Frank J. Christensen
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Frank J. Christensen is one of the most powerful and politically connected labor leaders in Illinois. He is the longest-serving Business Manager of Elevator Constructors Local 2 in its history. Christensen is a Vice President and member of the General Executive Board of the International Union of Elevator Constructors
and has been Chairman of the Illinois Elevator Safety Board since 2003.
The other charitable organizations he participates and raises funds include; DAD's Day (Dollars against Diabetes and the The Green Ribbon Rally that benefits the Walter Payton Liver Center at the University of Illinois Medical Center and the Jesse Brown Chicago VA Medical Center. Since 2009, he has organized several charitable functions to raise money for the unemployed members and their families including; Christmas parties, Texas Hold'em Poker Tourneyments and a Comedy Night.
and was reappointed as Chairman in 2007. On September 2, 2009 Governor Pat Quinn
reappointed Christensen as Chairman and extended his term to 2013.
broke a story on March 3, 2008, that union officers from the Elevator Constructors received three appointments to the Illinois Elevator Safety Board in the same month the Elevator Constructors Local 2 PAC Fund donated $10,000 to impeached Governor Blagojevich's campaign in July 2003. The report was part of a broader series of corruption scandals involving removed Governor Blagojevich and convicted fund-raiser Tony Rezko
.
The AP reported that Christensen was technically not eligible for the Board position because his village (Tinley Park, Illinois
) had a population in excess of 53,000 in 2003 and that Christensen was appointed to represent a municipality with a population between 25,000 and 50,000. Christensen responded that the appointments to the State Board had nothing to do with the Local 2 PAC Fund campaign contribution on July 23, 2003, and he was not aware of the population of his village at the time of his appointment. In 2007, he was reappointed Chairman by removed Governor Blagojevich to represent a municipality with a population between 25,000 and 50,000. Tinley Park's population was in excess of 58,000 in 2007.
CBS 2 Chicago reported on March 4, 2008, that among the issues expected to come up at the Rezko federal corruption trial is Blagojevich's 2003 appointment of Christensen to the state safety board. On March 8, 2008, the U.S. Department of Justice released additional court documents showing Rezko's involvement with Blagojevich political fund-raising. Included in the document is a $10,000 Elevator Constructors Local 2 PAC fund contribution dated July 23, 2003, that went through Tony Rezko and was deposited into the Blagojevich campaign accounts two days later. Elevator Constructors Local 2's President John Valone
was named in the document. Elevator Constructors Local 2 Political Fund was one of the few union PAC funds to donate money through Rezko from June 2001 to August 2004.
reappointed Christensen as the Chairman of the Illinois Elevator Board in the Labor position reserved for Cook County. Previously Christensen had served on the Elevator Board as a Representative for a Municipality with a population between 25,000 and 50,000. Christensen's term as head of the Elevator Safety Review Board wouldn't have expired until 2011, but Quinn gave him a new stint that extends to 2013.
The Associated Press also reported in 2008 that his union donated $10,000 to Blagojevich in July 2003, around the time Christensen and another Local 2 member were appointed to the panel that is revamping elevator construction and maintenance rules which could mean more jobs for installers. The contribution was later mentioned at the trial of political fixer Antoin "Tony" Rezko, who was convicted of trying to milk campaign money for Blagojevich out of businesses seeking state work. Christensen denies any connection between the donation and the board post and says neither he nor other key Local 2 officials have ever met Rezko. Christensen has not been accused of wrongdoing.
Christensen has maintained there was no link between the $10,000 contribution and the two board appointments. The other member has since left the panel. "There was nothing meant by it," Christensen said this week. "Any guy running for governor that is labor friendly, if it's a Republican or a Democrat, we would have donated to them." But no other contribution from Local 2 comes close to that amount, according to state campaign finance records. Christensen explained that by saying the union's political action committee had sufficient funds at the time and "when you've got the money, you give what you can."
