Category Archives: Union Busting

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 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
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 8:10 pm Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Press Release: Chicago Teachers Union Members Muzzled by Huberman

No Official Response from CTU to Members CORE:  The Caucus of Rank-and-file Educators CHICAGO — On March 12, 2010, CPS CEO Ron Huberman sent a memo to all CPS Principals stating that he is “prohibiting the distribution, circulation and exhibition of all union campaign material on school grounds”, including Union members’ mailboxes and a Union [...]

Topics: Chicago Teachers Union / CPS / CTU / In the News / Labor News / News / Press Releases / Union Busting
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
published at 7:32 pm Monday, November 23, 2009

CPS Games System to Increase Charters

CORE:   Caucus of Rank-and-file Educators FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 22, 2009  9 p.m. Contract-to-Charter Conversion Reveals CPS Circumvention of State Law Number of Charter Seats Requested on 11/23/09 Almost Doubles Last Year’s Total CHICAGO – On November 23, 2009, CPS is asking the Chicago Board of Education to nearly double the number of charter seats [...]

Topics: Charter Schools / Chicago Teachers Union / Contract Schools / CPS / CTU / In the News / News / Press Releases / Union Busting