Meeting Name: Labor Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/14/2023 1:45 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Cook County Building, Board Room, 118 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois
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23-5722 1  Committee MinutesCOMMITTEE MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 10/18/2023approvePass Action details Not available
23-5080 1 non-target market labor and employment consultationContract Amendment PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 23-5080 PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT Department(s): Various Cook County Bureaus, Agencies and Office of the Elected Offices Vendor: Various Law Firms: Franczek P.C., Chicago, Illinois Frank M. Pawlak, P.C. Romeoville, Illinois Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP, Chicago, Illinois Robbins Schwartz, Chicago, Illinois Zuber Lawler LLP, (formerly Zuber Lawler & Del Duca, LLP) Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend and increase contract Good(s) or Service(s): Labor and Employment Consultation and /or Representation Services (Non-Target Markert) for six (6) categories of legal services Category I- Union Contract Negotiations Category II- Collective Bargain Agreement (CBA) Interpretation and Implementation Category III- Labor Relations Board Matters Category IV- Employment Law Category V- Employment Benefits and Pension Category VI- Employment of Foreign Nationals Original Contract Period: 12/1/2019 - 11/30/2021 with two (2), one-year renewal options Proposed Amendment Type: Extension and Increase Proposed Coaccept as substitutedPass Action details Not available
23-5080 2 non-target market labor and employment consultationContract Amendment PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 23-5080 PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT Department(s): Various Cook County Bureaus, Agencies and Office of the Elected Offices Vendor: Various Law Firms: Franczek P.C., Chicago, Illinois Frank M. Pawlak, P.C. Romeoville, Illinois Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP, Chicago, Illinois Robbins Schwartz, Chicago, Illinois Zuber Lawler LLP, (formerly Zuber Lawler & Del Duca, LLP) Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend and increase contract Good(s) or Service(s): Labor and Employment Consultation and /or Representation Services (Non-Target Markert) for six (6) categories of legal services Category I- Union Contract Negotiations Category II- Collective Bargain Agreement (CBA) Interpretation and Implementation Category III- Labor Relations Board Matters Category IV- Employment Law Category V- Employment Benefits and Pension Category VI- Employment of Foreign Nationals Original Contract Period: 12/1/2019 - 11/30/2021 with two (2), one-year renewal options Proposed Amendment Type: Extension and Increase Proposed Corecommend for approval as substitutedPass Action details Not available
23-3804 1 REQUESTING A HEARING OF THE LABOR COMMITTEE FOR A REPORT FROM THE BUREAU OF HUMAN RESOURCES (BHR) ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE AND RETENTION BONUS PAY PROGRAMResolutionPROPOSED RESOLUTION REQUESTING A HEARING OF THE LABOR COMMITTEE FOR A REPORT FROM THE BUREAU OF HUMAN RESOURCES (BHR) ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE AND RETENTION BONUS PAY PROGRAM WHEREAS, in 2022, Cook County Board of Commissioners authorized the Cook County Bureau of Human Resources to enter into a Recruitment Incentive and Retention Bonus Pay Program; and WHEREAS, this program came to be after the County experienced the effects of the Great Resignation during and after the COVID-19 pandemic which lead to many vacancies in various fields; and WHEREAS, the goal of this program is to recruit more employees and increase the workforce; and WHEREAS, this program was proposed for the remaining Fiscal Year of 2022 and 2023; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners are tasked with implementation of programs the Body votes for and requests an update on the status of this pilot program and its outcomes of it; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby request a hearing of the Labor CommitteedeferPass Action details Not available
23-5444 1 SUPPORTING THE UNITED AUTO WORKER (UAW) UNIONResolutionPROPOSED RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE UNITED AUTO WORKER (UAW) UNION IN THEIR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AND STRIKE WHEREAS, On the 15th of September 2023, the United Auto Workers (UAW) union began a historic workers’ strike against the Big Three automobile companies in the United States - Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis; and WHEREAS, The UAW is demanding that the Big Three eliminate the two-tier system for wages and benefits between newer and veteran employees, increase wages, restore the cost of living adjustment (COLA) metric, defined benefit pension for all workers, re-establish retiree medical benefits, right to strike over plant closures and a working family protection program that supports UAW members and their families in the event of one, end the abuse and over-reliance of temporary workers, more paid time off, and a significant increase in retiree pay; and WHEREAS, The UAW stated that this labor strike is part of a larger effort for economic justice against the upper echelon of society, who have seen major financial gains the past couple of decades whirecommend for approvalPass Action details Not available