The Associated Press also reported that a federal judge ruled in 2007, however, that the union improperly retaliated against three of its members for disagreeing with Christensen in his role as chairman of the elevator board. Christensen denies that was the case. According to the Associated Press, a lawsuit brought by Local 2 members, a federal judge declared in May 2007 that the union wrongly disciplined the members and declared one ineligible to run for election as a union officer. District Court Judge George Lindberg found that the union took "retaliatory disciplinary actions" against the members for disagreeing about proposed elevator-safety rules with Christensen, who was acting in his role as elevator board chairman. Christensen said the ruling was by an anti-labor judge and that an earlier National Labor Relations Board ruling upheld Local 2's decision on the election eligibility.
According to Federal Court records, the United States Department of Labor
filed a lawsuit (08-cv-1595) against Elevator Constructors Local 2 in Illinois Northern Federal District Court for other statues and micellaneous reasons on March 18, 2008. The case was heard by Federal District Court Judge John F. Grady, a former Chief Judge. The lawsuit was filed by United States Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald
on behalf of the United States Department of Labor asking the Court to have Elevator Constructors Local 2 comply with the Department of Labor Subpoena Duces Tecum
filed on April 24, 2007 for various records and documents in connection with an investigation to determine whether any person has violated or is about to violate the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act
of 1959.
From Elevator Constructors Local 2's Website; a letter dated May 19, 2008 written by the Union Attorney, claims the subpoena request was contrary to the Department of Labor's long-standing policy of auditing Local Unions in the office of the Union in order to avoid unwarranted intrusion in the affairs of the local and that the Department of Labor took their actions solely as a means of harassing Local 2 and interfering with its operations. The Department of Labor wanted to compel Local 2 to produce originals of all its records at the Department of Labor's Office in May 2007. According to the Union Attorney, the Department of Labor never responded to Local 2's offer to comply with the Local's request to review the records at the Local's Office. The Union Attorney's statement in the letter, "with the passage of time, coupled with the utter silence of the DOL, can only lead to the logical conclusion that the DOL has abandoned the subpoena." On July 9, 2008 Federal District Court Judge John F. Grady ordered an evidentiary hearing for July 23, 2008 which was later rescheduled for July 30, 2008.
On July 30, 2008 in Federal District Court in Chicago, Elevator Constructors Local 2 agreed to comply with the demands of the Department of Labor Subpoena Duces Tecum and agreed to transfer the requested records, documents and computer files to the Department of Labor by November 12, 2008. On January 14, 2009 in Federal District Court, the Department of Labor said that Elevator Constructors Local 2 was in compliance with its subpoena and Federal Judge John F. Grady dismissed the case with prejudice.
ruled that he would not reinstate the case.
On March 26, 2010 Elevator Constructors Local 2 and Frank Christensen filed a second lawsuit in United States Federal District Court against the United States Department of Labor (10-cv-1935) asking for the release of documents being withheld . The complaint asked the Court to prevent the DOL from withholding public documents pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. According to Court Documents the DOL is withholding approximately 4,100 pages of responsive material. The United States Department of Labor initially reported that they were withholding the 4100 pages due to FOIA Exemption 7(A). On April 29, 2011 the DOL acknowledged that 3,900 pages of documents are being withheld from the plaintiffs. The FOIA consists of approximately 750 documents, which are contained within the following categories; correspondence: 320 documents; witness and informant statements: 178 documents; internal memoranda: 153 documents; Union documents and reports: 87 documents; Court filings: 12 documents; and newspaper articles: 1 document. The DOL asserts “Exemption 7(A) to justify its withholding of the responsive materials. Exemption 7(A) permits an agency to withhold information contained in files compiled for law enforcement purposes if production “could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings.”
