published at 10:53 am
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Stand Up to the Billionaire “Education Reformers” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tuesday, Jan. 11 Picket 4:00-6:00pm Chase Towers Meet at Madison and Dearborn Chase Bank Towers is the home of the Commercial Club of the City of Chicago. This millionaire and billionaire’s club authored the plan for Renaissance 2010 and is allied with Advance Illinois’ attack on teacher [...]
published at 9:47 am
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Monday, November 1 CORE will hold its regular general meeting.
Proposed Agenda:
I. Whittier Struggle (15 min)
II. Communications Support (5 min)
III. Pension Update & Workshops (10 min)
IV. Curie HS Organizing (10 min)
V. Standing Committees
1. External Communications Committee
2. Fundraising Committee
3. Public Outreach Committee
4. House of Delegates Committee
5. Testing Committee
6. International Solidarity Committee
VI. Treasurer’s Report & Voluntary Donations Proposal
VII. DART
VIII.Flyering CORE newsletters for HoD Wednesday, November 10
The meeting will begin at 4:30pm.
Nat’l Assoc. of Letter Carriers Hall
3850 S Wabash
Google Map
published at 11:04 pm
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
As CORE members are aware, CORE held an election to determine our endorsed candidates for the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund’s Teacher Trustee. There are two slots open for election on October 29. In our internal balloting we chose Jeff Blackwell and Jeanne Freed to represent us. Jeff & Jeanne will: • fight for your pension [...]
published at 12:50 am
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Congratulations to the 5 new members of the CORE Steering Committee! The top 5 vote getters in the recent CORE Steering Committee election were: Jim Cavallero Nate Goldbaum Al Ramirez George Schmidt Zulma Ortiz The new steering committee will soon meet to determine specific roles for its members. There will be a runoff election to [...]
published at 10:22 pm
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
CORE Meeting Monday, July 26th 5:00-7:00 PM Operation PUSH 930 East 50th Street Chicago, IL 60615 Come and make your voice heard!
published at 1:04 pm
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Last minute attempts to look proactive before an election will not make our Union any stronger. CTU members deserve leadership with forethought, integrity, and imagination. CORE’s imagination has allowed us to look beyond business-as-usual failed practices. Although CORE only allows CTU members to vote on official business, we have created coalitions with parents and community [...]
published at 8:17 pm
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
*at the time of the broadcast, the CTU provided no details or documentation for their lawsuit. This may be due to the fact that the charges have no legal precedent and the actual transgression had not yet occurred.
published at 9:10 pm
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Karen Lewis on Moving Forward June 3, 2010.
published at 6:18 pm
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Karen Lewis’ speech to the House of Delegates (6/2/2010): Good afternoon. I would like to thank PACT, CSDU and SEA for running honest campaigns, based on the issues; and for their support. I am honored … and exhilarated. Those of you who are unaligned and voted for CORE, thank you. Last week’s rally was incredible. [...]
published at 6:16 pm
Thursday, June 3, 2010
CORE Candidate for CTU President Karen Lewis at Rainbow/PUSH National Headquarters Saturday, June 5th 10:00 AM Rainbow/PUSH National Headquarters 930 East 50th Street Chicago, IL 60615 Watch live here or on CAN TV-36. Note: The debate that was originally posted has been canceled, but Karen’s appearance will go on as scheduled. Come out and show [...]
