BAC Administrative District Council 1 of Illinois

2018 ADC Barbeque

Pictures from the 2018 ADC Barbeque.  Special guests included J.B.

President Jim Allen - The Rerum Novarum Award - September 25, 2018

Congratulations to ADC President Jim Allen who received the Rerum Novarum Award  for labor from the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Proud Union Home Photo Contest

The District Council wants to see your Proud Union Homes! Send pictures featuring your Proud Union Home signs and you will be entered into a special raffle at our Annual Members' BBQ in August.

J B Pritzker and Susanna Mendoza at your Union Hall

Gubernatorial primary candidate J. B. Pritzker and State Comptroler candidate Susanna Mendoza stopped by your Union hall this week for a "town hall" type event and discussion. 

It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.
- Barack Obama

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Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty. — Samuel Gompers

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Right to Work

One of the issues that is decided by the Illinois State Senate and Illinois House along with the Governor are so called “Right to Work” laws and Illinois becoming a “Right to Work” state.  Currently Illinois is not a “Right to Work” state; it is a free bargaining state. 26 states are “Right to Work” mostly in the South but our neighboring states of Wisconsin, Indiana, and Michigan have all recently gone “Right to Work”.    What exactly is “Right to Work”? 

2018 R.E. Shepherd Scholarship Fund and Golf Outing

The 2018 R.E. Shepherd Scholarship Fund Golf Outing was held on Saturday, May 12, 2018 at Bloomingdale Golf Club.  Robert E. Shepherd was the Business Manager of the Ceramic Tile Layers Local 67 for over 20  years, and was later selected to be Vice President of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers.  

The scholarships are awarded each year to the children of union members.  Five recipients each received a $5,000 scholarship toward their college education: 

Maeve Catherine Bernero, who will be attending Oakton Community College.

President Jim Allen - Hotel Workers Rally

ADC President Jim Allen addresses the striking hotel workers rally. 

President Jim Allen - The Rerum Novarum Award - September 25, 2018

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