Thanks to the BELAW Clinic, worker cooperative businesses can receive the additional legal support they need to get started but also thrive. In October 2018, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved the proposed resolution to take steps to support and develop worker coops. In the subsequent months, Hatcher and Sutton worked with members of the Illinois Worker Cooperative Alliance and the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation’s Finance Committee to draft and propose a resolution and three-year pilot program, under the emerging Chicagoland Cooperative Ecosystem Coalition, to support worker cooperative development in Cook County, IL. A bill passed Monday by the Illinois General Assembly would allow the Cook County public defender’s office to represent immigrants at the Chicago Immigration Court, a step that advocates said will help more immigrants in the county avoid deportation. In February 2018, Hatcher and Sutton presented to the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation on “Supporting Worker Cooperatives.” Stacey Sutton from the University of Illinois at Chicago’s College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs and other community partners to develop a larger cooperative development coalition. The BELAW Clinic has been working closely with Dr. “Worker-owned cooperatives push against inequality and economic injustice by paying workers more equitably, keeping local wages in the community and addressing economic isolation, worker exploitation and employment discrimination, as the majority of new worker-owners in Chicago and nationally are women or people of color.” “Representing worker cooperative businesses gives students more opportunities to analyze complex legal issues and increases opportunities for community impact, public speaking and lawyering-in-context,” said Professor Renee Hatcher, Director of John Marshall’s BELAW Clinic. worker cooperatives operating today were established after 2010. As one example, M&D Farms and Garden Center in Homer Glen sells a variety of seasonal produce. Across the country, worker cooperative businesses have been on the rise. In celebration of its agricultural community, the Cook County Board of Commissioners on March 16 unanimously passed a new resolution acknowledging the industry’s role in the local economy. The BELAW Clinic also authored and published a report on local worker cooperative development, Cooperation Chicago: Building Chicago’s Worker Cooperative Ecosystem, commissioned by the Illinois Worker Cooperative Alliance. The resolution provides additional support to worker cooperative businesses.įor the past year, students enrolled in John Marshall’s BELAW Clinic have been providing transactional legal services to worker cooperative businesses. The above is just the tip of the iceberg.The Business Enterprise Law Clinic (BELAW) at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago has been instrumental in helping get a resolution passed before the Cook County Board of Commissioners. = letter to IL Attorney General Kwame Raoul – never answered
#Cook county passes resolutionantcorruption plus#
= Sup Crt M for Sup Order denied plus some evidence
Please review the following two documents that are on the Internet at the following links to better understanding the breadth and depth of our evidence. Chicago’s Cook County has surpassed Queens as the county with the most reported coronavirus cases in the United States, according to a report and the latest available data. Emmett Madden officially took his seat in Montgomery Countys Magisterial District Court 38. Durbin’s office did send a form that I filled out and sent with the some of the evidence to his office, asking that it be sent to the US Atty’s office Civil Rights Division – but there was no response. Perkasie National Night Out promotes police-community bonds R. I am part of a group of activist in the Chicago area and have attempted to contact Senator Durbin, Senator Duckworth and IL AG Kwame Raoul without success or response from them, except that Sen. It is a very large file with some introductory and explanatory documents plus at least 2000 pages of evidence gathered by many over the last 10 yrs.
Can you please inform me of the appropriate method to send this to the committee members or the committee.
Rodolfo Rudy Lozano was a labor and community organizer who fearlessly fought for the betterment of his community and all workers. I have extensive documentary evidence and witnesses willing to testify concerning these matters. Chicago, IL Today, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved resolution 21-4417 which declares July 29th Rudy Lozano Day in Cook County. I am writing regarding evidence that I wish to send to the Senate Judiciary SubCommittee on Crime regarding systemic civil rights violations by police, states attorneys, and judges and police reform in Cook County, Illinois. Bills offer new tools to counter rising rate of global human rights abuses and state corruption.
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