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New Ground 108September - October, 2006Contents
New Ground 108.1 - 09.30.2006
New Ground 108.2 - 10.07.2006
New Ground 108.3 - 10.25.2006
New Ground 108.4 - 11.02.2006
The State of Working America:Class War By Any Other Nameby Tom Broderick Uncle Byron turned 80 on August 20th and we celebrated. Several years ago, he retired from teaching elementary school at PS 161M in Harlem with a pension that has allowed him to live a satisfying life. That pension was negotiated by his union, the United Federation of Teachers (UFT). The demand to be treated with dignity and respect compelled workers to organize. They wanted better and safer working conditions. They wanted "eight hours for work, eight hours for rest and eight hours for what we will." They wanted health care and pensions. They wanted the weekend off and paid vacations. As the demands for dignity and respect continue, so do the attacks against them. Violence against the labor movement has been a constant. Private thugs (the Pinkertons e.g.), vigilantes (the early years of the American Legion e.g.), Police Departments, State Militias (precursors to the National Guard), the National Guard and the U.S. Military have been used to assault workers who tried to organize and improve their lives. The international holiday, May Day, had its origins in the 1886 Chicago police riot that ended a rally for the eight hour day. Our present Labor Day started in New York state but became a federally mandated holiday after Grover Cleveland, in 1894, used troops to crush Eugene V. Debs' American Railway Union strike against the Pullman Company in Chicago. If, here in the States at the start of the 21st Century, physical violence against union members has become the exception, it is also true that overt hostility to workers exercising their rights to organize is no relic of history. The tools today are legal restrictions and intimidation, legal and illegal. Former President Reagan destroyed the Air Traffic Controllers' union (PATCO), who had endorsed his election. The crushing of PATCO was a shock to the modern American labor movement; it was "the day the strike died". The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Communication Workers of America v. Beck in 1988 (during the term of the actually elected President Bush) that declared that workers who choose not to join unions but receive the benefits from unions at their work-sites can opt out of their agency fees[1] being used for lobbying and political activities. Corporations on the other hand are not required to get permission from every shareholder when they engage in lobbying. Workers seeking to organize face a sophisticated, well-practiced system of intimidation and indoctrination. From "captive audience" meetings by management, to Orwellian surveillance, to the firing of union activists, to threats to close or relocate, employees wishing to organize face a daunting task. A 2005 study by the University of Illinois' Center for Urban Economic Development found that among employers faced with an organizing campaign, 30% fired workers when they engaged in union activities; 49% threatened to close or relocate all or part of the business if workers elected to form a union; 82% used consultants to design and coordinate the anti-union campaign.[2] It doesn't matter that some of these activities are starkly illegal. Complaining to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), even during the Clinton years, was a dubious prospect that might delay the representation election, take years for remedy if successful, and would generally result in trivial (and tax deductible) penalties for the employer. It doesn't help that this history is nearly invisible in public education. The histories of women, African-Americans and Hispanics have become elective courses in some high school history departments. The one in my community, Oak Park River Forest High School, is no exception. Labor history appears to enter the classroom solely at the discretion of individual teachers. However, after more than a year of discussion, the department is considering a program, provided free of charge by Chicago's DePaul University: the Regina V. Polk High School Union Program.[3] The DePaul University program has the additional advantage of providing students with an intimate exposure to the institution of collective bargaining through actual role-playing. This provides an opportunity to learn how the "rules of the game" can intimately affect the ability of workers to stand up for their rights. This is something the rich have known all along. How else could former Democratic President Clinton have butchered workers with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)? This trade package benefits certain types of corporations. It should be no surprise that Kate Bronfenbrenner, in a study of the effect of NAFTA on organizing in the States, found that from 1993 to 1995, half the employers overall faced with organizing campaigns threatened to close or move their business but that the percentage rose to 62 for relatively mobile industries such as manufacturing, warehousing, and transportation.[4] NAFTA also destroys the lives of small farmers and their families in Mexico. No small cultural/economic crime committed against rural Mexican communities is the trashing of the land reforms won during the Mexican Revolution. Ejidos, communally owned lands, are being supplanted by private ownership. This is cultural imperialism. It also forces rural Mexicans to migrate to the cities and to the United States. NAFTA along with the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) have not simply harmed people in Mexico. Throughout the Americas, many who have to work for a living have been dealt, or face, a job death sentence. As manufacturing jobs were eliminated in the United States and Canada, Mexico began opening free trade zone manufacturing areas primarily along their northern border. Mexican laborers women and men looking for steady employment left their homes and migrated to these foreign owned sweatshops. The wheel turned and many of these factories have been shut down as corporations with a myopic view of profit found Chinese and Vietnamese sweat cheaper and facile. Labor actions are now on the rise in both of these countries. As these factories closed, many of the job deprived crossed into this country. Rather than creating good jobs, NAFTA and CAFTA have produced dislocation and unemployment across the Americas. What we call the "middle class" is shrinking, while the wealthy lustily enjoy greater wealth. These trade agreements have trashed the quality of life of those who work to survive in this hemisphere. The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) issued a briefing report (Issue Brief #214) in July, 2005 showing jobs gained and jobs lost in the United States, between 1993 (When NAFTA went into effect) and 2004. In the United States, 941,459 were gained and 1,956,750 were lost. That's a net loss of more than 1,000,000 jobs. Most of the jobs lost were in the better paying manufacturing sector. One particular NAFTA provision that rubs me raw grants corporations the right to sue sovereign governments for interfering with their ability to maximize profit. Corporations over all! NAFTA and CAFTA grow and codify corporate rights. Workers, communities and the environment suffer because other than as public relations stunts, they have no plus value on corporate balance sheets.
