growth, riskier stocks when you’re young and moving into more conservative investments as you age.

That ability to put investing on autopilot is appealing to many workers, particularly younger ones opening an IRA for the first time who don’t feel comfortable making investment decisions. A record $69 billion flowed into target-date funds last year, giving them $763 billion in total assets, according to Morningstar.

They’re so popular that after Vanguard looked at nearly 4 million participants in 401(k) and similar plans that it keeps records for, it found roughly four in 10 had their entire account in just one targetdate fund. Vanguard expects that to rise to six in 10 by 2020.

Some workers may not even realize they own a target-date fund. When employers automatically enroll their workers in a 401(k) plan, many use a target-date fund as the default investment because they prevent investors from having

extreme portfolios, with either too much or too little stock.

Even though they’re simple to use, it’s important to remember that there’s variety among target-date funds, and two can be starkly different even if they’re aimed at the same year of retirement. The same target-date fund may also tweak its strategy from year to year. So it pays to check in on the autopilot from time to time to make sure it’s still steered in the direction you want to go.

Here are some questions to consider, whether you’re already in a target-date fund or are considering entering one: How much of my targetdate fund do I want in stocks now?

Some target-date funds are more aggressive,

with more of their portfolios invested in stocks than others.

Stocks have historically had the best returns over the long term, but they can crash in a flash.

Young workers have the luxury of time, so they can hold on in anticipation of better returns. Workers approaching retirement, though, can’t afford to wait the years it can take for stocks to recoup their losses. So they lean more on bonds, which offer lower but steadier returns.

All target-date funds start off with nearly all their portfolios invested in stocks and gradually become more conservative. But each does so at its own pace, which the industry calls its “glide path.”

The two biggest targetdate providers, Vanguard

and Fidelity, both start their glide paths at 90 percent stocks. But when retirement is 20 years away, Fidelity’s fund still aims to have 90 percent in stocks, while Vanguard’s plans for 82 percent, according to Morningstar.

How much stock will I want 10, 20, 30 years from now?

Even if you’re decades away from retirement, check how much stock your target-date fund provider has in its option for people already there.

Would you be comfortable with that when you’re retired?

You’ll still need a good chunk of stocks, because retirement will hopefully last decades. Many target-date funds built for people retiring now have 40 percent to 50 percent in stocks, but many outliers exist on both ends. Morningstar found ones with as little as 8 percent and as much as 64 percent.

How much are the fees?

The good news is that expenses are generally falling for target-date funds. Keeping costs low is one of the easiest ways to improve your returns.

Funds disclose their fees as something called the expense ratio, which shows what percentage of assets goes to cover expenses each year.

Target-date options that use index funds will often have lower expense

ratios than those that use actively managed funds.

But that’s not always the case. Make sure to check.

Do I need to invest in anything else?

Don’t worry about being not being “diversified” if your nest egg has just one target-date fund. It has investments spread across thousands of stocks and bonds around the world, and it’s designed to be the only fund in your retirement account.

But you don’t have to stay beholden to it. Some investors own other funds alongside a target-date option. Say you generally like your target-date fund, but you’d like it more if it had more foreign stocks.

You could tack a small investment in a foreignstock fund alongside it.

Does my target-date fund have to be set for the year I want to retire?

No. If you’re hoping to retire in 2045, but the target-date options available to you pegged to that year look too aggressive, take a look at the 2035 or even 2025 options.

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Tiny Nebraska town says no to 1,100 jobs, citing way of life SCOTT MCFETRIDGE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS‌

‌ ICKERSON, Neb. — Half-ton pickup N trucks crowd the curb outside the One Horse Saloon, a neon Coors Light sign in the window and rib-eye steaks on the menu, but otherwise Nickerson, Nebraska, is nearly silent on a spring evening, with only rumbling freight trains interrupting bird songs.

Regional economic development officials thought it was the perfect spot for a chicken processing plant that would liven up the 400-person town with 1,100 jobs, more than it had ever seen. When plans leaked out, though, there was no celebration, only furious opposition that culminated in residents packing the fire hall to complain the roads couldn’t handle the truck traffic, the stench from the plant would be unbearable and immigrants and out-of-towners would flood the area, overwhelming schools and changing the town’s character.

“Everyone was against it,” said Jackie Ladd, who has lived there for more than 30 years. “How many jobs would it mean for people here? Not many.”

The village board unanimously voted against the proposed $300 million plant, and two weeks later, the company said they’d take their plant — and money — elsewhere.

Deep-rooted, rural agricultural communities around the U.S. are seeking economic investments to keep from shedding residents, but those very places face trade-offs that increasing numbers of those who oppose meat processing plants say threaten to burden their way

of life and bring in outsiders.

