February 27, 2008. A short time before the Chicago Board of Education voted to reconstitute six public schools and fire all of their teachers (and other union staff), Chicago Teachers Union Recording Secretary, substituting for CTU President Marilyn Stewart, repeated the union’s request that the Board postpone the vote for 90 days to give the union the chance to work something out with CPS. When McGuire asked Board of Education President Rufus Williams “Will you give us the 90 days?” Williams answered “You know my answer.” McGuire leaned forward, and Williams said, “No.” “Thank you” was McGuire’s response to the “No” which would lead to the firing of 500 union members in June 2008. CTU President Marilyn Stewart avoided the hearings during February 2008 despite the desperate need of the union’s members for leadership and representation. Substance photo by George N. Schmidt.
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