On June 6, 2011, when Federal District Court Judge Ruben Castillo
ruled that the Department of Labor's boilerplate justifications were not sufficient to meet the burden of invoking FOIA Exemption 7(A). That the Court defers resolution of the parties' cross-motion for summary judgement and orders the Department of Labor to submit declarations that meet the criteria and the withheld documents are to be submitted for an "in camera review. The Department of Labor was ordered to provide the withheld documents for review by the Court and provide the Court with a specific and detailed Declaration stating the reasons why the documents were being withheld per Exemption 7(A) by July 7, 2011.
On August 17, 2011 United States District Court Judge Ruben Castillo
ruled in favor of the United States Department of Labor. In his Memorandum and Order, Judge Castillo ruled that he Grants the Department of Labor's motion for summary judgment and Denies Elevator Constructors Local 2 and Frank Christensen's motion for summary judgment and motion for disclosure. The case was dismissed with prejudice.
Kebisek highlights in detail the risk that disclosure of these documents would prematurely reveal the Department of Labor's evidence, as well as the nature, scope, direction and focus of its investigations. This, in turn could enable the "targets-here, the Union, its officers, employers and employees" to destroy or alter the evidence or construct defenses. Releasing the withheld information could enable the Union, its officers, and employees" to identify the witnesses and confidential informants assisting the Department of Labor in its investigations, raising the possibility of witness intimidations and harassment. Finally, the Court denies the Union's motion for disclosure of Kebisek's in camera declaration and any documents that were wrongfully withheld from the Union. As discussed above, the Court concludes that the requested documents were properly withheld by the Department. Additionally, the Court has determined that no portion of Kebisek's in camera declaration can be disclosed without revealing the information the Department of Labor seeks to protect.
International Union of Elevator Constructors
The International Union of Elevator Constructors is a trade union in the United States and Canada of individuals who construct, modernize, repair, and service elevators, escalators, moving walkways, and other conveyances...
and has been Chairman of the Illinois Elevator Safety Board since 2003.
Early Life and Union Political Career
A native Chicagoan, he grew up on the southwest side and graduated from Bogan High School in 1979. While at Bogan he was an All-State wrestler and earned a wrestling scholarship to the University of Illinois. He joined the Elevator Constructors in 1979 and held various Local 2 offices from 1994 to 1998. In 1998, Christensen became President of Local 2 and served in this office until his appointment as business manager on September 15, 2001. He won the November 20, 2001 Special Election as business manager and has been re-elected to full three year terms in 2002, 2005, 2008 and 2011. In the 2011 General Election, Christensen ran unopposed and is the longest-serving Business Manager of Elevator Constructors Local 2 in its 114 year history. In October 2003, he was appointed International Vice President by Elevator Constructors General President Dana Brigham. At the 2011 International General Convention, he was elected First Vice President of the International Union of Elevator Constructors. In 2005, Christensen was selected as the Illinois Maritime Labor Man of the Year.Donations and Charitable Events
Frank Christensen is active in several charities and through his efforts he has raised tens of thousands of dollars for these worthy causes. Christensen is a strong advocate for the Special Olympics and has been a local organizer and particpant in Polar Plunge since 2003.The other charitable organizations he participates and raises funds include; DAD's Day (Dollars against Diabetes and the The Green Ribbon Rally that benefits the Walter Payton Liver Center at the University of Illinois Medical Center and the Jesse Brown Chicago VA Medical Center. Since 2009, he has organized several charitable functions to raise money for the unemployed members and their families including; Christmas parties, Texas Hold'em Poker Tourneyments and a Comedy Night.
Appointments as a State of Illinois Official by Blagojevich and Quinn
In July 2003, he was appointed as the first Chairman of the Illinois Elevator Safety Board by Governor Rod BlagojevichRod Blagojevich
Rod R. Blagojevich is an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. A Democrat, Blagojevich was a State Representative before being elected to the United States House of Representatives representing parts of Chicago...
and was reappointed as Chairman in 2007. On September 2, 2009 Governor Pat Quinn
Pat Quinn (politician)
Patrick Joseph "Pat" Quinn III is the 41st and current Governor of Illinois. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Previously elected three times to statewide office, Quinn was the sitting lieutenant governor and became governor on January 29, 2009, when the previous governor, Rod Blagojevich,...
reappointed Christensen as Chairman and extended his term to 2013.
