STRIKE! Chicago Teachers Union Strike Starts Tues. Oct. 11

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STRIKE! CTU Strike Starts TOMORROW Tues. Oct. 11

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Chris Kaihatsu,

We are just hours away from the start of a second open-ended strike by the Chicago Teacher Union. Unless a deal is reached tonight with CPS, 28,000 educators and school personnel will be walking off the job and picketing starting as early as 6 AM TOMORROW Tuesday October 11th.

As you know, we stand in solidarity with the the rank-and-file members and the leadership of the Chicago Teachers Union and encourage you to support them in this fight.

CTU is fighting for the schools Chicago's children deserve: fully resourced and fully staffed schools that will educate and empower every child. You can read more about the negotiations thus far on the CTU website: http://www.ctunet.com/blog/faq-fight-for-a-fair-contract-ctu

IF YOU WILL STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH CTU ON THE PICKET LINE: http://www.chicagojwj.org/ctu-solidarity-pickets

CONTACT YOUR ALDERMAN AND THE MAYOR: tell them you support CTU and want them to dedicate resources to fund our schools! (312) 744-5000

Thanks and In Solidarity,

Susan Hurley, Executive Director

Chicago Jobs with Justice

DONATE HERE! We need your support to stay in the streets! (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/6AA/ni0YAA/t.21b/30p2aOX_Sly3OW4XWGT6_w/h3/g-2FqwfR6QOmRkjsV8tiQTTXGcvYFJVfQb-2FDMQ0r81lnXvNmEo05yANzsZrDXIkz9a1RX0jAc7sQizJX75e N-2Fk1FGlsCOgBlKqFx23mBohj86weu4E9o8fo2V98FU1vy7X5HV vzPfUv5V2S-2Fvf9xKyV0DqxwEUbK0kWsULuUGJJQ2-2BqHztXD-2FeKEeOg2cSVZq9Ydd8ImXo-2BwGb3wRDw4ACjKUSbXFQ4Qs7s-2FyQtHa9ky-2BcSaOkNiXaJVkrinhRuLkmmjGSVUoGhdlBQN5Wx71Cu8qRMQQ A8w34jvMDFfiETrnBTmzN9JN0I6qlbBd6m8s77rO1zwHpsH28U kiiZkyOsZk7t9R9bW0XDYUmzcJTzrM-3D)

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CTU STRIKE- Important Updates!


Friends-

The CTU Strike will start at 6 AM, if there's no deal late tonight.

Here's how you can join in solidarity with CTU members during their strike starting tomorrow Tuesday October 11th:

SOLIDARITY PICKETING (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/3wA/ni0YAA/t.21c/KbccvqriQNmd_bztecw1bA/h0/HE2UYZIDTZxfLuJ8qHDFiKcv9QeqMGLDJ3IrF8dj2B1O0cJh7V lsyim-2BWQHoKF10oFj8HaNrrEsn-2BrcQSLkmtIxYvZ2vm-2FQcFyPOyHD3sKjKk9WXv93YlNSRqtiNLZ7rW1xXc2VZNgkc5v D8bSavafsBptgota-2FvoA9OqPtMvPCBcqpP1-2F1NhFQc4-2BAtLUHzMsVEua9dfAQkbh81kPvoMtOfzzy5Eig7T5lRCe5ni6 vHBWLZtH4205TNgC50Or4D9UteBDjUXHRKa2xwwvbnfD1hqoMr zqmjVHErIwBPSbgu8nWGloUbkV-2BZYFG0-2Bxsb)

Starting at 6 AM on Tuesday October 11th!


South

Robeson

6835 S. Normal

Sarah Goode

7651 S Homan Ave, Chicago, IL 60652


Southwest

Little Village

3120 S. Kostner

Kelly High School

4136 S. California

West Side

Westinghouse High School

3223 W. Franklin


Northwest

Prosser

2148 N Long Ave, Chicago, IL 60639


North Side

Roosevelt High School

3436 W Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL 60625

Lakeview High School

4015 N. Ashland


ALSO!

TUESDAY OCTOBER 11TH:

CTU RALLY AT 10 AM @ CITY HALL

DURING THE MAYOR'S BUDGET ADDRESS

121 N. LaSalle

See you in the streets,

Susan Hurley

Chicago Jobs with Justice

www.chicagojwj.org

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Chicago teachers sign tentative agreement

By Joe Iosbaker

Chicago, IL - On Monday night, Oct. 10, just before the midnight deadline, the bargaining committee of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) tentatively accepted a new contract offer from management.

What the teachers beat back

First, the attempt by the city to make them pay 7% more into their pension each year. New hires will have to pay an additional percentage, but then will receive additional raises equal to that loss, so they lose nothing. This is important, because the creation of a lower, second tier of wages or benefits for new employees is one of the ways that bosses have divided union workers against each other. Second, they hung onto steps and lanes, raises that come with anniversaries of hiring dates, and with advances in education level by teachers.

What was won

Overall raises were modest: 2% and 2.5% in the last two years of a four-year agreement.

Some things were won for students. As Sarah Chambers, the youngest member of the 40-member bargaining committee said the morning after the settlement, “The biggest wins for our students are that counselors will be able to counsel instead of doing case manager duties, and there will be teacher assistants added to kindergarten to second grade classes with over 32 students.”

In a move that surprised veterans of the union movement, the Mayor Rahm Emanuel conceded to turn over to the schools’ $87 million of the $175 million surplus in the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) funds. The rest of the $175 million will also go to the city’s general fund for the first time ever, helping to pay for many services for working people.

TIFs are schemes where Emanuel has control of real estate taxes in areas featuring politically connected developers. These tax dollars are kept from funding schools and other needs, and instead fund playgrounds for the wealthy. Teachers even held a one day strike on April 1 with the main demand to get Emanuel to spend this money on the needs of the people. Getting Emanuel up off of the TIF funds is a major victory for the CTU.

Recognizing that these are big wins, Chambers warned that the teachers and their communities have a struggle in front of them. “We are going to have a bumpy ride under the austerity conditions of the next three years. More crisis is coming. Get ready to fight like hell, you all.”

All of these elements of the contract were won since the city brought an offer to the union in January. The union’s House of Delegates - 800 elected teachers and professionals in the schools - rejected that offer overwhelmingly. The gains were made because of a credible strike threat and the willingness of the rank and file members to fight.

Read more News and Views from the Peoples Struggle at http://www.fightbacknews.org. You can write to us at [email protected]

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Mobilize the working class to defend public education
Vote “no” on the CPS-CTU concessions contract!

By the Socialist Equality Party

26 October 2016

The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) calls on teachers to reject the contract backed by the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and the administration of Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The agreement, fraudulently presented as a “fair deal” by both Emanuel and the CTU, is a further major attack on teachers and public education.

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/10/26/chic-o26.html