"It will be a bitter pill for many Americans to swallow the idea of doing with less so that big business can have more." Business Week, October 12, 1974.Britain's former Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, famously dismissed human rights when she announced "There Is No Alternative" (TINA) to the Neo-Liberal free market. To the contrary, "it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it (any form of government), and to institute new Government . . . organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."[5] There are alternatives. Other countries have implemented, or are implementing them. We need to engage in dialogue about democratic socialism. Also as part of Clinton's corporate love affair, companies were allowed to set up and control "quality of work panels." These involved "cooperation" between labor and management. Corporations liked them because management controlled them. The Village Board of Oak Park, Illinois, issued a proclamation on May Day this year that called for cooperation between workers and management. Workers of Oak Park, bring your own analgesic and be prepared to self-administer. The current White House administration, fronted by former Governor of Texas, George W. Bush is waging a monumental war against all who are not rich. His first "Executive" Order disrupted reporting procedures for unions, causing them to spend more time completing paperwork. Bureaucracy as weapon. Now Bush's NLRB may deny hundreds of thousands (perhaps millions) of workers labor law protection. There are a group of cases pending before the NLRB collectively known as Kentucky River. The focus is on supervision and/or training. If a worker exercises any supervisory or training duty as part of their job, they may lose all rights to union membership. What established worker has not helped train and/or monitor new hires? Not content with bludgeoning workers, this class whore has ushered in an unbelievable redistribution of wealth: The 2001 Income Tax Cut: Average cut for people making under $50,000 per year $425.00 Average cut for people making $1,000,000 per year $59,216.00 Average cut for people making more than $10,000,000 per year $521,905.00 The 2003 Tax Cuts for Capital Gains and Dividends: Average cut for people making under $50,000 per year $10.00 Average cut for people making $1,000,000 per year $25,450.00 Average cut for people making more than $10,000,000 per year $497,463.00 The 2006 Extension of Tax Cuts for Capital Gains and Dividends: Average cut for people making under $50,000 per year $3.00 Average cut for people making $1,000,000 per year $59,972.00 [Source: Hightower Lowdown, Vol. 8, No. 7]
"This is an impressive crowd the haves and the have-mores. Some people call you the elite. I call you my base." George Bush addressing big contributors, quoted in 'Up Front,' Robert McNatt, Business Week, November 6, 2000.Bush and his band of greedy thieves continue to push for a permanent repeal of the Estate Tax. This tax applies to estates valued at $1 million or more. The richest 5% of Americans pay 99% of this tax. If the Estate Tax is terminated by our (?) Federal Representatives, the very richest American taxpayers could loot the public Treasury of $1 trillion in just one decade. Eighteen of America's wealthiest families have funded a campaign to gain permanent repeal of the estate tax. Success would profit them $71.6 billion. Though not members of the wealthiest 18, the Bush clan would be able to avoid paying taxes on $6.2 million and the Cheney family could sidestep $61 million in taxes.
