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Chicago
Joined March 2011
Teachers at Acero's Octavio Paz elementary school dressed in black to mourn the death of their contract....and the death of this page. After today, follow us @CTULocal1 to keep up on the CTU charter educator fight for a #faircontractnow and potential #CTUACTSstrike.
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Hundreds of Charter Teachers ready to strike!! @CTULocal1 @ChiACTS
Acero management has released some pretty expensive looking infographics recently. Here's what Martha Baumgarten (Elem. VP) was able to throw together in response.
Hundreds of unionized charter school educators ⁦@ChiACTS⁩ turn out today to demand #faircontractnow
Take the special ed survey to improve students' services, and share w/educators, parents and caregivers. English: surveymonkey.com/r/SpedIssue… Spanish: surveymonkey.com/r/SpedIssue…
Lyric Opera's amazing UNION musicians are on strike, fighting cuts to pay and staffing while bosses get big raises. Let's show our fellow union members some love and mutual aid! Hit their FB page and join them on the picket lines! facebook.com/ChicagoFederati…
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ICYMI: Nearly 500 ⁦@ChiACTS⁩ teachers, students, parents and allies gathered at the Chicago Board of Education, Sept. 26, to call for equal pay for equal work for unionized charter school educators. fightbacknews.org/2018/9/28/…
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It’s “FOIA Friday!” where UNE shares data that we get about our schools from the Network via freedom of info requests & other public sources. (info is based on a Aug 2018 FOIA request): @ChiACTS @CTULocal1
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.@thai_jones @NewYorker: “The most far-reaching element of the legislation, though, may be a clause requiring that the history of police torture be taught in all eighth- and tenth-grade public-school social-studies classes.” newyorker.com/news/dispatch/…
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Teachers standing together for the schools our children deserve. #1u #RedForEd
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CTU-ACTS rolls 550 deep at Rally for Equality! Charters better funded than district yet we're under-paid & under-staffed, but WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THAT!! @ChiACTS @CTULocal1 @NobleEducators @iftaft @aftACTS @AFTunion @chicagoaflcio
Replying to @ChiACTS
@ChiACTS @CTULocal1 own @SharkeyCTU1 advocating for equity, justice and fairness for educators in #chicago! #FairContractNow
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Truth. But they don’t hear us, though. #faircontractnow
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SO DO WE ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
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Our sisters and brothers at Youth Connections Leadership Academy are standing strong for equal pay and adequate staffing! Join them at the Rally for Equality today, Chicago Board of Ed, 5 p.m. #faircontractnow
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CFL Prez @BobReiterJr speaking at @ChiACTS rally w/ @CTULocal1 - “public funding shouldn’t be going to the pockets of people who aren’t in the... classroom”
Our division VP Caroline Rutherford with the #facts at today’s Rally for Equality! #faircontractnow
This Wed. 9/26 at 5pm, show solidarity with @CTUlocal1 @ChiACTS educators. Rally for Educational Equity! We're taking our schools back and demanding equity for educators and students in union charter schools - #faircontractnow! ctunet.com/events/rally-2018… – at Orland Park, IL
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