CORE

CTA management is threatening to lay off 1,000 bus drivers on February 7th. CPS plans to close or turnaround another 25-30 schools, displacing hundreds of teachers, PSRPs, and career service workers.  With unemployment at a 30 year high and families more dependent on food stamps and medicaid than ever, caseworkers have unworkable caseloads of up to 2200 families.

CORE is endorsing a Martin Luther King Day March by Public Workers Unite! at 11AM on January 18th.  The march will start at CTA Headquarters  at 567 W. Lake and continue on to the Board of Education before ending at the State of Illinois Building.   Come out to fight the rampant privatization in this city and defend public services and public service jobs.