"A new substantial body of research finds that at least 45% of parents' advantage in income is passed along to their children, and perhaps as much as 60%." Wall Street Journal, May 13, 2005.It's going to take a strong, dynamic and democratic labor movement, joined by community organizations, to stop this dedicated assault on these quality of life issues. Even today, unions have more muscle power than most community organizations, but it will require all of us working in concert to redefine the concept of good governance. This country has the highest poverty rate among developed nations and the greatest number of billionaires in the world. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is an organization of twenty rich, industrialized nations. The United States of America is one of them. In the State of Working America, 2004/2005, issued by EPI, this country had the highest overall poverty rate (17.0%) of the 17 OECD countries where data was available. We had the highest child poverty rate (21.9%) and the second-highest elderly poverty rate (24.7%). Those suffering poverty over three years was the most persistent in this country. We also had the highest permanent poverty rate (14.5%) among the OECD countries. This longevity record indicates that poverty has a permanence that exposes the lie of "boot-strap" economics. Our country is the OECD member with the lowest social expenditures and the highest child poverty rate. Yachts are rising on a tide that is drowning so many. For reference, the 2006 U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services poverty guidelines for the 48 contiguous states: Household of 1 $9,800 or less per year Household of 2 $13,200 or less per year Household of 3 $16,600 or less per year Household of 4 $20,000 or less per year Household of 5 $23,400 or less per year
According to Kate Maehr, Executive Director of the Greater Chicago Food Depository (GCFD), of 39% of households receiving food from the GCFD, there is at least one employed adult. The GCFD serves approximately 165,00 children (those under 18) annually. This represents 33% of people seeking relief through the GCFD. Al Brislain, Senior VP of Member Services of America's Second Harvest (A2H) says that nationally, over 25 million distinct individuals/families receive food assistance from A2H annually. The largest group receiving this assistance is the single parent household. They represent over 42% of aid recipients. Households with at least one working adult represent 36% of aid recipients. Federal school breakfast and lunch programs are supposed to feed America's poor children. Our poor children. During the school year, these programs generally work. However, during holidays and summer recess, these meals vanish. The American poor have to figure out how to supply two additional meals per child every day. On the other hand, the Forbes magazine 2006 listing of "The World's Richest People" shows twelve of the world's 25 wealthiest billionaires live in these United States. Five of them are Waltons, heirs to the predator Wal-Mart. Second place is a tie among the United Kingdom, France and Germany with two billionaires each. Forbes lists 793 Billionaires in the 2006 survey. Of these, 364 reside in this country. Not quite half the global elite, but we have an astounding lead over second place Germany with 45 and third place Russia with 32. If this is supposed to show that capitalism works, then it's apparent that successful capitalism must be judged by the amount of disparity and suffering it creates and tolerates. Two economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago issued a report[6] that indicates "economic mobility fell sharply during the 1980s and failed to revert, perhaps continued to decline in the 1990s." The tax-cut bills of this silver spoon office holder have benefited the wealthy far and above the rest of us. Forbes.com responds to this disparity: "This trend of rising income inequality should be carefully monitored. A widening gap between rich and poor could have several pernicious effects on the U.S. economy." One worry: "A widening income gap could increase the likelihood of political action favoring the labor movement." An indication supporting this fear is the growing movement by states and cities to increase the minimum wage. The federal minimum wage is $5.15/hour. Based on 40 hours of work each week for 52 weeks, this is an annual income of $10,712.00. It has been $5.15/hour since 1997. The wage is stagnant, while the cost of living has risen. This is the second longest time span without an increase in the minimum wage in this country's history. About 7.3 million Americans work for the minimum wage. 72% of these workers are adults. 60% of them are women. Many of these are single mothers. Another 8.2 million workers are paid up to a dollar more per hour.
