SEIU Local 73 members with the Bolingbrook Park District Building and Grounds Division, along with their supporters, protest May 5 in Bolingbrook on the corner of Boughton Road and Delware Avenue. The intersection was local the homes to several Bolingbrook Park District board members. Members joined the union 21 months ago, but have yet to see their first contract. Jennifer Rice/staff photographer
Laborers Local 68 in Lombard hosted a fundraiser April 25 at its hall for Rep. Deb Conroy, who is running in the 47th House District. As the incumbent, Conroy is facing Heidi Holan of Glen Ellyn, a staunch Tea Partier who is being funded by Dan Proft, former Republican candidate for Illinois governor. Conroy described her race as an ideological fight. “My opponent is very anti-union, anti-regular schools. She doesn’t reflect the district. My district is a middle-class, working district, which is who I am, so it makes it easy for me,” Conroy explained. Conroy is pictured with, from left, Laborers Local 68 Organizer Bryan Hacker; Laborers Local 68 Vice President Michael Van Wagner; Laborers Local 68 Business Manager Joe Riley; Rep. Deb Conroy; Laborers Local 68 Secretary/Treasurer Mark Riley; Laborers Local 68 Field Representative Sergio Ayala and SMART 265 Business Representative Bob Baier. Jennifer Rice/staff photographer
July 23, 2015 – Union members handbill July 17 to customers who were patronizing Twin Peaks restaurant in Warrenville. From left, Laborers Local 68 Vice President/Business Agent Michael J. Van Wagner, Operating Engineers Local 150 Task Force/Business Representative Mike Drew and Laborers Local 68 Organizer Bryan Hacker. At the same time, Carpenter’s Local 558 was bannering the Twin Peaks restaurant under construction in Oakbrook Terrace. Jennifer Rice/staff photographer
Oct., 2014
Nov., 2014
In October 2014, far left, IBEW Local 701 union members and Scabby the Rat protested Dave’s Electric working at Twin Peaks in Warrenville for violating area standards. In November 2014, left, members of Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters Local 1889 were on strike for area standards against DBI Dunaway Brothers.