Illinois Elevator Safety Board, Tony Rezko and Rod Blagojevich
The Associated PressAssociated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
broke a story on March 3, 2008, that union officers from the Elevator Constructors received three appointments to the Illinois Elevator Safety Board in the same month the Elevator Constructors Local 2 PAC Fund donated $10,000 to impeached Governor Blagojevich's campaign in July 2003. The report was part of a broader series of corruption scandals involving removed Governor Blagojevich and convicted fund-raiser Tony Rezko
Tony Rezko
Antoin "Tony" Rezko is a Assyrian -American businessman, political fundraiser, restaurateur, and real estate developer in Chicago, Illinois, convicted on several counts of fraud and bribery in 2008. Rezko has been involved in fundraising for local Illinois Democratic and Republican politicians...
.
The AP reported that Christensen was technically not eligible for the Board position because his village (Tinley Park, Illinois
Tinley Park, Illinois
Tinley Park is a village located primarily in Cook County, Illinois, United States with a small portion in Will County. The population was 48,401 at the 2000 census, and 58,322 in the 2007 census. It is one of the fastest growing suburbs south of Chicago...
) had a population in excess of 53,000 in 2003 and that Christensen was appointed to represent a municipality with a population between 25,000 and 50,000. Christensen responded that the appointments to the State Board had nothing to do with the Local 2 PAC Fund campaign contribution on July 23, 2003, and he was not aware of the population of his village at the time of his appointment. In 2007, he was reappointed Chairman by removed Governor Blagojevich to represent a municipality with a population between 25,000 and 50,000. Tinley Park's population was in excess of 58,000 in 2007.
CBS 2 Chicago reported on March 4, 2008, that among the issues expected to come up at the Rezko federal corruption trial is Blagojevich's 2003 appointment of Christensen to the state safety board. On March 8, 2008, the U.S. Department of Justice released additional court documents showing Rezko's involvement with Blagojevich political fund-raising. Included in the document is a $10,000 Elevator Constructors Local 2 PAC fund contribution dated July 23, 2003, that went through Tony Rezko and was deposited into the Blagojevich campaign accounts two days later. Elevator Constructors Local 2's President John Valone
John Valone
John Valone , grew up in the Little Flower Parish of Chicago, a graduate of Little Flower High School and currently resides in Monee, Illinois. John Valone is an American, who has been President of Elevator Constructors Local 2 since 2004 and is Chairman of the Elevator Constructors Local 2 PAC Fund...
was named in the document. Elevator Constructors Local 2 Political Fund was one of the few union PAC funds to donate money through Rezko from June 2001 to August 2004.
Reappointment to Elevator Safety Board by Governor Quinn
The Associated Press broke a story on September 4, 2009 concerning the reappointment of a Union Official to a State Board despite ties to convicted felon Tony Rezko. On September 2, 2009 Illinois Governor Pat QuinnPat Quinn (politician)
Patrick Joseph "Pat" Quinn III is the 41st and current Governor of Illinois. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Previously elected three times to statewide office, Quinn was the sitting lieutenant governor and became governor on January 29, 2009, when the previous governor, Rod Blagojevich,...
reappointed Christensen as the Chairman of the Illinois Elevator Board in the Labor position reserved for Cook County. Previously Christensen had served on the Elevator Board as a Representative for a Municipality with a population between 25,000 and 50,000. Christensen's term as head of the Elevator Safety Review Board wouldn't have expired until 2011, but Quinn gave him a new stint that extends to 2013.