"You work three jobs? . . . Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you are doing that." George W. Bush to a divorced mother of three, February, 2005.Eighteen states, Illinois among them, have enacted minimum wages higher than the poverty sustaining federal law. Three cities have successfully done the same: Santa Fe, NM, San Francisco, CA and the District of Columbia. Four cities in Wisconsin passed higher minimum wages, only to have them repealed by lawsuits. Subsequently, Wisconsin passed a statewide increase to the minimum wage. Social justice and democracy are not served by the biased economic system we have been cajoled to accept as the norm. Home rule communities and all states have the ability to fight poverty by raising the minimum wage. When raised, there is a spillover effect that increases the pay of those already earning more the minimum wage. This is the tide that will raise boats. The "have-mores" and their spokespeople don't like to use the phrase "class war" except to pejoratively attack those who challenge their greed and power. Nonetheless, these "have-mores" are thoroughly committed to enhancing and protecting their plutocracy. That makes this class war and even Uncle Byron is a casualty. He's in the black hole of his reformed Medicare health coverage. The popular term is donut hole, but there's nothing pastry-like about it. His prescription drug co-pay went from 25% to 60%. This is punishment for aging. It's also punishment for not continuing to labor. However convincing the lies, this planet, and the life on it are not commodities. Notes1. Agency fees are paid to unions by employees who work in union work environments but choose not to join the union. These fees are permitted because even non-union employees benefit from the collective bargaining agreements that unions negotiate with employers. They also benefit from grievance procedures that unions provide. 2. Chirag Mehta and Nik Theodore, "Undermining the Right to Organize: Employer Behavior During Union Representation Campaigns," Center for Urban Economic Development University of Illinois at Chicago, December, 2005. 3. For information on this program, contact the DePaul Labor Education Center: 312 363 5823. 4. Kate Bronfenbrenner, "We'll Close! Plant Closing, Plant Closing Threats, Union Organizing, and NAFTA", Cornell University, 1997. 5. Declaration of Independence, United States of America, In Congress, July 4, 1776. 6. Daniel Aaronson and Bhashkar Mazumder, "Intergenerational Economic Mobility in the U.S., 1940 to 2000," Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Working Paper, 2005-12, November, 2005.
Thanks to Larry Spivack, President of the Board, Illinois Labor History Society and Bob Breving of the Regina V. Polk High School Union Program for their thoughts. Chicago's Peace Recruitersby Libby Frank As of this writing, 2,660 American soldiers and over 40,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed in the Iraq war; a war that was initiated by our government for oil and empire and sold to the American people with fear. And on the home front, the military continues to have problems filling their quotas for young men and women to fight this war of aggression. It's a tough sell. We have an all-volunteer army during a time of war. Military recruiters feel tremendous pressure to do whatever they can to meet recruiting goals. By now most people have heard stories about recruiting irregularities: the young autistic man that enlisted (The Oregonian, May 7, 2006); the young Colorado student that was shown by the army recruiter how to fake a drug test and a high school diploma (CBS News, May 2, 2005). The situation has gotten so bad in fact that the army suspended all recruiting on May 20 of last year and used the day for intensive 'ethics' training. In August of this year the Government Accounting Office released a report stating that allegations of wrongdoing by U.S. military recruiters jumped by 50 percent from 2004 to 2005, and criminal violations such as sexual harassment and falsifying documents more than doubled. The Government Accountability Office, Congress' investigative agency, said the full extent of violations by military recruiters is unknown because the Defense Department does not have an oversight system. Allegations of recruiter wrongdoing increased to 6,600 cases in fiscal year 2005 from 4,400 in fiscal 2004 and substantiated cases rose to almost 630 cases from 400. Given this background, progressives have stepped forward to 'counter' military recruitment. In the Chicago area, a movement started over three years ago continues to grow. The counter-recruitment movement includes countless community peace and justice groups, churches, faith-based organizations, high school clubs and college organizations. We protest the recruiters' presence on campus and at local festivals (e.g. Taste of Chicago). We set up tables on college campuses and talk to students about the military. We go to high schools in the city and suburbs and set up a table near the cafeteria during lunch and talk to students. We go into the classroom and facilitate sessions on truth in recruitment, the realities of military life, selective service and larger issues of war and peace. We go to the area high schools and distribute forms that allow young people to 'opt out' of having the recruiters call them at home. We provide counseling on how to become a conscientious objector. Although our work is obviously part of a larger anti-war strategy our immediate goal is to educate young people about the military and to get them to THINK about their decision. Most of these organizations work through a coalition, the Chicagoland Coalition Opposed to Militarization of Youth (CCOMY). This year CCOMY along with the American Friends Service Committee and other coalition members launched the 'Adopt a School' program. AFSC compiled a list of the most heavily recruited schools in the Chicago area (see sidebar). The statistics were compiled from the National Priorities database and are for last year. Our goal this year was to get all the schools listed below adopted. That didn't quite happen but a number of schools have been adopted by community groups. I have been in three inner city high schools and about eight suburban high schools. There are always people that thank us for being there. (We do get some hostile reaction as well, but less than you might think). In many cases the school administration does not feel comfortable with the presence of the military recruiters because they know how vulnerable and impressionable young people are, particularly if they have few options. But there is very little they can do. I believe this is some of the most important anti-war work being done in the country right now and I encourage everyone to get involved. If you would like to join our 'army' of peace recruiters, please contact militaryoutofschools@yahoo.com or, for more information and other opportunities, see the Resources sidebar below.
