IBEW Local 21 Archived News Stories

June 2006

AT&T Closing Illinois Global Markets Centers

Late yesterday, AT&T announced that they plan to close their Global Markets centers in Illinois and have this work performed by out of state workers making less money. Union will fight AT&T's plan to layoff 137 members in Oakbrook and downtown Chicago. [Full Story]

It’s Official - United States Department of Anti-Labor

U.S. DOL Marketing Anti-Union Propaganda to Employees

The non-profit Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released 108 pages of documents it received from the Department of Labor (DOL) in response to a CREW Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit over records DOL has regarding contacts between DOL and conservative lobbyist and executive director of the anti-union group Center for Union Facts, Richard Berman. [Full Story]

A Message to the Working Women Activists of IBEW Local 21:

Would better pay improve your life? How about affordable health insurance, a secure pension or a safe job? Do you worry about losing your job, or having your job sent overseas?

Working women are invited to take part in the AFL-CIO’s 2006 Ask a Working Woman survey. This Labor Day, the tens of thousands of responses will be delivered to every member of Congress and state and local officials around the country.

Fill out the 2006 Ask a Working Woman survey by clicking here.

Elections Results for IBEW Local Union 21 officers, Unit officers,
and Delegates to the 2006 IBEW International Convention

President-Business Manager-Financial Secretary

Ronald E. Kastner-62.5%
Vince Zamora-37.5%

Vice President

Kevin Curran-70%
Charles McNamer-30%

Recording Secretary

Linda M. Cox-100%

Treasurer

Jacquie Fields-100%

Full election results available by clicking here.

Illinois General Election Endorsements

On June 6, 2006, President-Business Manager Ronald Kastner and COPE Director Rosetta Shinn attended the AFL-CIO endorsement session in Springfield Illinois.

Nearly one million union members in Illinois were represented by the voting delegates at the session. There was a very heated debate among delegates regarding a possible endorsement of Melissa Bean. When that discussion ended, the decision was made to not endorse Ms. Bean because of her anti-worker vote in 2005 for CAFTA.

The 2006 General Election Endorsements includes Rod Blagojevich for a second term as Illinois Governor. In the following months, many of the endorsed candidates will be invited to attend and speak to the membership at various IBEW Local 21 unit meetings.

The General Election is Tuesday, November 7, 2006. For a complete list of 2006 COPE Endorsements, check out the Illinois AFL-CIO’s website at http://www.ilafl-cio.org, and once there, go to the Political section of the site.

Register to Vote! For Illinois voting information, voter registration forms, and more, check out the website of the Illinois State Board of Elections.

Keep Democracy Alive - Exercise Your Right to VOTE!