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Chicago Federation of Labor AFL-CIO and
Institute for Law and the Workplace
The 7th annual
Distinguished Labor Leader Lecture
Terence M. O'Sullivan
General President
Laborers' International Union of North America
Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 12 noon
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Chicago-Kent College of Law
Illinois Institute of Technology
565 West Adams
Chicago, IL 60661-3691
(312) 906-5090 for more information
Terence M. O'Sullivan
General President
Laborers' International Union of North America
Terence M. O’Sullivan has been General President of the
Laborers’ International Union of North America since January
1, 2000. He is known as an innovator among the newest generation
of labor leaders dedicated to aggressive and sometimes radical approaches
designed to increase the power of working people in the 21st century.
O’Sullivan has guided the more than 800,000 members of the
Laborers’ Union to the forefront of the union movement, reshaping
the Union into one of the most active, aggressive, and progressive
affiliates within the AFL-CIO.
Since taking office, O'Sullivan has restructured and refined the
union's goals, programs, and services. O'Sullivan's philosophy for
revitalizing the labor movement has become the Laborers' No. 1 priority:
"to significantly increase market share in every sector of
every industry in which the Laborers’ represents workers."
Under his leadership, the Union has adopted "organize or die"
as its day-to-day motto, while at the same time increasing its commitment
to member activism, capital strategies, grassroots politics, labor-management
cooperation, apprenticeship, training and education.
In addition to leading the Laborers' Union, O'Sullivan is Chairman
and CEO of ULLICO, the union-owned company that seeks a better quality
of life for working people by offering innovative insurance, investment,
financial and administrative products. O'Sullivan has led ULLICO
since May 8, 2003. He has guided ULLICO's return to profitability,
stability and a high standard of corporate ethics and accountability.
Prior to his service with the Union, O'Sullivan was a high school
teacher and coach, and founded and operated a computer software
firm. Continuing his commitment to education, O'Sullivan's first
job with the Union was as administrator of the West Virginia Laborers'
Training Center, where he provided construction and environmental
skills training to members of the Mid-Atlantic Region.
O’Sullivan is widely known as a fiery speaker who motivates
and inspires his audience to action at rallies, conventions, meetings
and other events.
This year’s lecture begins at noon and will be followed
by a reception at 1:00 p.m. The lecture is free and no registration
is required. For further information, www.kentlaw.edu/depts/cle
or call (312) 906-5090. The Distinguished Labor Leader Lecture
is presented as a public service by the Chicago Federation of
Labor, AFL-CIO and Chicago-Kent College of Law.
The Chicago Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO is the central
labor body for the Chicago area unions associated with the American
Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations. The
CFL was formed in the late 1800’s to strengthen the efforts
of individual unions by creating a unified voice for the city’s
labor movement. The main objective of the CFL is to support organizing
efforts, help local unions resolve contract disputes, create opportunities
for unions to work together and to serve as labor’s ambassador
to the larger Chicago community. President Dennis Gannon and Secretary-Treasurer
Tim Leahy currently lead the CFL, representing more than 300 unions
and over 500,000 unionized workers in Cook County.
The Institute for Law and the Workplace at Chicago-Kent
is an intellectual home for the labor and employment law communities
and addresses cutting edge issues involving the workplace through
conferences, symposia and publications. The Institute houses the
law school’s specialized J.D. program in labor and employment
law, its annual conferences on Federal Sector and Illinois Public
Sector Labor Law, the annual Kenneth M. Piper Memorial Lecture
in Labor Law, and its publications, Employee Rights and Employment
Policy Journal and Illinois Public Employee Relations Report.
Membership in the Institute is by invitation and includes leading
law firms, unions and employers.
The Organized Labor Scholarship Fund
The Organized Labor Scholarship Fund at Chicago-Kent College
of Law was established by the unions and union law firms who are
members of the Institute for Law and the Workplace, including:
Asher, Gittler, Greenfield & D’Alba
Baum, Sigman, Auerbach & Neuman, Ltd.
Carmell, Charone, Widmer, Mathews & Moss
Illinois Education Association
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 705
Jacobs, Burns, Orlove, Stanton & Hernandez
Katz, Friedman, Eagle, Eisenstein & Johnson, Chartered
National Treasury Employees Union
The fund provides scholarship support to Chicago-Kent students
specializing in labor and employment law who have significant
ties to organized labor and to Chicago-Kent students serving as
student externs to unions and union law firms. A complete list
of scholarship recipients is available from the Institute for
Law and the Workplace.
Contributions to the Organized Labor Scholarship Fund are welcome
and are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
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