Most Heavily Recruited Schools1. Lane Tech High School (JROTC) 2. Schurz High School (JROTC) 3. St. Patrick High School 4. Hyde Park Career Academy (JROTC) 5. Chicago Vocational Career Academy 6. Prosser Career Academy (JROTC) 7. Brother Rice High School 8. Von Steuben High School 9. Bogan High School 10. Aurora West High School 11. Bradley-Bourbonnais High School 12. Curie High School 13. Elgin High School 14. Glenbard North High School 15. Kelly High School 16. Lake Central High School 17. Morton East High School 18. Morton West High School 19. Naperville Central High School 20. Naperville North High School 21. Romeoville High School 22. Thornton Frac. South High School 23. Warren TWP High School 24. Orr High School 25. Carliss High School 26. Harlan Comm. Academy 27. Washington High School 28. Gage Park High School (JROTC) 29. Hubbard High School (JROTC) 30. Kelvyn Park High School (JROTC) 31. Lake View High School (JROTC) 32. Roosevelt High School (JROTC) 33. Wells Comm. Academy High School (JROTC) 34. Foreman High School (JROTC)
Resources· Chicagoland Coalition Opposed to Militarization of Youth 773.536.0098 http://www.ccomy.org· Northwest Suburban Peace & Education Project 773.292.0041 http://www.nwsubpep.org · American Friends Service Committee 312.427.2533 http://www.afsc.org/youthmil/default.htm · Center on Conscience and War 800.379.2679 http://www.centeronconscience.org · The Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities 760.634.3604 http://www.projectyano.org · Volunteers for Peace 802.259.2759 http://www.vfp.org · Vietnam Veterans Against the War 773.276.4189 http://www.vvaw.org · Military Families Speak Out 617.983.0710 http://www.mfso.org · PeaceRoots Alliance Conscience Objector Information http://www.objector.us Other Newscompiled by Bob Roman Peace FairThe Oak Park Coalition for Peace and Justice's 2nd Annual Peace Fair was held on Saturday, September 9, at Scoville Park in Oak Park. Several hundred people passed through the park that afternoon despite unseasonably cool weather that threatened rain. This was fewer than the premier fair last year, and there were fewer exhibitors, but it is hard to say if that is of any consequence. The entertainment was every bit as good as last year, however. First up was singer, song-writer Bucky Halker, Chicago's answer to Billy Bragg. Another act worthy of note was "Organic Funk", a kit-bashed collection of student musicians from the local Oak Park River Forest High School; they were spectacularly good. Other performers included Mike Levin and Donald Neale, Too Much Fun, Dave Martin, Nina Corwin, and Lubriphonic. Local elected public officials delivered "messages of peace" as well. This was the occasion of the only sour note at the event. The local Green Party, one of the sponsors of this year's fair, complained that Richard Whitney was not allowed to speak. The principle being that the stage was not intended to be an electoral venue. This is fair enough except that allowing any elected official near a platform within a few months of their election, as a practical matter, obviates the intent. Incidentally, Bill Scheuer's campaign, Melissa Bean's independent opponent, was also at the fair. His petitions were not challenged and he will be on the ballot against this member of the "CAFTA 15". Chicago DSA was among the sponsors and had a booth. It was a productive afternoon. We distributed most of our literature and, more to the point, to an audience that was not particularly familiar with DSA or with democratic socialism. Video from this weekend's Peace Fair in Oak Park can now be viewed online at http://www.atcenternetwork.com/?p=253 Big Box FoldsAs we go to press, the Chicago City Council has failed to override the Mayor's veto of the "Big Box Living Wage" Ordinance. The supporters of the Ordinance held together remarkably well, suffering only two defections (see sidebar left). The Mayor was particularly effective at playing the race card: why should employers such as Wal-Mart be discouraged from coming into black communities when it's "all right" for them to be in the (white) suburbs? Areas of Chicago that suffered from the insurrections of the 1960s have notoriously lacked commercial development even to this day, and homeowners there especially feel the absence. Supporters have vowed to reintroduce the ordinance. There is also likely to be a move to place an advisory