Category Archives: Meetings

published at 10:22 pm Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Core Meeting – Monday, July 26th

CORE Meeting Monday, July 26th 5:00-7:00 PM Operation PUSH 930 East 50th Street Chicago, IL 60615 Come and make your voice heard!

Topics: CORE Stuff / Meetings
published at 7:28 pm Monday, July 19, 2010

Save Our Schools Summit-This Saturday (7/24)

Will your neighborhood school be next on the Board of Education’s chopping block? The Board has already… ELIMINATED after-school and sports programs, CUT over 200 citywide teachers (special services, literacy coaches, hospital teachers, and more), REDUCED world language classes, …and plans to: INCREASE high school class sizes, DECREASE the number of electives offered to our students, and FIRE more [...]

Topics: Events / Meetings
published at 6:34 pm Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Report from Emergency Board Meeting 6.15.2010

CPS called  an emergency Board meeting on Tuesday, June 15 to pass a resolution that will drastically change our working conditions and the learning opportunities for our students.  The resolution was passed unanimously at the meeting, in spite of every single speaker during the “public participation” portion urging the board members to vote “no.” This [...]

Topics: Charter Schools / Chicago Teachers Union / Contract Schools / CPS / CTU / In the News / Labor News / Meetings / News / School Board / Union Busting
published at 9:31 pm Sunday, June 13, 2010

Next CORE General Meeting

We will meet at Manny’s Deli (1141 S. Jefferson) at 4:15 PM This Thursday, June17th.

Topics: Meetings
published at 6:18 pm Thursday, June 3, 2010

CTU Unity

Karen Lewis’ speech to the House of Delegates (6/2/2010): Good afternoon.  I would like to thank PACT, CSDU and SEA for running honest campaigns, based on the issues; and for their support. I am honored … and exhilarated.  Those of you who are unaligned and voted for CORE, thank you. Last week’s rally was incredible.  [...]

Topics: Alerts / Charter Schools / Chicago Teachers Union / CORE Stuff / CPS / CSDU / CTU / Elections / Events / Labor News / Meetings / News / Outreach / PACT / School Board / School Closings / turnarounds / Union Busting
published at 6:16 pm Thursday, June 3, 2010

Karen Lewis at Operation PUSH-Saturday (Event Change)

CORE Candidate for CTU President Karen Lewis at Rainbow/PUSH National Headquarters Saturday, June 5th 10:00 AM Rainbow/PUSH National Headquarters 930 East 50th Street Chicago, IL 60615 Watch live here or on CAN TV-36. Note: The debate that was originally posted has been canceled, but Karen’s appearance will go on as scheduled. Come out and show [...]

Topics: Chicago Teachers Union / CORE Stuff / CTU / Elections / Events / In the News / Labor News / Meetings / Operation Push / Outreach
published at 4:17 pm Tuesday, May 4, 2010

CORE-A Video Resume VOTE CORE on June 11th

CORE FOR CTU Ad on Vimeo.

Topics: Charter Schools / Chicago Teachers Union / CORE Stuff / CPS / CTU / Elections / Events / Fundraisers / In the News / Labor News / Legal Action / Meetings / News / Outreach / Protests / School Board / School Closings / turnarounds / Union Busting / Videos
published at 11:00 am Sunday, February 28, 2010

CORE High School Functional VP Candidate Sean (Xian) Barrett at Operation PUSH

Saturday, February 27th, 2010, Sean (Xian) Barrett spoke at Operation Push, asking the audience to support the Chicago Public Schools, even in the wake of the Board’s claims of a budget shortfall that will force major concessions from the CTU and from the students we teach. His marks are reprinted below. Good Morning Rainbow Push [...]

Topics: Chicago Teachers Union / CPS / CTU / Events / Meetings / News / Operation Push / School Board / School Closings / turnarounds / Union Busting
published at 8:43 pm Wednesday, February 24, 2010

CORE Storms the Board Again…News at 10

CORE at the Board of Education Meeting today… ABC-7 News features CORE candidate for CTU President Karen Lewis, who told the board, “Turnaround is a layoff policy, not an education policy.” CORE Pension Trustee Lois Ashford, “[Turnaround schools] aren’t better…they’re just different.” Click Here to see WGN Channel 9 coverage of CORE treasurer Carol Caref [...]

Topics: Chicago Teachers Union / CORE Stuff / CPS / CTU / In the News / Meetings / News / School Closings / Union Busting / Videos
published at 8:31 pm Monday, February 22, 2010

CORE and GEM Take it to City Council

From PURE: Today’s Education Committee hearing ended up being quite a show! Several aldermen gave scathing accounts of their view of R2010, and Alderman Munoz forced the committee chair to change her mind and hear public testimony from a small representation of the many folks who came out to support the R2010 school closing moratorium. [...]

Topics: Alerts / Chicago Teachers Union / CORE Stuff / CPS / CTU / Events / In the News / Legal Action / Meetings / News / Protests / School Closings / Union Busting