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The Post
A members’ guide to vital Lodge 7 information and services
Lodge 7 main number: 312-733-7776
Your Field Representatives
Michael Mette
First Vice President
Legal Defense, Contract, Health Insurance and Mental Health michael.mette@chicagofop.org
Dan Gorman
Second Vice President Discipline Grievances and Contract dgorman@chicagofop.org
Fernando Flores
Third Vice President Legal Defense, Contract f.flores@chicagofop.org
Dennis McGuire
Treasurer
Contract, Constitution & By Laws dmcguire@chicagofop.org
Jim Jakstavich
Financial Secretary
Contract Grievance, Contract, Awards jjakstavich@chicagofop.org
Greg Bella
Recording Secretary Retiree Liaison, Contract gbella@chicagofop.org
Rob Noceda
Project Development & Research, Contract, Military, Tier II rnoceda@chicagofop.org
Andrew Cantore
Medical Grievance, Contract, Safety & Uniform acantore@chicagofop.org
Area and Unit Coverage
Chicago Lodge 7 Field Representatives are assigned to cover the following areas and units:
All Units: Mike Mette and Andrew Cantore Area 1: Dennis McGuire
Area 2: Jim Jakstavich
Area 3: Rob Noceda
Area 4: Dan Gorman Area 5: Fernando Flores
Is your membership information up to date?
Please make sure the Chicago FOP has your current membership card on file that includes:
• Address
• Phone
• Cell Phone
• Email
• Date of birth
• Star #
• Unit
• Employee Number • City Hire Date
• Beneficiary
See your unit rep to get a membership card.
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President Trump. Just in case he was on the fence, I wanted him to know where we stood, that the women and men of this de- partment were requesting his help. I think it’s pretty obvious they were probably coming in anyway.
I think the letter triggered the mayor’s text message tirade call- ing me unhinged. The mention of Trump’s name causes her to become totally unhinged. That disgusting verbiage showed the mayor’s true character, that she just isn’t concerned about our members’ safety.
We did meet with the City’s and the Department’s key play- ers, and they are supposed to tender a proposal to get some kind of contract done on some simple points. It’s much less than the main proposal tendered last year. This is specifically a proposal on the three years of retro pay.
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They are supposed to put it together by mid-August. But now they are saying that reforms will be attached to that proposal. The mayor said she told us that reforms would be part of any proposal, but that is an outright lie. The only conversation we had was about getting the retro pay off the books immediate- ly. Apparently, they don’t want to have to go to the city council and pitch a financial package without reforms. We will see if they have the cajones to pull that off.
The mayor is almost giftwrapping it for us, fueling our efforts to unify this Lodge. We’re building a movement here. We have re- ceived amazing support through snail mail, emails and phone calls from people who say, “Keep doing what you are doing. We’re behind you.” We’ve had supervisors who aren’t even members of this union reaching out to us, saying they are grateful for the voice. They know we are pushing the needle, and we will contin- ue to push.