published at 9:31 pm
Sunday, June 13, 2010
We will meet at Manny’s Deli (1141 S. Jefferson) at 4:15 PM This Thursday, June17th.
published at 10:19 am
Sunday, June 13, 2010
From the Chicago Sun Times Karen Lewis, a high school chemistry teacher who has been a fierce opponent of Mayor Daley’s Renaissance 2010 program to shake up and rejuvenate public schools, handily defeated two-term president Marilyn Stewart for the leadership of the Chicago Teachers Union early Saturday. Lewis and her Caucus of Rank and File [...]
published at 9:59 am
Sunday, June 13, 2010
6-12-10 Karen Lewis, CTU President-elect Election Acceptance Speech I want to thank everyone who made today a reality – the CORE members who worked tirelessly for this day, the CTU members who voted for us, and the thousands of teachers, parents and students who stand up each and every day to improve and defend public [...]
published at 7:47 am
Saturday, June 12, 2010
From Substance News: Karen Lewis has been elected president of the Chicago Teachers Union, and CORE has won the leadership of the 30,000-member CTU by a landslide. Lewis, a Martin Luther King Jr. High School Chemistry teacher, headed the slate of candidates from the caucus called CORE (the Caucus of Rank and File Educators) and [...]
published at 5:40 am
Friday, June 11, 2010
” …we’re facing thousands of job cuts. This is not an abstraction-this is very real.” Lewis isn’t calling for strikes. Instead, she wants the union to search the board’s books for waste-in vendor contracts as well as central office salaries. CORE has even threatened to take on tax increment financing ….” -Chicago Reader 6/10/2010 Read [...]
published at 1:04 pm
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Last minute attempts to look proactive before an election will not make our Union any stronger. CTU members deserve leadership with forethought, integrity, and imagination. CORE’s imagination has allowed us to look beyond business-as-usual failed practices. Although CORE only allows CTU members to vote on official business, we have created coalitions with parents and community [...]
published at 8:17 pm
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
*at the time of the broadcast, the CTU provided no details or documentation for their lawsuit. This may be due to the fact that the charges have no legal precedent and the actual transgression had not yet occurred.
published at 7:42 am
Monday, June 7, 2010
To All Union Members: Meeting members across the city has been an exciting and humbling experience. It is clear that our message of democracy, solidarity and our record of fighting the Board of Education has been received with enthusiasm. At the beginning of this campaign, many members called for all the opposition caucuses to unite [...]
published at 9:10 pm
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Karen Lewis on Moving Forward June 3, 2010.
