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SEIU representatives tell council District 130 is contracting out custodial work and prosecuting employees
Summary
SEIU Local 73 representatives told the Blue Island City Council that custodial staff at School District 130 have been understaffed, that the district is contracting out work and that at least one custodian was arrested; the union urged city involvement and said it has documented examples and flyers it left with staff.
Ricky Balmer, a representative of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73, told the council the union represents custodians and maintenance staff in Blue Island School District 130 and described what he called systematic understaffing, contracting out of work and the misuse of public funds.
Balmer said one union custodian — described in the transcript as a grandmother — was arrested and handcuffed and held for several hours after an alleged early-departure incident.…
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