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WHO: American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)

WHAT: Ribbon-laying ceremony to honor the individuals lost in the
April 19, 1995 bombing of the Alfred P.

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Thursday's election capped a nearly decade-long effort by child care
workers to unite in SEIU to improve child services in Illinois. National Union Representatives to Hold Ribbon-laying Ceremony
During National Week of Hope

WASHINGTON, Members of the American Federation of
Government Employees (AFGE) will honor federal workers killed in the Oklahoma
City bombing during a ribbon-laying ceremony on Tuesday, April 19, the 10th
anniversary of the tragedy.

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The Illinois vote is also energizing efforts by family child care
providers to join SEIU in a dozen other states -- California, Maryland,
Massachusetts , Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Washington, and Wisconsin .

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With 1. SEIU is now the largest
union in Illinois, representing over 160,000 child care providers, nurses,
security officers and janitors, among others. Murrah Federal Building in
Oklahoma City

WHEN: 11 a.

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More than 49 000 Illinois Child Care Providers Choose SEIU as Their Union to Improve Services for 200 000 Children

researchandmarkets. The Day of Remembrance is
just one of several events that will take place during the National Week of
Hope (NWH), April 17-24, a series of activities designed to educate
individuals about the bombing, as well as to honor the victims, survivors and
all others whose lives were affected by the tragedy.

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"This is a big step toward winning improved rates and health coverage to
make child care a stable job for adults so we can provide consistent care for
children," said Angenita Tanner, a home child care worker in Chicago.

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Rod Blagojevich issued an executive order in February
that for the first time gave the providers the freedom to form a union.
"There is broad agreement that improving conditions for these providers will
benefit the children of Illinois, and we will carry that message to
Springfield until these workers get the improvements they and the children so
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"Innocent men, women and children were killed during a senseless tragedy
on April 19, 1995, and many of those lost were our brothers and sisters ," said
Gage.

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Overall, SEIU outpolled AFSCME by
a 5-to-1 margin, receiving 82 percent of the vote to 16 percent for AFSCME. history.com/reports/c18805 ) has announced the addition
of Mali: Macroeconomic Analysis and Labour Market Trends to their offering."
AFGE represented many of the federal workers who were killed during the
1995 bombing including 16 workers from the Social Security office and 35
workers from the Housing and Urban Development office."

The American Federation of Government Employees is the largest federal
employee union representing 600,000 workers in the federal government and the
government of the District of Columbia.

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Joining the Illinois providers at a news conference in Chicago Thursday were
child care providers from eight other states who are now organizing to join
SEIU.

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The final vote total was 13,484 for SEIU and 359 for no union. Another
union, AFSCME, which pulled out of the election after most of the votes had
already been cast, received minimal support.
The Illinois victory is fueling a national movement by more than half a
million child care providers to unite for improved services for children.

WHERE: Field of Empty Chairs, Oklahoma City National Memorial + Museum,
620 N. "This is just our small way of showing that we appreciate
their sacrifice.

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The vote was
conducted after Gov.
Family child care providers from eight of those states came to Chicago
Thursday to plan strategy for uniting in SEIU and to help celebrate the
victory in Illinois.m . We can't do enough to honor the individuals whose lives were
changed by what happened on April 19 .

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8 million members, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
is the nation's largest and fastest growing union, and represents more health
care workers than any other union in North America. AFGE National President John Gage, along with AFGE
members from various Oklahoma City locals, will pay tribute to those killed by
laying yellow ribbons on the chairs erected at the bombing site to honor each
of the 168 victims. "With this ceremony we hope to show that these workers will never be
forgotten .

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Two percent of the votes were for no union.
"Home child care workers will begin working with the Governor and
legislature immediately to improve their reimbursement rates and achieve
health insurance benefits," said Helen Miller, president of SEIU Local 880. The report
contains a detailed labour market analysis along with an overview of relevant
macroeconomic statistics and trends., and will immediately
follow the Day of Remembrance, an event sponsored by the Oklahoma City
National Memorial in which 168 seconds of silence will be observed along with
the reading of the names of those who were killed.

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The ribbon-laying ceremony will begin at 11 a.
"Federal workers put their lives on the line by just coming to work each
day," said Gage.

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Largest Union Election Victory in Illinois History Fuels National Movement
of Child Care Workers

CHICAGO, More than 49,000 Illinois home child care
providers have voted overwhelmingly to join Local 880 of the Service Employees
International Union (SEIU).
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labor market conditions that affect working people in each country.
This report provides information and analysis regarding the socio-economic
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Introduction + Methodology
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Introduction

Economic Overview

Labour Market
Snapshot
Analysis

Macroeconomic Analysis
Unemployment: overall and by sex and ethnic group
Long-term unemployment and underemployment rates
Real wages: production workers and/or median wage
Output (GDP): population and per capita GDP growth
Poverty rates
Income distribution by quintile (fifth)
Unionization rates
Maximum working time (legal or collectively negotiated)
Minimum wage (legal or collectively negotiated)

Commentary
Annexure - Data + Statistics

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The ballots were counted by the American
Arbitration Association Thursday after a three-week vote -by-mail election. "Working
together we can improve services so the parents in our community can go to
work and support their families knowing that their children are cared for,
loved, and safe . In recent decades, only the vote by
74,000 home care workers in Los Angeles to join SEIU in 1999 saw more workers
unite in a single union election. Additionally, AFGE
represented workers in the Department of Labor and GSA offices.

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The home child care vote is the largest union election in Illinois history
and one of the largest in U.
The next step for the Illinois home child care providers is to elect a
negotiating committee and begin bargaining with the state.

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AFGE to Honor Federal Workers on 10th Anniversary of Oklahoma City Bombing

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"We expect this vote in Illinois will be the catalyst for more than half a
million family child care providers across America uniting in our union, much
the same way more than 300,000 home care workers have joined SEIU since the
1999 election in Los Angeles," said Anna Burger, SEIU International Secretary-
Treasurer.