http://cookcountypd.org/blog/2009/06/04/afscme-urges-senate-to-confirm-sotomayor/ Latest news involving the Cook County Public Defenders Association AFSCME LOCAL 3315 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:06:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://cookcountypd.org/blog/2009/06/04/afscme-urges-senate-to-confirm-sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-4738 Bruce Mosbacher Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:34:44 +0000 http://cookcountypd.org/blog/?p=496#comment-4738 I think it fair to say that the only Hispanic person to run for a local union position this past election was elected as a trustee and will be sworn in in July. Our Local is a democratic organization open to all its members. Please get trained and work as a steward and/or run for elected office at our next election. Our local activists are white, black, east asian, and hispanic straight and gay. The water is warm...jump right in. I think it fair to say that the only Hispanic person to run for a local union position this past election was elected as a trustee and will be sworn in in July. Our Local is a democratic organization open to all its members. Please get trained and work as a steward and/or run for elected office at our next election. Our local activists are white, black, east asian, and hispanic straight and gay. The water is warm…jump right in.

]]> http://cookcountypd.org/blog/2009/06/04/afscme-urges-senate-to-confirm-sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-4735 Reality Check Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:39:55 +0000 http://cookcountypd.org/blog/?p=496#comment-4735 Ironic how the union states that one of the virtues of Sotomayor is that she is Hispanic but looking at the Public Defender Union's exec board you have locked out any Hispanic PD from serving on it. This is even though the Hispanics make up the second highest percentage of our clients. Before you push Sotomayor because she is hispanic maybe you should first have fair representation on the exec board for hispanics! Ironic how the union states that one of the virtues of Sotomayor is that she is Hispanic but looking at the Public Defender Union’s exec board you have locked out any Hispanic PD from serving on it. This is even though the Hispanics make up the second highest percentage of our clients. Before you push Sotomayor because she is hispanic maybe you should first have fair representation on the exec board for hispanics!

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