Dear Friend,
Thank you for visiting my legislative website. It is my honor and pleasure to represent much of Will County as the State Senator for Illinois’ 43rd Senate District.
Here you can find information about the 43rd District, access local and state resources, and keep up to date with what’s happening at the Capitol. I hope you’ll find this website useful.
Please feel free to contact me at either of my offices with questions, concerns or ways I can better serve you.
Sincerely,
State Senator Pat McGuire
43rd Legislative District
Sen. Pat McGuire and Rep. John Connor will be co-hosting an Illinois Treasurer’s I-Cash event at their joint district office Feb. 16. This event, which provides assistance to citizens in searching for and recovering unclaimed property held by the state, is free and open to the public. The flyer below has more details.
State Senator Pat McGuire released the following statement after the Illinois Senate voted to increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 by 2025:
“Fair pay for hard work is the American way,” said McGuire (D-Crest Hill). “A higher minimum wage will boost families and the Illinois economy.”
Senate Bill 1 would increase the minimum wage according to the following incremental schedule:
Having passed the Senate, the bill heads to the Illinois House for consideration.
State Senator Pat McGuire's district office has moved to a new location. The new office is located at:
16151 Weber Road, Suite 103
Crest Hill, IL 60403
You can still call (815) 207-4445 with any questions, concerns, or to ask to schedule an appointment with Senator McGuire.
The demolition of Joliet's Fairview Homes public housing project and the reduction of units at Riverwalk (née Evergreen Terrance) requires residents to know the laws regarding relocation. I commend Warehouse Workers For Justice and Prairie State Legal Services for presenting this Dec. 5 workshop. Read the full story below.
Sincerely,
The Joliet Herald-News - Nov. 25, 2018 | Original article
By Alex Ortiz
The Warehouse Workers for Justice will be hosting a “Know Your Rights” workshop on housing Dec. 5 in Joliet.
The organization and lawyers will be providing information on general tenants’ rights as well as presenting on rights related to the relocation process from public housing and rules pertaining to Section 8 vouchers.
The WWJ Women’s Committee is organizing the workshop in conjunction with attorneys from Prairie State Legal Services.
The committee was formed to provide a space for women in the warehouse industry to organize for economic and gender justice.
The WWJ Women’s Committee wanted to hold the workshop in light of Fairview Homes announcing this year they will be moving families out to make way for the demolition of the public housing community. The reason for the workshop is to provide residents with information about their rights and the resources they might need in their transitions.
Even though this might not directly be a labor-related issue, the WWJ said members of the community do live in communities like Fairview.
In October, a Housing Authority of Joliet official said that of about 158 households in the Fairview Homes, only about five of them had moved out at that point. The move-out was planned to happen in phases, although residents in the first group still were looking for places to live.
The workshop will take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. at 1 Doris Ave. in Joliet.