A meeting of the Cook County Finance Subcommittee on Workers' Compensation was held on April 14, 2026, at 11:30 AM. The meeting was called to order by the Chairman with all members present (Commissioners McCasco, Marita, Trevor, Vasquez, and the Chairman). The agenda had no changes, and one public speaker addressed the subcommittee. The meeting approved minutes from March 10, 2026, and a series of recommended settlements, then adjourned.
Ready when you are, sir. Okay. The hour having reached 11 30. I would like to call to order the Cook County Finance Subcommittee on Workers' Compensation. Madam Secretary, will you please take the call? Commissioner McCasco. Thank you. Commissioner Marita is present. Commissioner Trevor. Commissioner Vasquez. And Chairman is present. Chairman, you do have a quorum. All members are present. Thank you very much. No no reason for remote. Uh Madam Secretary, are there any public speakers or changes to the agenda? No changes to your agenda. One speaker, George Blake Moore, please be reminded of the board rules. Mr. Blakemore. Workman compensation. The workforce. The workforce is changing. Once upon a time, they have a black workforce. A slave was a workforce. And what color was those slaves? Black. Now we have a workforce. That's that they are moving the black people out. Mr. Blake more, you should say. Anyway. They're moving them out. Number one. The people who are competing are bilingual. They speak more than one language. If you go higher, come back in the workforce. Why not hire? Get the both out of it. From what? What do they do? They come here. They speak more than one language. That's another uh an advantage. And they don't have the slave mentality. And they know how to cooperate with each other and help each other. And when they go to that workforce alone, when they get paid, they know how to reach back and pick up their people. They don't forget where they came from. They go right to that curvature chain and send that money right back to Mexico, right back to India, right back to Alpha Jamaica. Something have happened to our black workforce.