Gov. Quinn (D-IL) Helps Unions Organize; How Much Did This Cost IL Taxpayers?
Today, we sent the below letter to Gov. Quinn urging him to disclose documents releated to his office giving names and contact information of home healthcare providers to the unions.
Illinois currently provides state funding to approximately 3,000 residents to assist family members with developmental disabilities through the Illinois’ Home-based Support Services Program. The personal information of people enrolled in the Support Services Program was distributed to two unions in accordance with Executive Order 09-15 which states, “the Department of Human Services shall provide to an organization interested in representing individual providers access to the names and addresses of current individual providers.”
Please click the PDF link to your right to view the letter and the attached Executive Order.
Office of Governor Quinn
207 State House
Springfield, IL 62706
Dear Governor Quinn:
On behalf of the Alliance for Worker Freedom (AWF) I am urging you to rescind Section II of Executive Order 09-15, a copy of which is included, and to release all correspondence between your office and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and other unions with regard to the distribution of Illinoisans’ names, addresses, and telephone numbers.
Further, I request that you release all financial documents and declare the amount of taxpayer money and state resources spent to collect and maintain personal information databases that you turned over to the unions.
Illinois currently provides state funding to approximately 3,000 residents to assist family members with developmental disabilities through the Illinois’ Home-based Support Services Program. The personal information of people enrolled in the Support Services Program was distributed to two unions in accordance with Executive Order 09-15 which states, “the Department of Human Services shall provide to an organization interested in representing individual providers access to the names and addresses of current individual providers.”
By signing Executive Order 09-15, and circulating participants of Support Services Program’s information, you encourage unionization and subject your residents to union harassment and intimidation. Although your office claims impartiality, the distribution of residents’ personal information reveals a clear labor preference. Handing out personal information of in-home caregivers undoubtedly facilitates unionization, a practice your office maintains it does not support.
Since signing E.O. 09-15, in-home caregivers have been overwhelmed by never ending phone calls and extensive mailings advocating union membership. This behavior is unlikely to end, both the SEIU and the AFSCME are two of the most powerful unions in the country and have nearly unlimited funds to spend on increasing membership.
Therefore, I urge you to rescind or suspend Section II of E.O. 09-15 and provide the correspondence and financial documents requested above.
Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Brian M. Johnson, MPA
Executive Director
Cc: All Members of the IL State Legislature & All IL Federal Members of Congress
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