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Labor board denies city’s request Woodstock’s dispute with union over health benefits meeting could go to hearing By SHAWN SHINNEMAN sshinneman@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – The Illinois Labor Relations Board has denied Woodstock’s request to defer to arbitration a dispute with the union that represents public works employees. The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 filed the complaint in December, alleging that the city violated Illinois labor law by discussing health care benefits with public works employees without no-
summer, said Ed Maher, Local 150 spokesman, but a date hasn’t been set. Text the keyword NWHWOODSTOCK to Both sides say they are willing to 74574 to sign up for WOODSTOCK news settle, but say that the other side has text alerts from the Northwest Herald. been unwilling to compromise. Message and data rates apply. “It’ll go to a hearing,” Woodstock’s Human Resource Director Deborah Schober said. “The union has explictifying the union. itly stated they have no interest in In May, the city entered a motion settling.” to defer the case to arbitration. The Maher disagreed, saying the labor board denied the request last union is open to settling if the city week. It’s likely headed to a hearing would agree to bring public works in front of the labor board later this employees onto the union-sponsored
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health plan, he said. “The town has been vehemently opposed to that,” he said. “And as long as they continue to fight it, we’ll be there stating our case.” City officials have said their attempts to bargain over insurance have been stymied by the union’s insistence on pushing its own plan. Local 150’s original complaint alleges Schober held a meeting Nov. 8 to tell public works employees that their health insurance coverage was changing and that benefits would be reduced. Such a meeting would have
required the city to notify the union, the complaint says. Woodstock’s response says the meeting was held by an employee, and that Schober “offered to assist.” The union is filing a separate grievance that states Woodstock violated the bargaining agreement by reducing public works employees’ benefits, Maher said. The employees were moved back to the previous plan after union representatives pointed out the contract stipulation, City Manager Roscoe Stelford has said.
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By ERICA WERNER and JIM KUHNHENN The Associated Press WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama appealed to Congress on Tuesday for $3.7 billion in emergency spending to deal with the immigration crisis on the nation’s southern border, where unaccompanied children have been showing up by the thousands in a human drama that’s causing a political storm in Washington and beyond. Obama himself was flying to Texas on Wednesday, a trip designed mostly for political fundraising for Democrats but now including a meeting on immigration with Gov. Rick Perry and religious Barack Obama and local leaders in Dallas. He rejected pressure from the Republican governor to visit the border for a firsthand look. In Washington, Democrats and some Republicans on Capitol Hill seemed open to approving Harry Reid the emergency money, which would go toward hiring more immigration judges and asylum officers, building more detention facilities, boosting deterrence and enforcement and increasing surveillance along the border with Mexico. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the Senate would act on it this month. Obama said in a formal letter of request that the money was needed to “address this urgent humanitarian situation.” But Senate Democrats voiced skepticism about other changes the White House has said it wants that
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The Leadership of Greater McHenry County is celebrating its 10th anniversary with its newest graduating class, including Ryan Whiting, assistant manager at Georgio’s Pizza in Crystal Lake and one of 32 people in this year’s graduating class.
Community service organization celebrates 10 years Piekos, executive director of Leadership of Greater McHenry County, has been part of a deCRYSTAL LAKE – Marcy Pie- cade-long mission to bridge the kos wants people to know the gap between for-profit and nononly difference there needs to be profit businesses to cultivate rebetween for-profit and nonprofit lationships that can benefit the organizations is in the first three entire community. letters that describe their busiA graduate of the program nesses. she now oversees, Piekos said
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LGMC has played a vital role in developing community leaders and philanthropists throughout McHenry County. “It’s all about breaking down the silos communities and businesses operate in and coming together,” Piekos said. “We can not only bring together leaders from all parts of our communities, but
we can develop new leaders.” Leadership of Greater McHenry County is a nonprofit group that encourages residents to become involved with nonprofits and give back to the community. Founded in 2004, LGMC builds community leaders by offering
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