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Showing posts with label ctu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ctu. Show all posts
Monday, May 15, 2023

A Tale of Two Teachers Unions comparing influence of progressive Chicago CTU with Tepid UFT - Norm's article in The Indypendent

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In contrast to Chicago and Los Angeles’s teachers unions, New York City’s United Federation of Teachers (UFT) has partnered with the Adams ...
Sunday, March 26, 2023

Is the UFT a company union? UFT/Unity act like Republicans: Anti-Strike, Anti-Public Healthcare; Becoming a Laughing stock of the union movement

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There is still time to register for tonight's Retiree Advocate-UFT's meeting at 7pm on Zoom.  Register Here: https://bit.ly...
Friday, May 20, 2022

Chicago Union Election Today - 3 Caucuses Battle it out - Is CORE in Trouble due to a split?

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Sat - 8AM - UPDATE: CORE WINS WITH OVER 50% - NO RUNOFF-  CTU Site A CORE defeat will have major labor shock waves throughout the nationa...
Thursday, February 3, 2022

CTU Pres Jesse Sharkey Not Running for Re-election - Going Back to Classroom

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Some teacher unions do not have dynasties. Jesse Sharkey is moving on and seemingly back to teaching. He is not the first prominent CTU memb...
Friday, May 29, 2020

Why is this union (UFT) different from similar big city unions (UTLA, CTU): Commentary Update

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In previous posts on the coming crisis - Parts 1 Part 2 and Part 3 I was speculating about the possible impact of massive cuts and chang...
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Monday, November 18, 2019

Los Angeles Teachers Endorse Bernie, Chicago May Follow, Wither the UFT?

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As union endorsements for Bernie come in he gains momentum. If CTU in Chicago joins UTLA then the second and third largest teacher unions en...
Saturday, November 16, 2019

Chicago Teachers Ratify Contract by 80%

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The second and third largest cities, social justice leftist oriented unions, in contrast to the UFT, have some interesting news to report. ...
Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Jim Vail - The Chicago Teacher Strike - A View from the Inside - Part 2

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So the strike helped expose the lies of politicians, and the fight between the people 99% and the billionaires 1% who supported Lightfoot...
Monday, November 4, 2019

Assessing The Chicago Teacher Strike - A View from the Inside - Part 1

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Using the strike weapon is why we won those items, and I want all members to understand the true power of withholding our labor. This str...
Tuesday, May 21, 2019

CORE Wins in Chicago, Supporters Express Concerns

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I wrote about the Chicago union election last week -- Chicago Teachers Union CORE Caucus challenged by Members First. CORE won the election...
Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Members First announces leadership team for May CTU election - Substance News

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http://www.substancenews.net/ articles.php?page=7065 I've included the article from substance below - but first some commentary from m...
Thursday, August 23, 2018

Update on Chicago Teachers Union, LA's UTLA Authorize Strike

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Past contract negotiations have been about wages and benefits, but the union under Lewis and Sharkey also has emphasized broader issues....