[ Possible Union Corruption ] Did the Chicago Teachers Union violate Federal Labor LawDid the Chicago Teachers Union violate Federal Labor Law when it instructed its district organizers to collect signatures for a political group during Union officer elections? Read for yourself and what do you think should . . . | Article | |  |
Divide and conquer destroying the power of CPS custodial workers as their union retreats after crossing 2012 CTU picket lines... Principals ordered to privatize remaining union custodial workers despite impact of job losses and pay cuts on local communitiesLess than two years after their union, Local 73 of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) thought it had curried favor with the administration of Mayor Rahm Emanuel by signing a contract a month before . . . | Article | |  |
Labor Beat needs money nowSave Labor Beat. That's the slogan for this month. Most Substance readers know Labor Beat by the video links that regularly assist Substance articles in bringing out the complete story on Chicago events. Now Labor . . . | Article | |  |
Illinois Federation of Teachers promises to 'Power Forward' throughout convention in ChicagoThe Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT), the Illinois state unit of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) held its convention just outside Chicago in Rosemont, Illinois, over the weekend of October 19 - 21, 2013. . . . | Article | |  |
Illinois judge rules that CPS can close schools even when a hearing officer rules 'No'Cook County Circuit Judge Thomas Allen ruled on July 31 that the Chicago Board of Education has the right to close schools even if a hearing officer finds that the schools shouldn't closed. The ruling, . . . | Article | |
Will Chicago teachers keep moving forward? A look at the key issues in Chicago Teachers Union elections set for May 17. May 7, 2013[Editor's Note: The following analysis was published on May 7, 2013 at Socialist Worker and is reprinted here with permission. Lee Sustar is also working on a book about the Chicago Teachers Union and the . . . | Article | |  |
SOLIDARITY FOREVER? Chicago Tribune continues support for CTU 'Salvation' caucus by printing an April 26 Perspective by Tanya Saunders Wolffe trashing Karen Lewis and COREAnyone devoting any time to searching the archives of the anti-union, pro charter school and pro-privatization Chicago Tribune would have a hard time finding much coverage of any major union election, city, state or national. . . . | Article | |  |
Union busting is alive and well in Illinois: Newest suburban Representative declares war on unions with 'Right to Work' and other legislative proposalsIn what amounts to all out war on all labor unions in Illinois, Republican State Representative Jeanne Ives (42D), from Wheaton, has pushed three House Bills to be heard in the Illinois Labor and Commerce . . . | Article | |  |
SOLIDARITY FOREVER: Regular updates on the 'Salvation' caucus, er, The Coalition to Save Our UnionAs the deadline approaches for candidates and caucuses to submit nominating petitions for the Chicago Teachers Union election, which will be held May 17, Substance will continue our decades' long community service of providing our . . . | Article | |
CORE launches re-election campaign with large meeting, extensive planning amid growing outrage that union opposition takes to the Chicago Tribune to circulate its messageChicago's Caucus Of Rank-and-file Educators (CORE) began its re-election campaign with a large meeting of teachers and others at Chicago's Letter Carriers union hall of the city's South Side on February 25, 2013. The meeting, . . . | Article | |  |
Delegate training continues work won during the Chicago Teachers Strike of 2012...“The work of the Union cannot be done completely from the Merchandize mart.” Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis told the delegates assembled to learn more about how to do their jobs. There were 100 . . . | Article | |  |
Rally to support Evergreen Park teachers October 13 at 89th and KedzieThere will be a rally to support striking Evergreen Park teachers on Saturday, October 13, 2012. According to a press release distributed by the Illinois Federation of teachers: HELP STOP UNION-BUSTING IN EVERGREEN PARK. JOIN . . . | |
WTF... CPS — CPS covering up cost of Scab Centers while penalizing strikers in first paycheck... '...Depending on your deduction choices, you may in fact have a zero or a negative payroll advice...' Strikers' paychecks lower than expected as CPS shows it continues its scab waysHundreds — perhaps thousands — of Chicago Teachers Union members discovered that their October 5 paychecks were even lower than they had anticipated as a result of the strike received yet another lesson in how . . . | Article | |
Voting to take place in all real Chicago public schools on Tuesday October 2... CTU leadership ends week of contract meetings on tired but upbeat noteThe officers and staff of the Chicago Teachers Union ended a week of after-school meetings explaining the proposed contract (officially the "Tentative Agreement") to the union's members on Friday, September 28, 2012, at Roosevelt High . . . | Article | |  |
CTU continues citywide discussion of proposed contract as referendum is scheduled for October 2 and preparations begin for citywide voteOfficers and members of the 30,000-member Chicago Teachers Union continued presentations and discussions of the proposed union contract at Kelly High School on the city's southwest side after school on Wednesday, September 26, 2012. About . . . | Article | |  |
Chicago Teachers Union Strike 2012 now a Cable TV and video production"CTU Strike 2012" will be on the air beginning on September 27, 2012 on Chicago - CAN TV cable tv Channel 19. Scheduled airings for the first viewing of this are: Thurs., Sept. 27, 9:30 . . . | Article | |
Chicago Teachers Union officially contradicts CPS happy talk regarding contract negotiations... 'It is not accurate to say both sides are extremely close — this is misinformation on behalf of the Board and Mayor Emanuel.'As picket lines dispersed during the second day of the Chicago Teachers Strike of 2012, many teachers and supporters of the Chicago Teachers Union headed downtown for a second day of rallies outside the headquarters . . . | Article | |  |
'It's not a boycott. They'll just never see our business again'... Teachers begin being choosey as Simone's restaurant sides with Rahm during the Strike of 2012Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel talks incessantly about "business," as if corporate America were the only way he can think about defining one of the world's greatest and most diverse cities. And because of the mayor's . . . | Article | |
VIDEO HISTORY: CORE and Labor Beat team up to produce the half hour video 'CTU Strikes 1969 - 1987' where veteran teachers help a new generation understand the work of union militancyThe video produced by CORE (the Caucus of Rank and File Educators of the Chicago Teachers Union) and Chicago's Labor Beat during the summer of 2012 in conjunction with the four CORE "Successful Chicago Strikes" . . . | Article | |  |
