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* AFSCME Council 31 Executive Director Henry Bayer has been reelected…
Delegate Lori Laidlaw of Dixon nominates Henry Bayer for the office of Executive Director. Bayer is unanimously re-elected. #AFSCMEstand
— AFSCME Council 31 (@afscme31) October 18, 2013
Henry is often ascerbic, but he’s unapologetically and unabashedly pro-union and has built one of the most impressive public employee organizations in the country.
* Let’s congratulate Henry on his reelection with a little caption contest, shall we?…
posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 2:15 pm
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Comment by Ghost Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 2:18 pm
“For Cristsakes center the damn camera if you are going to take my picture!”
Comment by Stones Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 2:19 pm
“When Quinn told me that he was committed to honoring the contract, his nose grew by this much!”
Comment by Norseman Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 2:21 pm
“I’m ganna do wat I gotta do ya get my union back!
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 2:24 pm
“I told the Governor, I am not meeting anyone at the construction site of any new football stadiums.”
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 2:26 pm
“It’s hard to imagine anyone more unlike our previous governor than our new governor, If you handed Pat Quinn a hairbrush, he wouldn’t know what to do with it.”
- an actual quote by Mr. Bayer
Comment by Joe M Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 2:26 pm
Repeat after me … “Hi Hooooooo, hi hoooooo, hi ho, hi ho, its off to work we go….”
Comment by Spliff Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 2:26 pm
OW Henry tends to eat the microphone so he sounds more like the spaceballs guy using the ship intercom….
Comment by Ghost Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 2:26 pm
So Pat Quinn, says, “What? are you gonna go Republican” and I says “No, I’m gonna go Cullerton.”
Comment by pension Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 2:28 pm
“If a guy’s close to you, you can’t slight ‘im. You can’t slight that guy. A real grievance can be resolved; differences can be resolved. But an imaginary hurt, a slight - to a Union Boss, like me, that guy, he is gonna hate a governor ’til the day he dies.”
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 2:31 pm
“Missed it by THAT much!”
Comment by Anyone Remember? Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 2:32 pm
“$5, $5 foot looonnnggsss”
Comment by Nonplussed Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 2:34 pm
Henry, FYI, microphones work better if they are not INSIDE your mouth.
Comment by Judgment Day Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 2:37 pm
Nobody, I mean nobody, in this building, not Mike Madigan, not John Cullerton, and certainly not Pat Quinn, has been elected unanimously . . . except ME! I have, I have been elected unanimously. . .
Comment by SupplySgt Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 2:44 pm
We are honored to have Henry as our leader for the next 4 years
Comment by State worker Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 2:46 pm
this is my imitation of Sonny Corleone’s wife at Connie’s wedding reception.
Comment by PoolGuy Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 2:55 pm
Funny that he was nominated by a delegate from Dixon. I think the workers of that town are due for some sizable salary and benefit increases, no?
Comment by Jake From Elwood Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 2:56 pm
@pension: nice
“You’re this close to Scott Walker.”
Comment by walkinfool Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 3:02 pm
“Now, Monday, Monday we go in, first thing. End of next week, we announce I’m gonna make a speech, as I have been re-elected to my office.
Get the TV if you can. Give CMS the list.
Those guys are out. I don’t like the way they were behaving when I was in last term. I got no complaints with Pat. But these guys, they’re gone.”
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 3:10 pm
There is no more mercy in him than there is milk in a male tiger.
Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 3:12 pm
“See, I can lean to the right if I need to.”
Comment by Simon Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 3:20 pm
“…So I say ‘Sure, I will meet Cross’ so we set up a round of golf. On the very first green… I have a putt this close left for my Par … I couldn’t believe it, Tom makes me putt it! Well, …”
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 3:31 pm
“Reverend” Jim Ignatowski: “If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away”.
Comment by Priceless! Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 3:32 pm
“You… and you! Where are your Union Buttons I gave you for today? Huh!?”
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 3:42 pm
“This finger, call it the all State Unions, or ‘Water’ … this finger, call it Bruce Rauner, or ‘Oil’ … see, never together …I will take your questions now.”
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 3:44 pm
“Dillard … you know what we can do in the precincts, and Bill, do we really want to talk about November 2010. The both of you, … well, I expect this to get out of committee, got it?”
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 4:01 pm
Love me some Henry Bayer….congrats!!
Comment by Raising Kane Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 4:02 pm
I’m telling you, Bruce and I only this far apart on union jobs in government.
Comment by Give Me A Break Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 4:07 pm
“Take THAT Rauner!! One more WIN for ME–and one future LOSS for YOU!! ‘Cuz we are here to STAY Baby!!”
Comment by Just The Way It Is One Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 4:09 pm
“You got a state pension … You got a state pension! … You both… pensions! … Now do what is right for the Union!”
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 4:11 pm
“In yo’ face, Rauner!”
Rauner said that union leaders fail to act in the members’ best interests. I strongly disagree with this divide-and-conquer statement. I’m happy with Bayer and other AFSCME leaders. We won some key grievances, and the back-wages court win was great.
I congratulate him on his election victory.
“Henry is often ascerbic”
Bayer ripped a fellow delegate a new one at the 2011 convention, just chewed her out. We later got somewhat of an apology through the grapevine.
Bayer expects union members to be involved and make the union stronger, and he makes no bones about this.
Comment by Grandson of Man Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 4:19 pm
We are this far apart in our negotiations with the Governor.
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 4:22 pm
Last election, it was 4th down and this far to go to the end zone before we stepped in to help. WIsh we went with Dillard.
Comment by 4 percent Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 4:34 pm
I said a hip, hop, a hibbet to the hibbet to the rhythm of the boogidy b.
Comment by John A Logan Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 4:38 pm
I am my own quote, in word and vision.
Comment by Amalia Friday, Oct 18, 13 @ 4:48 pm