Here is a little update for the membership on what’s going on with our local.
Installation of New Board and Trustees
The recently elected executive board and trustees of Local 3315 will be sworn-in in a ceremony on July 21, 2009 by our former brother and now Judge, Stuart Paul Katz.
1% Arbitration
The Cook County Comptroller has contacted us and indicated that our 1% salary increase will show up on our pay checks that we will receive on 7/24/09. Retro to follow at a still unknown date. Sounds like good news, but prudence requires you to not spend a dime of it until you get it. It’s about the Roosevelts, baby! For those of you who have not signed up at the MVP level for our Political Action Committee, PEOPLE, please consider doing so, using this”windfall”. See any local board member or steward for a canary color, Voluntary People Deduction Authorization Form.
Contract Negotiations:
Given the current economic and political climate, you will not be surprised to learn that negotiations are progressing at a snail’s pace. In the forthcoming weeks, the Union will be asking it’s members to engage in solidarity day activities which will involve the donning of buttons or stickers at your work sites. Please participate to publicize your support of your bargaining team’s efforts during these difficult times. More information will be distributed as it becomes available.
Summer Party
Our local’s summer party will be at the Beer Garden at Navy Pier on July 29, 2009. As of 7/17/09, we have a little over 100 guests who have sent in their checks. The deadline for submitting your rsvp is 7/22/09 so please don’t miss the boat. . . so to speak. Details on how to RSVP are in my prior message on this website.
Golf Outing
Our annual golf outing will be held at Eaglewood resort on August 27, 2009 and if you are interested in golfing, please call David Figura at the Multiple Defendant Divison downtown so he can get you a tee time. If you can put together a foursome, that would be helpful. Golfers must arrive at the resort a minimum of 20 minutes before their tee time!
Jack Carey Memorial Scholarship
The scholarship named in memory of our local’s past president is set to award the next scholarship for the winter of 2009-2010. The deadline is November 1, 2009 and the Scholarship tab on the local’s home page can provide your law clerks with the necessary forms and other information about the scholarship for public defender law clerks.
The fundraiser for the scholarship is going to be on September 1, 2009 at Wrigley Field with the Cubs hosting the Astros in a game that is sure to play a role in the race for the division championship. Information on how to get tickets is available online. While sales have been brisk, some tickets remain for the procrastinators among us.
In Solidarity,
K. S. Galhotra
President, Local 3315
Cook County Public Defenders Association