“Maybe it’s just an issue of the times in which we live in which so many people want certain things but they don’t want the inconveniences that go with them,” said Chris Young, executive director of AP‌ PHOTOS the American Association of Meat ProRandy Ruppert addresses residents April 19 during a meeting at the Nickerson, Nebraska, fire cessors. hall.

Nickerson fought against

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Cedar Street in the center of the village of Nickerson, Nebraska, is seen at night, April 19. When regional officials announced plans to open a $300 million chicken processing plant employing 1,100 workers, residents packed the fire hall and the village board unanimously voted against the plant, and a week later the company gave up, saying they’d take their plant and jobs elsewhere.

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Georgia-based Lincoln Premium Poultry, which wanted to process 1.6 million chickens a week for warehouse chain Costco. It was a similar story in Turlock, California, which turned down a hog-processing plant last fall, and Port Arthur, Texas, where residents last week stopped a meat processing plant. There also were complaints this month about a huge hog processing plant planned in Mason City, Iowa, but the project has moved ahead.

The Nickerson plant would have helped area farmers, who mostly grow corn and soybeans, start up poultry operations and buy locally grown grain for feed, said Willow Holliback, who lives 40 miles away and heads an agriculture group that backed the proposal.

“When farmers are doing well, the towns are doing well,” she said.

The question of who would work the tough jobs was at the forefront of the debate, though many were adamant they aren’t anti-immigrant. Opposition leader Randy Ruppert even announced: “This is not about race. This is not about religion.”

But at a time when immigration issues, including calls to deport millions in the country illegally, have been a focus of attention in the U.S. presidential campaign, questions about both race and religion were raised at the raucous April 4 meeting where the local board rejected the plant. One speaker said he’d toured a chicken processing plant elsewhere and felt nervous because most of the workers were minorities.

More overtly, John Wiegert, from nearby Fremont where two meat processors employ many immigrants, questioned whether Nickerson’s plant would attract legal immigrants from Somalia — more than 1,000 of whom have moved to other Nebraska cities for similar jobs, along with people from Mexico, Central America and Southeast Asia.

“Being a Christian, I don’t want Somalis in here,” Wiegert, who has led efforts to deny rental housing to immigrants in the country illegally, told the crowd. “They’re of Muslim descent. I’m worried about the type of people this is going to attract.”

Others pointed out that, given Nebraska’s unemployment rate is among the nation’s lowest near 3 percent, few local residents would accept the entry-level jobs. While the projected wage of $13 to $17 an hour was above the region’s current median wage for production workers, opponents argued meat processors generally have high turnover.

“We aren’t against jobs,” farmer John Schauer said. “We want clean, stable jobs.”

The land is flat and rich around Nickerson, which is a half-mile off a narrow state highway about 30 miles from Omaha. The town’s tidy

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Randy Ruppert goes over a document with Kathy Drawbridge following a meeting April 19 at the Nickerson, Nebraska, fire hall.

but often faded single-story homes sit on large, grassy lots. There’s a small cluster of commercial buildings, most of them long shuttered, and a grain elevator.

Its school was demolished more than a decade ago, leaving only the old playground, but residents take pride in the regional school district. Superintendent Jeremy Klein told the village board he worried new students would overwhelm local schools and that tax breaks would limit any extra money to hire more teachers.

“It’s impossible to know what the size of that impact will be,” Klein said days later.

People seem to be more willing than in earlier eras to fight developments they think could harm the environment or change an area’s character, University of Nebraska-Lincoln economics professor Eric Thompson said, even if the development offers an economic boost.

Mason City official Brent Trout said he heard all the arguments against the $240 million plant planned some 200 miles northeast of Nickerson: What’s the environmental impact of an operation that will process up to 22,000 hogs daily?

How will 2,000 new jobs affect the isolated city of 27,500?

It’s already hard to attract employers to Mason City, which has lost about 10 percent of its population over the last 30 years, he said. But, like Nickerson, Mason City’s best selling point is its focus on agriculture: “This is what Iowa is. This is what Iowa does,” Trout said. “We raise pigs and we process pigs.”

Although Nickerson residents have succeeded in pushing away the industrial-scale operation, opponents said they’re getting better organized to help the town that’s targeted next.

“I’ve lived in exotic places, but I’ve never wanted to live anywhere but here,” said Chuck Folsom, an 88-year-old former Marine and farmer. “We’ve got to protect the land. We’re not making any more of it.”

