Federal authorities have begun a criminal investigation into how nearly a dozen union officials became eligible for inflated city pensions.
Federal authorities have begun a criminal investigation into how nearly a dozen union officials became eligible for inflated city pensions.
Most city workers spend decades in public service to build up modest pensions. But for former labor leader Dennis Gannon, the keys to securing a public pension were one day on the city payroll and some help from the Daley administration.
A leading voice in Chicago's labor community has criticized Chicago officials for recommending sweeping changes to operations at McCormick Place without input from unions at the convention center.
Dennis Gannon, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor, says interim officials at the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, known as McPier, unilaterally and unfairly burdened workers by endorsing legislation that would, among other things, define them as public employees and deny them the right to strike.
"It is disappointing that the MPEA interim board made its recommendations today without input from representatives of the union members at McCormick Place," Gannon said in a statement. Read more...
With less than 48 hours until CTA service cuts are scheduled to take effect, Mayor Daley is stepping in to the contemptuous fray.
Daley will bring the heads of the CTA's two biggest unions, Amalgamated Transit Union locals 241 and 308, as well as officials from the CTA, to a last-minute negotiating session in City Hall at 4 p.m. today.
"I have asked leaders of the unions representing CTA employees and CTA officials to come to my office so that we can -- I hope -- reach an agreement to prevent bus and train service cuts from going into effect this Sunday," Daley said in a statement. Read more...
