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President-Elect Karen Lewis on Chicago Tonight
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 – 10:14 pm
TV Appearances for President-Elect Lewis
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 – 12:48 pm
President-Elect Karen Lewis will be on Chicago Tonight (WTTW-11) at 7:00 Tonight. She will be on FOX-32 News at 9:30 with Chicago Reader columnist Ben Joravsky.
New CTU Leadership, teachers, parents at Emergency Picket 6/14/2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 – 12:39 pm
Next CORE General Meeting
Sunday, June 13, 2010 – 9:31 pm
We will meet at Manny’s Deli (1141 S. Jefferson) at 4:15 PM This Thursday, June17th.
Chicago Sun-Times: New CTU President is a fierce foe of Daley’s agenda
Sunday, June 13, 2010 – 10:19 am
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 [...]
Karen Lewis, CTU President-Elect Acceptance Speech
Sunday, June 13, 2010 – 9:59 am
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 [...]
…and the winner is,
Saturday, June 12, 2010 – 7:47 am
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 [...]
Vote CORE Friday, June 11th!
Friday, June 11, 2010 – 5:40 am
” …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 [...]
Imagine the Power of 30,000
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 – 1:04 pm
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 [...]