The Associated Press also reported in 2008 that his union donated $10,000 to Blagojevich in July 2003, around the time Christensen and another Local 2 member were appointed to the panel that is revamping elevator construction and maintenance rules which could mean more jobs for installers. The contribution was later mentioned at the trial of political fixer Antoin "Tony" Rezko, who was convicted of trying to milk campaign money for Blagojevich out of businesses seeking state work. Christensen denies any connection between the donation and the board post and says neither he nor other key Local 2 officials have ever met Rezko. Christensen has not been accused of wrongdoing.
Christensen has maintained there was no link between the $10,000 contribution and the two board appointments. The other member has since left the panel. "There was nothing meant by it," Christensen said this week. "Any guy running for governor that is labor friendly, if it's a Republican or a Democrat, we would have donated to them." But no other contribution from Local 2 comes close to that amount, according to state campaign finance records. Christensen explained that by saying the union's political action committee had sufficient funds at the time and "when you've got the money, you give what you can."
The Associated Press also reported that a federal judge ruled in 2007, however, that the union improperly retaliated against three of its members for disagreeing with Christensen in his role as chairman of the elevator board. Christensen denies that was the case. According to the Associated Press, a lawsuit brought by Local 2 members, a federal judge declared in May 2007 that the union wrongly disciplined the members and declared one ineligible to run for election as a union officer. District Court Judge George Lindberg found that the union took "retaliatory disciplinary actions" against the members for disagreeing about proposed elevator-safety rules with Christensen, who was acting in his role as elevator board chairman. Christensen said the ruling was by an anti-labor judge and that an earlier National Labor Relations Board ruling upheld Local 2's decision on the election eligibility.
Department of Labor Federal Lawsuit to Enforce the Subpoena Duces Tecum for the Records of Elevator Constructors Local 2
On September 4, 2009 the Associated Press broke a story, that in May 2007, the U.S. Department of Labor subpoenaed a myriad financial records from Local 2 for the years 2003 to 2006, saying it was seeking possible violations of federal law in economic reporting and record-keeping. The documents were turned over earlier this year (2009). Labor spokesman Michael Volpe said he could not confirm or deny that there is an investigation. Christensen said that he has won a court order that the Labor Department comply with his Freedom of Information Act request for documents about the agency's activities.According to Federal Court records, the United States Department of Labor
United States Department of Labor
The United States Department of Labor is a Cabinet department of the United States government responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, re-employment services, and some economic statistics. Many U.S. states also have such departments. The...
filed a lawsuit (08-cv-1595) against Elevator Constructors Local 2 in Illinois Northern Federal District Court for other statues and micellaneous reasons on March 18, 2008. The case was heard by Federal District Court Judge John F. Grady, a former Chief Judge. The lawsuit was filed by United States Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald
Patrick Fitzgerald
Patrick J. Fitzgerald is the current United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois and a member of the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Special Counsel...
on behalf of the United States Department of Labor asking the Court to have Elevator Constructors Local 2 comply with the Department of Labor Subpoena Duces Tecum
Subpoena duces tecum
A subpoena duces tecum is a court summons ordering a named party to appear before the court and produce documents or other tangible evidence for use at a hearing or trial....
filed on April 24, 2007 for various records and documents in connection with an investigation to determine whether any person has violated or is about to violate the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act
Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act
The Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 , is a United States labor law that regulates labor unions' internal affairs and their officials' relationships with employers.-Background:...
of 1959.
From Elevator Constructors Local 2's Website; a letter dated May 19, 2008 written by the Union Attorney, claims the subpoena request was contrary to the Department of Labor's long-standing policy of auditing Local Unions in the office of the Union in order to avoid unwarranted intrusion in the affairs of the local and that the Department of Labor took their actions solely as a means of harassing Local 2 and interfering with its operations. The Department of Labor wanted to compel Local 2 to produce originals of all its records at the Department of Labor's Office in May 2007. According to the Union Attorney, the Department of Labor never responded to Local 2's offer to comply with the Local's request to review the records at the Local's Office. The Union Attorney's statement in the letter, "with the passage of time, coupled with the utter silence of the DOL, can only lead to the logical conclusion that the DOL has abandoned the subpoena." On July 9, 2008 Federal District Court Judge John F. Grady ordered an evidentiary hearing for July 23, 2008 which was later rescheduled for July 30, 2008.
