1 DECLARATION OF CHRISTOPHER J. WILLIAMS I, Christopher J. Williams, under penalty of perjury, state based on personal knowledge that the following facts are true and correct: 1. I am over the age of 21 years. 2. I currently reside in Chicago, Illinois. 3. I am an attorney and the principal of Workers’ Law Office, PC (“WLO”). 4. I am the lead attorney in the matter of Lucas et al. v. Gold Standard Baking, Inc. et al., Case No. 13 C 1524. 5. Prior to being admitted to practice law, I worked as a teacher in the Chicago Public Schools and the City Colleges of Chicago from approximately 1984 to approximately 1994. From approximately 1989 through 1993, I served as a union officer and president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (“AFSCME”) Local 3506, representing teachers in the Adult Learning Skills Program at the City Colleges of Chicago. This program encompassed pre-collegiate classes such as alternative high school, GED, Literacy and English as a Second Language. Because this program largely served low-income and immigrant communities, the City Colleges placed teachers in over 350 community-based organizations, such as churches, schools, union halls, non-profit service organizations, community advocacy organizations, health clinics, among others. As president of the union of teachers, I visited each of these 350 plus community organizations. I developed relationships with many of these community organizations that continue to exist today. 6. From approximately 1994 through 1999, I was worked as an Assistant Director of Organizing for AFSCME Council 31 of Illinois and as Director of Organizing for the Service Employees International Union (“SEIU”) Local 73 where I supervised a staff of twelve Case: 1:13-cv-01524 Document #: 305-6 Filed: 01/09/15 Page 1 of 13 PageID #:5771
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DECLARATION OF CHRISTOPHER J. WILLIAMS
I, Christopher J. Williams, under penalty of perjury, state based on personal knowledge
that the following facts are true and correct:
1. I am over the age of 21 years.
2. I currently reside in Chicago, Illinois.
3. I am an attorney and the principal of Workers’ Law Office, PC (“WLO”).
4. I am the lead attorney in the matter of Lucas et al. v. Gold Standard Baking, Inc.
et al., Case No. 13 C 1524.
5. Prior to being admitted to practice law, I worked as a teacher in the Chicago
Public Schools and the City Colleges of Chicago from approximately 1984 to approximately
1994. From approximately 1989 through 1993, I served as a union officer and president of
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (“AFSCME”) Local 3506,
representing teachers in the Adult Learning Skills Program at the City Colleges of Chicago. This
program encompassed pre-collegiate classes such as alternative high school, GED, Literacy and
English as a Second Language. Because this program largely served low-income and immigrant
communities, the City Colleges placed teachers in over 350 community-based organizations,
such as churches, schools, union halls, non-profit service organizations, community advocacy
organizations, health clinics, among others. As president of the union of teachers, I visited each
of these 350 plus community organizations. I developed relationships with many of these
community organizations that continue to exist today.
6. From approximately 1994 through 1999, I was worked as an Assistant Director of
Organizing for AFSCME Council 31 of Illinois and as Director of Organizing for the Service
Employees International Union (“SEIU”) Local 73 where I supervised a staff of twelve