Thank You!
We are glad that the actions of the UE members at Republic motivated so many people to donate time and resources to their struggle. Your response strengthened the workers' resolve and made this victory possible.
First and foremost we acknowledge the hard work of U.S. Representative Luis V. Guitierrez and his dedicated staff, without whom this victory would not be possible.
We also thank the following elected officials and the many staff assigned to work on this struggle:
- President-Elect Barack Obama
- U.S. Senator Richard Durbin
- U.S. Representative Danny Davis
- U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky
- Governor Rod Blagojevich
- Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan
- Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias
- Chicago Mayor Richard Daley
- Alderman Manny Flores
- Alderman Joe Moore
- Alderman Ricardo Munoz
- Alderman Billy Ocasio
- Alderman Scott Waguespack
- Cook County Board President Todd Stroger
- Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley
We thank the following organizations for donating resources to our struggle:
- AFSCME DC 31
- Burgess Labor Law
- Canadian Auto Workers
- Chicago Federation of Labor
- Chicago Workers' Collaborative
- Centro de Trabajadores Unidos
- Communications Workers of America
- Graduate Employees Organization - UIC
- International Association of Machinists
- IWW
- Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
- Illinois Education Association
- Interfaith Worker Justice/Chicago Interfaith Committee on Worker Issues
- IUOE Local 150
- Jenner & Block
- Jobs With Justice
- Laborers' Local 2
- Latino Union
- March 10 Movement
- RainbowPUSH Coalition
- Restaurant Opportunities Center
- San Lucas Workers' Center
- SEIU Illinois State Council
- SEIU Heathcare Illinois & Indiana
- SEIU Local 1
- SEIU Local 73
- Teamsters Local 705
- Teamsters Local 743
- The Peoples' Thanksgiving
- UAW Region 4
- United Taxi Community Council
- US Labor Against The War
- UNITE HERE Local 1
- UNITE HERE Chicago & Midwest regional Joint Board
And the many other local unions, organizations and individuals who supported UE members at Republic during their successful plant occupation.