On July 30, 2008 in Federal District Court in Chicago, Elevator Constructors Local 2 agreed to comply with the demands of the Department of Labor Subpoena Duces Tecum and agreed to transfer the requested records, documents and computer files to the Department of Labor by November 12, 2008. On January 14, 2009 in Federal District Court, the Department of Labor said that Elevator Constructors Local 2 was in compliance with its subpoena and Federal Judge John F. Grady dismissed the case with prejudice.
FOIA Lawsuits against the US Department of Labor
On January 19, 2009 Local 2 and Frank Christensen, filed a lawsuit against the Department of Labor in Federal District Court in Chicago (09-cv-326) asking for the release of documents being withheld by the Department of Labor pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). On September 29, 2009 this lawsuit was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice by Elevator Constructors Local 2 and Frank Christensen. On January 13, 2010 the Plaintiffs; Frank Christensen and Elevator Constructors Local 2, filed a motion in Federal District Court to reinstate the lawsuit on the grounds that the Department of Labor failed to either produce the required documents or deny the appeal in a timely manner. On April 27, 2010 Judge Ruben CastilloRuben Castillo
Ruben Castillo was a Mexican-American boxer who fought in the Featherweight division. Castillo went on to fight four World Championship fights against Hall of Famers Salvador Sánchez, Juan Laporte, Alexis Argüello, and Julio César Chávez.-Early life:Castillo was born in Billings, Montana...
ruled that he would not reinstate the case.
On March 26, 2010 Elevator Constructors Local 2 and Frank Christensen filed a second lawsuit in United States Federal District Court against the United States Department of Labor (10-cv-1935) asking for the release of documents being withheld . The complaint asked the Court to prevent the DOL from withholding public documents pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. According to Court Documents the DOL is withholding approximately 4,100 pages of responsive material. The United States Department of Labor initially reported that they were withholding the 4100 pages due to FOIA Exemption 7(A). On April 29, 2011 the DOL acknowledged that 3,900 pages of documents are being withheld from the plaintiffs. The FOIA consists of approximately 750 documents, which are contained within the following categories; correspondence: 320 documents; witness and informant statements: 178 documents; internal memoranda: 153 documents; Union documents and reports: 87 documents; Court filings: 12 documents; and newspaper articles: 1 document. The DOL asserts “Exemption 7(A) to justify its withholding of the responsive materials. Exemption 7(A) permits an agency to withhold information contained in files compiled for law enforcement purposes if production “could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings.”
On June 6, 2011, when Federal District Court Judge Ruben Castillo
Ruben Castillo
Ruben Castillo was a Mexican-American boxer who fought in the Featherweight division. Castillo went on to fight four World Championship fights against Hall of Famers Salvador Sánchez, Juan Laporte, Alexis Argüello, and Julio César Chávez.-Early life:Castillo was born in Billings, Montana...
ruled that the Department of Labor's boilerplate justifications were not sufficient to meet the burden of invoking FOIA Exemption 7(A). That the Court defers resolution of the parties' cross-motion for summary judgement and orders the Department of Labor to submit declarations that meet the criteria and the withheld documents are to be submitted for an "in camera review. The Department of Labor was ordered to provide the withheld documents for review by the Court and provide the Court with a specific and detailed Declaration stating the reasons why the documents were being withheld per Exemption 7(A) by July 7, 2011.
On August 17, 2011 United States District Court Judge Ruben Castillo
Ruben Castillo
Ruben Castillo was a Mexican-American boxer who fought in the Featherweight division. Castillo went on to fight four World Championship fights against Hall of Famers Salvador Sánchez, Juan Laporte, Alexis Argüello, and Julio César Chávez.-Early life:Castillo was born in Billings, Montana...
ruled in favor of the United States Department of Labor. In his Memorandum and Order, Judge Castillo ruled that he Grants the Department of Labor's motion for summary judgment and Denies Elevator Constructors Local 2 and Frank Christensen's motion for summary judgment and motion for disclosure. The case was dismissed with prejudice.
