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 12:22 am
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
PACT’s efforts in Lynch v. Huberman to lift CPS’s ban on campaigning in schools were essential to CORE’s ultimate victory. With a settlement of the lawsuit pending, CORE takes a moment to thank PACT for their efforts.
published at 7:47 am
Saturday, June 12, 2010
From Substance News: Karen Lewis has been elected president of the Chicago Teachers Union, and CORE has won the leadership of the 30,000-member CTU by a landslide. Lewis, a Martin Luther King Jr. High School Chemistry teacher, headed the slate of candidates from the caucus called CORE (the Caucus of Rank and File Educators) and [...]
published at 5:40 am
Friday, June 11, 2010
” …we’re facing thousands of job cuts. This is not an abstraction-this is very real.” Lewis isn’t calling for strikes. Instead, she wants the union to search the board’s books for waste-in vendor contracts as well as central office salaries. CORE has even threatened to take on tax increment financing ….” -Chicago Reader 6/10/2010 Read [...]
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.
