{"id":3217,"date":"2015-10-25T11:48:30","date_gmt":"2015-10-25T16:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=3217"},"modified":"2015-10-26T13:10:52","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T18:10:52","slug":"highlighting-the-damage-being-done-by-governor-rauners-agenda","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/event\/highlighting-the-damage-being-done-by-governor-rauners-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlighting the Damage Being Done by Governor Rauner’s Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are able to get away for mid-day events, you will be glad you took a few hours to attend the press conference\u00a0described below.\u00a0 The NTDO has\u00a0many friends on the panel: Nancy Chen is a Naperville Township Resident and long-time friend of the NTDO, Ron\u00a0Allen\u00a0and Lynn Pries are NTDO PCs, and our own Bill Habel will be moderating the discussion. \u00a0Not to mention the value of showing support for the many, many\u00a0people who are being harmed by the Governor’s intransigent\u00a0anti-union single-mindedness (see, e.g., here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>\u00a0and many others).<\/p>\n

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PRESS ADVISORY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contact<\/strong>: Rianne Hawkins, Illinois AFL-CIO
\nPhone<\/strong>: 217.492.4062 (office)\/217.299.1315 (cell)<\/p>\n

What<\/strong>: Community leaders, union members and members of the clergy come together to\u00a0discuss the effects that Governor Rauner\u2019s anti-middle class agenda will have on DuPage\u00a0County.<\/p>\n

When<\/strong>: Friday, October 30, 2015 at 10:00am<\/p>\n

Where<\/strong>: Laborers Local 68 Union Hall (660 E. North Avenue in Lombard)<\/p>\n

Participating in the news conference will be Dan Allen<\/strong><\/em> (Executive Director of the\u00a0Construction Industry Service Corporation), Dave Menchetti<\/strong> <\/em>(attorney), Nancy Chen<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0(former Midwest Regional Director of the Women\u2019s Bureau, US Department of Labor),\u00a0Ronald Allen<\/strong><\/em> (retired small business owner), Dr. Lynn Pries<\/strong><\/em> (United Methodist Church).\u00a0Also joining the panel will be State Senator Tom Cullerton<\/strong><\/em> and State Representative Deb\u00a0Conroy<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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PRESS RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contact<\/strong>: Rianne Hawkins, Illinois AFL-CIO
\nPhone<\/strong>: 217.492.2624 (office)\/217.299.1315 (cell)<\/p>\n

Business Leaders and Community Activists Highlight
\n<\/strong>the Problems with Governor Rauner\u2019s Agenda<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today, community leaders, state leaders and union members gathered together to discuss\u00a0the effects that the so-called reforms that Governor Rauner is pushing would have on the\u00a0DuPage County area.<\/p>\n

Governor Rauner has been stalling budget negotiations by pushing his so-called\u00a0\u201cturnaround agenda\u201d for months at the Capitol and getting nowhere with lawmakers. Many\u00a0legislators have refused to support his agenda, citing the fact that the effects would\u00a0devastate the middle class in Illinois.<\/p>\n

The panel discussed topics ranging from the impact of further reforms to the Worker\u2019s\u00a0Compensation Act, the elimination of prevailing wage and the devastating effects of the\u00a0continued budget impasse on working families and the most vulnerable in our society.\u00a0These anti-middle class, anti-family policies will have a profound impact on DuPage County\u00a0communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been very troubled by the path which Governor Rauner has chosen to take,\u201d said\u00a0Ronald Allen, a retired small business owner and Board Member of the Quad County\u00a0Chamber of Commerce. \u201cThis continued instability in state finances is exactly what\u00a0businesses do not what to see when they are looking to relocate to Illinois.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a result of his continued insistence on curbing labor and workplace protections, people\u00a0who rely on currently unfunded state services are being hurt. Some agencies have even\u00a0been forced to close their doors due to the uncertainty of the State\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is clear that the Governor had prioritized his anti-union agenda over the needs of the\u00a0most vulnerable in our community,\u201d said Dr. Lynn Pries, a minister with the United\u00a0Methodist Church.<\/p>\n

Another casualty of the State budget impasse involves the disbursement, or lack thereof, of\u00a0funds to local governments. These local governments cannot adequately plan for future\u00a0road and infrastructure improvements because they cannot plan on when that money will\u00a0be disbursed.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernor Rauner\u2019s continued advocacy for his anti-union agenda is short sighted and just\u00a0plain wrong for Illinois,\u201d said Dan Allen, Director of the Construction Industry Service\u00a0Corporation. \u201cHis obsession with breaking the unions is not only already hurting our\u00a0economy, but will further erode wages for middle class families here in DuPage County.\u201d<\/p>\n

Each of the panelists urged the Governor to stop holding the budget hostage in order to\u00a0blackmail the state into adopting his so called reforms. These reforms would have a\u00a0devastating effect not only on the communities in DuPage County, but for the rest of the\u00a0State of Illinois, as well.<\/p>\n

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