The Department of Labor's 29-Page Declaration on the Officers, Employers and Employees
In the August 17, 2011 Memorandum and Order by Judge Castillo, he remarked that Department of Labor District Director Mary Kebisek's 29-page Declaration submitted in camera is specific, detailed and demonstrates that the withheld documents logically fall within Exemption 7(A). The declaration consists of: (1) an explanation of the complaints and allegations that led to the initiation of the criminal investigation; (2) a description of the pending criminal investigation; (3) a description of the closed civil investigations and how they relate to the pending criminal investigation; (4) an identification of the documents responsive to the Union's FOIA request; and (5) an explanation of how disclosure of those documents would harm the pending criminal investigation.Kebisek highlights in detail the risk that disclosure of these documents would prematurely reveal the Department of Labor's evidence, as well as the nature, scope, direction and focus of its investigations. This, in turn could enable the "targets-here, the Union, its officers, employers and employees" to destroy or alter the evidence or construct defenses. Releasing the withheld information could enable the Union, its officers, and employees" to identify the witnesses and confidential informants assisting the Department of Labor in its investigations, raising the possibility of witness intimidations and harassment. Finally, the Court denies the Union's motion for disclosure of Kebisek's in camera declaration and any documents that were wrongfully withheld from the Union. As discussed above, the Court concludes that the requested documents were properly withheld by the Department. Additionally, the Court has determined that no portion of Kebisek's in camera declaration can be disclosed without revealing the information the Department of Labor seeks to protect.
External links
- http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/illinois/ilndce/1:2010cv01935/241877/77/0.pdf - Frank Christensen v US DOL - Memorandum Opinion and Order
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lM-LhUjg5U - CBS 2 News Report on Illinois Elevator Board Appointment
- http://www.thehawkeye.com/story/IL-QuinnAppointee-090509 - Alleged Rezko tie, but Quinn renames board chair
- http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-ilndce/case_no-1:2008cv01595/case_id-218202/ "DOL Lawsuit against Elevator Constructors Local 2"
- http://www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisclosure/CommitteeDetail.aspx?id=15550 " $10,000 Contribution to Friends of Blagojevich on July 23, 2003 - look at D-2 Semiannual Report 7/1/2003 to 12/31/2003"
- http://www.docstoc.com/docs/1091649/REZKO-DONATION-CHART-JUNE-2001-TO-AUGUST-2004 - Rezko Donation Chart- Note the bottom of Page 2 Elevator Constructors Local 2 PAC $10,000 Contribution through Rezko
- http://mywebtimes.com/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=354438 - $10,000 Campaign Contribution to Blago
- http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/rezko/807812,CST-NWS-rezko22.stng "Rezko Clout List click on related PDF and note the top of Page 8"
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Blagojevich_controversies - "Blagojevich Controversies"
- http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=51&GA=95&DocTypeId=SR&DocNum=0731&GAID=9&LegID=39157&SpecSess=&Session= - Illinois State Senate Resolution (SR 731)
- http://www.ibc.state.il.us/About/commissioners.htm
- http://www.podcastpickle.com/.assets/flash/flexPlayer_singleFileNC.swf?uri=http://media.libsyn.com/media/elevatorradioshow/ERS-2008-03-05.mp3&name=The%20Elevator%20Radio%20Show:%20ERS-2008-03-05 "elevator show podcast - March 5, 2008"
- http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2009/09/15/seiu-illinois-governor-pat-quinn-and-mor - Governor Pat Quinn - SEIU & the AFL- CIO: Roots to the Black Panthers?