referendum regarding the ordinance on the ballot in next February's municipal elections, either through the petition process or by council action. Making this a major issue in the election would likely be a decisive step in the development of the labor movement as an independent force in Chicago politics. Association for Union DemocracyChicago DSA's Ed Sadlowski will be among the speakers at the Association for Union Democracy's conference in New York City. Entitled "Confronting Corruption in Labor Unions: Rank and file insurgency? Government intervention? Internal reform? Assessing a half-century of effort", other speakers will include James Jacobs, Edwin Stier, Robert Fitch, Barbara Harvey, and more. The conference is co-sponsored by the Center for Urban Research, Graduate Center, CUNY, and by WBAI's "Building Bridges: Your Community & Labor Report." It will be held at the CUNY Graduate Center on Saturday, October 14. Registration is $15. For more call 718.564.1114 or go to http://www.uniondemocracy.org. You can also register online at that web site. Mother JonesThe 21st Annual Mother Jones Dinner will be held at 6 PM on Saturday, October 28 this year at a new location, the Knights of Columbus Hall in Springfield, Illinois. The speaker will be United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) President Cecil Roberts. Entertainers will be Bucky Halker and Chris Vallillo. Tickets are $25 each and may be obtained from the Mother Jones Foundation, PO Box 20412, Springfield, Illinois 62708-0412. For more information, call Mettie Funk at 217.652.0481 or Terry Reed at 217.789.6495 or Jack Dyer at 217.789.7000. As usual, the Dinner will be followed, on Sunday, October 30, by a memorial ceremony at the Mother Jones Monument in the Union Miners Cemetery in Mt. Olive, Illinois. This year the Dinner will be preceded on Saturday by a dedication ceremony for a monument commemorating the "Battle of Virden". The Battle of Virden took place in 1898 during a strike against the Chicago Virden Coal Company. That company was one of a few holdouts in the wake of a six month strike against coal companies in Illinois; the newly organized UMWA had negotiated improved conditions but Chicago Virden was having none of it. An armed confrontation involving company goons, a trainload of strike breakers, and the miners, resulted in several dead on both sides, dozens of miners wounded, and train continuing on to Springfield with its load of strike breakers (see http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/sanjuan.htm and http://www.remembervirden.niu.edu/). The ceremony will begin at 11:30 AM in the Virden City Park on the Square in Virden. For more information, call John Alexander at 217.965.5443 or email bksonsqr@royell.net. 9/11The 5th anniversary of the World Trade Center atrocity was observed, here in the States, with our country's trade mark combination of political and commercial opportunism, mawkish sentimentality, titillation, and genuine grief and fear. It is a complicated mixture, impossible to judge without also committing some degree of injustice. Instead, I thought it worth revisiting the resolution passed that day by the Chicago DSA Executive Committee:
--the Chicago DSA Executive Committee, September 11, 2001.
Votes Regarding Passing the "Big Box" Living Wage Ordinance and Whether to Override the Mayor's VetoYesWard Alderman 1 Manuel Flores* 4 Toni Preckwinkle 6 Freddrenna Lyle 8 Todd Stroger 9 Anthony Beale 10 John Pope 12 George Cardenas** 13 Frank Olivo 14 Edward Burke 15 Theodore Thomas 16 Shirley Coleman** 17 Latasha Thomas 18 Thomas Murphy 19 Virginia Rugai 22 Ricardo Munoz 23 Michael Zalewski 24 Michael Chandler 25 Daniel Solis** 26 Billy Ocasio 27 Walter Burnett, Jr. 28 Ed Smith 30 Ariel Reboyras 31 Regner "Ray" Suarez 32 Theodore Matlak 33 Richard Mell 35 Rey Colon 36 William Banks 38 Thomas Allen 39 Margaret Laurino 40 Patrick O'Connor 41 Brian Doherty 45 Patrick Levar 47 Eugene Schulter 48 Mary Ann Smith 49 Joseph Moore NoWard Alderman 2 Madeline Haithcock 3 Dorothy Tillman 5 Leslie Hairston 7 Bill Beavers 11 James Balcer 20 Arenda Troutman 21 Howard Brookins 29 Ike Carothers 34 Carrie Austin 37 Emma Mitts 42 Burton Natarus 43 Vi Daley 44 Tom Tunney 50 Bernie Stone Not VotingWard Alderman 46 Helen Shiller** * ABSENT during override vote ** Voted AGAINST override
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