[Peace-discuss] FW: Illinois unions note: Pritzkers opposed hotel workers organizing Hyatt. Labor Beat video from 2011

[David Johnson]

From: Larry Duncan [mailto:larryd63 at comcast.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2017 12:48 PM
To: Larry Duncan
Subject: Illinois unions note: Pritzkers opposed hotel workers organizing Hyatt. Labor Beat video from 2011

 

Illinois unions note: 

Pritzkers opposed hotel workers organizing Hyatt

Labor Beat video from 2011

 

Apparently Illinois Republicans are exploiting the fact that the Pritzkers attacked union organizing efforts at their Hyatt hotel chain. Rauner and the Republicans are using this to undermine Democrat J. B. Pritzker’s campaign for governor, now endorsed by the Illinois Federation of Labor. And the allegation is true. What a fiasco for the Democrats and the Illinois Federation of Labor, who are supporting J. B. for governor! Illinois unions should demand that the IFL immediately withdraw its endorsement for a member of this union-busting billionaire family. How outraged they would have been at this protest back in 2011 (see video below) if it had been announced at the end of the march and rally that their state federation of labor in 2017 would be campaigning for the billionaire J. B. Pritzker to represent them in Springfield. (And how much money from union dues was spent on the recent, expensive Pritzker campaign video?)

 

Here’s Labor Beat’s video from 2011 on the Hyatt vs the hotel workers.

 

-Larry Duncan

 

 

Labor Beat: We Are One - Illinois

https://youtu.be/dOntwNsWHac

 

As part of the national We Are One actions in early April, a number of rallies took place around Illinois and culminating in Chicago on April 9, 2011. We begin first at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on the banks of the Chicago River as teacher unions teamed up with the hotel workers. They shared a common foe: the super-rich Pritzkers, who own the Hyatt and also play the same role in Illinois as the Koch family plays in Wisconsin, bankrolling legislators to attack public sector unions. Afterwards, the action moved down to Daley Plaza where some 10,000 unionist heard speeches comparing what is happening in Illinois to Wisconsin. Includes scenes from downstate rallies in Decatur and Springfield. Speakers and interviews: George Schmidt, Substancenews.net; Jackson Potter, CTU staff coordinator; Sandra Miranda, Hyatt housekeeper; Dan Montgomery, President of Ill. Fed. of Teachers; Ken Swanson, President of Ill. Education Association; Bill Lucy, President of Coalition of Black Trade Unionists; Jen Johnson, Chicago public school teacher; Mahlon Mitchell, President of Wis. Fire Fighters Union. Length - 12:54

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