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PRINT Joshua Z. and Tammy L. Stein, P.O. Box 173, Freeman Spur 11464 Simon, Marion Jacklin Lynn Williams, 531 S. 25the Scott E. and Amanda J. Rady, 13471 St., Mount Vernon Prosperity Road, Marion Debra N. Selover, 2901 Benton Tammy Lynn Smith, 517 N. Michaels Road, Mount Vernon St., Carbondale Eric C. and Rhonda M. Gibson, 105 Carole Michelle Snyder, 913 W. E. Finucane St., Marion Division, Benton Roger M. Hancock, 703 Toby Drive, Amanda K. Matthews, 402 E. Marion Hancock St., Steeleville Teresa R. Gibbs, 2415 Milligan Hill Apryl D. Martin, P.O. Box 6, Mounds Road, Alto Pass Luis D. Wagley, 609 N. 14th, Herrin Wallace A. and Betty J. Miles, 519 Starla K. and Steven S. Tolbert, 3931 Burkitt St., Benton Vickers Road, Marion Stephanie Lynne Zeschke, 28558 William Rodden and Jamie Lee State Highway 3, Thebes Tolliver, 931 Landes St., Mount Maxine B. Lewis, 1417 N. Wall St., Carmel Carbondale Kelly Ann LaMacchia, 14734 Amanda Rae Boucher, 307 N. Markham Lane, Bluford Hickory St., De Soto Amber M. Turner, 765 Bauer Road, Ryan Brock and Amanda Fay Jonesboro McClellan, 621 Metropolis St., Perry D. and Victoria L. French, 106 Metropolis E. Raymond, Harrisburg Joshua D. Hawes, Route 1, Box 157Dwayne L. and Rebecca Shaw D, Elizabethtown Jackson, 420 N. 10th St., Herrin Zachary S. Sims, 106 S. Hewitt, Darlene S. Peebels, 908 N. Bentley Carbondale St., Apt. E, Marion Matthew S. Collins, 204 E. Second William Grant and Autumn LeAnn St., Sparta Smith, 201 Crockett St., Brookport Leigh Ann Ward, 204 Burns Ave., James Dean Blades, 812 W. St. Mount Vernon Louis, Pinckneyville Russell L. and LeAndra J. Fadely, Jason Lamar and Laurie Ann 500 S. First St., Vienna Edwards, 225 N. East St., Apt. 3, Du Wayne Alfred and Lisa Ann O’Connor, Quoin 1103 Benton, Johnston City Ryan Lee Holtzclaw, 203 12th St., Joshua Glenn Walker, 3205 Carmi Battleford Road, Stonefort Michael E. and Debra S. Fauss, P.O. William L. and Tammy J. Jones, 505 Box 1322, Murphysboro E. Ninth, Johnston City Zachary R. Adams, 516 Lawrence Heather A. Whitley, 315 Blackburn, St., Benton Du Quoin Guy E. Roberts, 2303 S. Illinois Ave., Mark S. Irwin, 813 Ellis Drive, Apt. 1 Carbondale South, Mount Vernon Jamie R. Canada, 601 N. Stuyvesant Christopher Ray and Jennifer Marie St., Benton Penley, 2217 Darren Drive, Marion Treston Jordan Miller, 1108 Harrison A. and Rebecca A. Hughey Scottsboro Road, Marion Jr., 800 N. Eighth St., Mount Trevor G. and Eileen M. Wolaver, Vernon 1605B N. Cash St., Marion Jeffrey A. and Jennifer A. Cain, 1107 Dawne Renee Malinski, 411 A. S. Washington St., Harrisburg Walnut, Pinckneyville Cheri Lorene Bland, 700 McKinley, Darlene L. Davidson, 16701 Harper Karnak Road, Johnston City Bradley Ray Criley, 12384 N. Old Jared B. Tolbert, 903 Hillcrest, Faithful Lane, Woodlawn Marion Chapter 13 Danielle r. Weatherford, 749 Pine, Robert L. Murphy, 914 W. West Salem Sharon K. Eaves, P.O. Box 31, Pulaski Maplewood, Marion

