Monthly Archives: May 2010

published at 8:47 am Monday, May 31, 2010

Video: Save Our Schools Rally May 25, 2010

Video of of the 5/25/2010 Save Our Schools rally and march featuring CORE Candidates Karen Lewis (President) and Jesse Sharkey (Vice President)

Topics: Chicago Teachers Union / CORE Stuff / CPS / CTU / Events / In the News / Labor News / News / Outreach / Protests / School Board / Videos
published at 2:01 pm Saturday, May 29, 2010

WBEZ: Chicago Teachers Union Election Gets Tougher for Incumbent

From Chicago Public Radio’s City Room: The current president of the Chicago Teachers Union is facing an uphill re-election battle. And it just got a little more difficult. That could shake things up in Chicago education. Just 500 votes separated CTU President Marilyn Stewart from her toughest challenger in last Friday’s election. More than 19,000 teachers [...]

Topics: Chicago Teachers Union / CSDU / CTU / Elections / In the News / Labor News / News / PACT / School Board / School Closings
published at 10:36 pm Thursday, May 27, 2010

CORE wins high schools in landslide!

The results are in and CORE Candidates Xian Barrett, Valerie Collins, Lois Jones, Joey McDermott, Adria Mitchell, and Zulma Ortiz won seats on the executive board as High School Functional Vice-Presidents. There will be no UPC gridlock on the executive board! All schools still need to turn out to vote on June 11th, high schools [...]

Topics: News
published at 4:10 pm Thursday, May 27, 2010

Three CTU Caucuses Endorse CORE in the June 11th Runoff Election

CORE would like to thank the CSDU, PACT, and Independent caucuses for announcing their support for us in the June 11 runoff election. To the members and supporters of these caucuses: we welcome your support and do not take it for granted. Those of you who now enthusiastically support CORE, welcome! We look forward to [...]

Topics: CSDU / CTU / Elections / In the News / Independent Caucus / News / Outreach / PACT
published at 11:07 pm Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Thousands rally against the school budget cuts.

In a display of unity that is uncommon in an election season, all five caucuses of the CTU came together to march against Huberman’s threats of ballooning class sizes to 35 and major cuts to educational programs. Koco, Teachers for Social Justice, Pilsen Alliance, Blocks Together, and other GEM partners  organized students, parents, and community [...]

Topics: Chicago Teachers Union / CORE Stuff / CPS / Events / In the News / News / Outreach / Protests / School Board / School Closings
published at 11:54 am Saturday, May 22, 2010

Press Statement: CORE is in the runoff!

CONTACT:Karen Lewis CORE CTU Presidential Candidate For Immediate Release May 22, 2010 at 11:15 a.m. CORE Media Relations Liz Brown Kenzo Shibata Preliminary CTU Election Results Statement In a five-way race for the leadership of the Chicago Teachers Union, a run-off on June 11, 2010 appears likely between the Caucus of Rank-and-file Educators (CORE), headed [...]

Topics: News
published at 9:12 pm Wednesday, May 19, 2010

CORE Files Lawsuit to Force CPS to “Open the Books”

CORE Files Suit Against the Board of Education for Hiding Budget Numbers SUIT FILED 5/20/10 From The Chicago Tribune: Teacher’s group sues CPS over access May 20, 2010 A union group that is vying for power in Friday’s Chicago Teachers Union election has filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Board of Education, claiming it is [...]

Topics: Chicago Teachers Union / CPS / CTU / Elections / Events / In the News / Labor News / News / Outreach / Press Releases / School Board / School Closings / turnarounds / Union Busting
published at 8:04 pm Sunday, May 16, 2010

The CORE Plan

CORE’s plan for CTU 1. Get everyone on board with a common strategy. Get the 5 caucuses and other leaders together in the same place and come up with a series of steps on which we can agree. Mobilize our Union into fighting shape for contract negotiations in 2012.

Topics: News
published at 11:29 am Sunday, May 9, 2010

Save Our Schools! Massive Rally to Save Public Education May 25th, Board of Education 125 South Clark

Download this flyer and distribute to teachers, parents, and other community members.

Topics: Alerts / Chicago Teachers Union / CORE Stuff / CPS / CTU / Events / Labor News / News / Outreach / Protests / School Board / School Closings
published at 11:20 am Sunday, May 9, 2010

CORE Takes CPS’ lack of transparency to Attorney General Lisa Madigan…and wins!

From CORE Co-Chair Jackson Potter: On April 28th, the Grassroots Education Movement, CORE and more than 50 teachers from 10 different schools throughout the city held a press conference in front of the State of Illinois building to force the Chicago Public Schools to adhere to the Freedom of Information Act. The gathering spoke first [...]

Topics: Alerts / CPS / In the News / Labor News / Legal Action / News / Protests / School Board / Union Busting