- http://www.uniondemocracy.org/UDR/114-Chicago%20Elevator%20Constructors%20battle%20to%20retain%20election%20gains.htm "Union Democracy Review - March–April 2006 - Issue #161"
- http://www.websupp.org/data/NDIL/1:05-cv-02442-89-NDIL.pdf " Thompson v Elevator Constructors - dispute of Illinois Elevator Safety Board Rules with the Chairman."
- http://cases.justia.com/us-court-of-appeals/F3/437/650/ "Maalik v Elevator Constructors Local 2 - Discrimination lawsuit"
- http://clickforjusticeandequality2.blogspot.com/2006/09/discrimination-in-terms-and.html "Maalik v Elevator Constructors Local 2"
- http://openjurist.org/437/f3d/650/maalik-v-international-union-of-elevator-constructors-local - Maalik Discrimination Lawsuit Open Jurist
- http://www.morelaw.com/verdicts/case.asp?n=06%2D3061%2C+06%2D3164%2C+%26+06%2D4155&s=IL%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&d=33694 "Burger v Elevator Constructors Local 2 - Click on Case Style Link to read verdict and judgement awards"
- http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Board%20Decisions/349/v349112.htm "Ironworkers Local 63 v Elevator Constructors Local 2"
- http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-ilndce/case_no-1:2007cv03150/case_id-209660/ "Stewart v Elevator Constructors Local 2"
- https://w3.courtlink.lexisnexis.com/cookcounty/Finddock.asp?DocketKey=BJJI0L0AADACH0LD - Lawsuit against the Catholic Church
- https://w3.courtlink.lexisnexis.com/cookcounty/Finddock.asp?DocketKey=CAAF0L0AAHFGH0LD - Personal lawsuit against another Officer of Local 2 using Union's law firm.
- http://www.bcbsil.com/labor/pdf/connections_winter_03.pdf "Photographs on page 5 and 7"
- http://iuec2.com/index.cfm?zone=/unionactive/view_article.cfm&HomeID=84551 "Frank Christensen's Letter to Membership"
- http://www.iuec2.com/index.cfm?zone=/unionactive/view_article.cfm&HomeID=91196 "Local 2 Labor Attorneys Respond to False Allegations presented by a member of the Executive Board at a meeting."
- http://www.iuec2.com/docs/SKMBT_C35208061009000.pdf "pdf of letter by Whitfield & McGann to Members of Local 2"
- http://www.unionfacts.com/unions/unionUlps.cfm?id=160 "48 Unfair Labor Practices against Local 2"
- http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/mccook/opinions/x398376328/Editorial-Fix-elevator-inspection-law - "Fix Elevator Inspection Law"
- http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2008/03/04/afx4728560.html - "Forbes Article"
- http://wednesdayjournalonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=11344&TM=19015.38 - "River Forrest - Oak Park Jornal Article - May 27, 2008"
- http://www.uniondemocracy.org/UDR/114-Chicago%20Elevator%20Constructors%20battle%20to%20retain%20election%20gains.htm - "Association for Union Democracy Article - 2006"
- http://www.kipaddotta.com/politics/rod-blagojevich.html - "Kipadotta Article"
- http://www.historyorb.com/date/1961/april - "Today in History (1961)"
- http://www.celebritieswho.com/celebrities-born-in-year-1961-april.html - "Celebrties Who.com"
- http://lounge.moviecodec.com/off-topic/on-this-day-april-17th-47622/ - "The Lounge at MovieCodec"
- http://www.eiwpf.org/state.asp "Union Elevator Safety Board positions by State"
- http://www.eiwpf.org/2007%20Model%20Bill.pdf "Elevator Industry Work Preservation Fund - Model Code Law"
- http://www.eiwpf.org/filename3.asp "Elevator Industry Work Preservation Fund Website"
- http://www.iuec.org/vps.asp
- http://www.iuec.org/dir.asp
- http://www.iuec2.com/
- http://www.state.il.us/osfm/Elevator/Overview.htm