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Janice M. Bradley, 2610 Michael Lane, Marion Leslie N. Alvis, 39 S. Walnut St., Tamaroa Melinda K. Bigham, P.O. Box 3343, Tamms Harvey J. West, 806 W. Longstreet Road, Marion Joan Drysdale, 10627 Mercury Road, Mulkeytown Michael A. and April J. Gibson, 601 N. Pine St., Sparta Edward R. and Linda J. Wagoner, 195 Jones Road, Harrisburg James R. and Jackie L. O’Conor, 819 W. Lindell, West Frankfort Johnathan Lee Sharp, 357 Wetaug Road, Dongola Sean T. and Brittany N. Adams, 430 Johnston City Road, Galatia Charles Frank Siefert Sr., 332 E. Olive St., Du Quoin Roshal D. Jackson, 529 24th St., Cairo Jason J. and Christine A. Schaefer, 318 N. Second St., Elkville Stephen B. and Kaci L. Lemons, 17458 E. Illinois Highway 15, Mount Vernon Melisa A. Fenske, 801 S. Russell St., Marion William James Crabtree, 216 W. Monroe, Herrin Ruth S. Easton, 201 E. Third St., Christopher David A. and Taunya C. Medley, 880 Ralls Lane, Dongola Herman Dean Hutcheson, 1015 Beulah, Eldorado Michael Campbell, 18414 State Highway 3, Cairo Jonathan Preston and Kristen Billbrey, 1601 Posey St., Marion Shirley D. Pontious, 11602 E. Blackward Lane, Mount Vernon Shawn M. and Catina D. Gibbons, 5916 Old Route 13, Carterville Joshua R. and Amy Y. Chitwood, 301 S. McKinley St., Elkville Jason Louis and Emilie Jayne Ashworth, 1720 W. Crossroads, Vienna Rose Marie Poole, 1010 Robinwoods Lane, Tunnel Hill Theodore R. and Diana L. Riechman, 11876 Delaware Road, Richview Richard D. and Bobbi Lea Dinga Jr., 5692 Brownsville Road, Carterville

Permits Carbondale‌

Carolyn Alexander, 1147 E. Rendleman St., $750 Mark Garwin, 515 N. Davis St., $700 Jeffrey Davis, 401 S. Orchard Drive, $500 Chandrakant Patel, 1130 Deer Ridge Place, $150,000 Elisa Hunt, 11 W. Carter St., $2,500 Dederich Properties, 404 S. Poplar St., No. 6, $16,000 Chandrakant Patel, 411 E. Hester, St., $100,000 The Noteworthy Group, Inc., 2370 N. Mcroy Drive, $60,000 Cherry Insurance, 1729 W. Main St., $32,587 American Eagle Homes, 601 E. Walnut St., $75,000 Classic Gaming Connection, 205 N. Illinois Ave., $10,000 Park Place on Glenview, 100 N. Glenview Drive, $5,000 Chillz Ice Cream and More, 1400 W. Main St., $5,000 IHOP/Pancake Holding, LLC, 1345 E. Main St., $2,425,000 Panda Express, 1039 E. Main St., $1,287,369 Wal-Mart, 1450 E. Main St., $110,000

Marion‌

Pancake Holding Company LLC, 2607 The Hill Ave., $1,116,000 Marion Rental Apartments LLC, Jerry Barrass, 1220 N. Van Buren, $300,000 Eric Coale, 1706 Felts Drive, $3,000 Steve Quertermous, 1112 Folgers St., $150,000 Jeff Mayer, 2785 Kokopelli Drive, $515,000 D&C Heating, 603 N. Market St., $8,000

Metropolis ‌

Daniel Polanczyk, 116 Lindsey, $8,500 Richard Bates, 211 W. Fourth, $4,000 Elton Kennedy, 825 E. 12th, $250

Rhonda Lewis, 410 E. 12th, $669 Tammy Oliver, 609 W. 10th, $639 Jesse Taylor, 906 E. Fifth, $500 TLSJ Properties, 623 Market St., $25,000

Mount Vernon ‌

Krieger’s Restaurant & Bar, 222 Potomac, $766,275 Kroger, 415 S. 42nd St., $5,800,000 PFS Properties, 1413 Mill St., $0 Fazoli’s, 4209 Broadway, $13,222 Tri-County Electric Cooperation, 3906 Broadway, $21,000 Nolan Hammonds, 501 S. 27th St., $65,000 College Oaks Park LP, 324 Jordan, $79,000 Fazoli’s, 4209 Broadway, $262,828 Casey’s General Store, 1400 Salem Road, $1,200 Pauline Echols, 620 Fairfield Road, $0 David Artis, 908 N. Seventh St., $0 Borowiak’s/Ace Hardware, 500 S. 10th St., $30,000 Allstate, 3452 Broadway, $2,400 Trackside Bar and Grill, 201 Broadway, $1,100 SSM Health (non-profit), 4218 Lincolnshire Drive, $0 SSM Health (non-profit), 808 S. 10th St., $3,000 Carl Staley, 516 E. Harrison, $0 Harmony Roses Chorus, various locations, $0

Murphysboro‌

Hal and Rachel Ensor, 1517 Oak St., $0 Nancy Cunningham, 721 N. 20th St., $975 Clint Rudd, 2120 Division St., $5,500 Building Services Supply, 1314 Walnut St., $18,050 Norman Varner, 926 N. 22nd St., $6,100 Peter Hubbrd, 2318 Alexander Ave., $10,000 Kenneth or Debra Pedigo, 8 Crow Lane, $17,100 Ernie Miller, 1830 Elm St., $1,200 Marsha Verbal, 436 Murphy St., $6,500

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