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Congrats to CORE member and Mayor Elect Brandon Johnson! CTU members, interested in CORE? Join the caucus that started it all and continues to make sure our schools and our city centers our students, their parents, and the educators who make this city work
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Jesse Sharkey announced tonight
@CTULocal1
that he will not seek re-election in May.
We can mourn the loss of his steady, clear, and deliberate leadership and still be ready to move on.
Take a moment to reflect on how much
@SharkeyCTU1
means to us.
#ThanksJesse
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From
@SharkeyCTU1
“I make no apologies for leading a fighting union. If our students don’t have homes, health care or public safety, it is only a matter of time before more of their schools are closed, homes foreclosed, jobs downsized and families displaced.”
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We did it.
But we didn’t do it alone. It took each and every one of you, your humanity, your compassion and your commitment. More importantly, it took your desire to see change in how educators lead.
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We want to thank Jesse for leading us and helping to shape CORE into the political and organizing caucus we’ve become.
@SharkeyCTU1
and
@stacydavisgates
thank you!
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Dexter Reed is a valued CPS alumni of Westinghouse High School and beloved student athlete. His former teachers are heartbroken and deeply mourn his loss. We reject the dehumanization of Dexter Reed and his family. Please read our statement and support this protest.
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Our Mayor, a former educator has been made to look like he has no clue about education for the past 48 hours, and now some media is gonna be “offended” because he shows emotion? Brandon Johnson can be frustrated without the angry Black man trope being used against him…
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We reaffirmed at House of Delegates STRIKE IS ON. Picket at your school 6:30-10:30, Rally downtown 1:30 at 42 W Madison.
@CTULocal1
@ChiPubSchools
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We want to highlight
@Dennis_Kosuth
school nurse today. Give him a follow.
Dennis is running for
@CTULocal1
executive board. He’s truthful and knowledgeable about health and safety in school settings.
CORE officer slate:
@SharkeyCTU1
@stacydavisgates
@mtmoreno6
@christel_min
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"CORE’s leadership of the Chicago Teachers Union has been transformative. We believe in the justice we have yet to win. We cannot narrow our interests or close our doors to the families we serve." - Stacy Davis Gates
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That’s our President - 🔥 and facts
Response to question, what role did you play in advising
@ChicagosMayor
on Shot Spotter contract?
@stacydavisgates
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4 years ago today The members of
@CTULocal1
voted overwhelmingly to merge with our charter sisters and brothers.
ONE CITY - ONE EDUCATORS UNION
We still have lots of bridges to build and shared understandings to form, but we fight the privatizers together.
#1u
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There were union activists lined up out the door from 3:30-5:00 to pick up petition signature sheets.
So many people realizing that our union needs to keep fighting for the schools and city we deserve.
@stacydavisgates
@jacksonpCTU
@christel_min
@mtmoreno6
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If it’s “Members First”, then who is Second? Students? Community?
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Listen and learn from 106 years young
@BeatriceLumpkin
as she is honored by Chicago’s Mayor Brandon Johnson
@Brandon4Chicago
, CTU President
@stacydavisgates
, and AFT President
@rweingarten
for her lifetime of activism.
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A big congratulations to fellow CORE member
@Brandon4Chicago
on last night's mayoral election win! As we say in CTU, when we fight, we win!
Tonight, we have shown the world the power of hope, the strength of organizing, and the might of our collective voice.
Tomorrow, the real work begins. We will build a safer, stronger Chicago that reflects the hopes and dreams of every one of us — together.
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Deeply troubled by all the people now “deeply troubled” today. Who only seem to care about our school system when they can use it to attack public education. Why were they not deeply troubled that our schools have been underfunded, under staffed, & unsupported for generations?
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Do you recognize any of the candidates in the
#COREClassOf2022
? These are the folks who already lead much of the vibrant work in the Chicago Teachers Union. Tell us - what are some of your favorite memories of members of this slate?
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Less than a week away from election day and with Brandon surging to second place in the polls, CORE has released the following statement:
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The one and only
@BeatriceLumpkin
was honored today with the resolution recognizing her immense contribution to our labor movement. She was joined on stage by the
@AFTunion
President
@rweingarten
, our CTU President
@stacydavisgates
, and
@ChicagosMayor
Mayor Brandon Johnson
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Check out our Vice President
@jpottery2002
continuing his dunk fest with his remarks on why all of our contracts should expire on May 1st 2028 to align with
@ShawnFainUAW
@UAW
idea to build power and solidarity.
@aftunion
#RealSolutions
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When Christine Dussault learned about CPS's budget cuts for next school year, she organized meetings with CTU members and electeds - such as
@taylorfor20th
,
@RossanaFor33
,
@CDRosa
, +
@SenPacioneZayas
- to fight against these cuts. Read her statement here:
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“When we refuse to go backwards that means that we have to go FORWARD!”This means getting people elected to our school board who lift up our vision for our schools.
@stacydavisgates
speaking yesterday at a caucus forum at Kelly High School.
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The fact that former CPS CEOs are lining up to support Pedro Martinez is literally the most condemning piece of evidence as to why he needs to resign, immediately. We are so sick of failed neoliberalism education polices in Chicago.
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We had strong and seemingly impossible goals when CORE was first established.
Let’s highlight the elected school board battle - one of our toughest.
#won
CORE officer slate for upcoming
@CTULocal1
election
@SharkeyCTU1
@stacydavisgates
@mtmoreno6
@christel_min
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Last night this racist and hateful person tweeted this to Chicago Alder Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez. This person has a documented history of racism & doxing individuals as shown in the subsequent tweets. Please report this tweet and show some love to Rossana.
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Please read our CORE statement against the deeply offensive and purposefully divisive remarks made yesterday by Chicago’s 15th Ward Alder, Ray Lopez.
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Pedro Martinez has been asked to step down by the mayor and by the 30,000 CTU members who work in CPS.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson asked CPS CEO Pedro Martinez to resign. Sources said Martinez said no.
@chalkbeatchi
reports:
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From
@stacydavisgates
:
Since 2010, we have challenged the last 30+ years of education deform, and we have become a dominant force.
We’ve earned our voice and leadership in labor, public education, and Chicago.
We’ve led boldly and in coalition.
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The “normal CTU” members are CPS teachers, paraprofessionals, school clerks etc. Saying educators don’t care about education is beyond offensive.
You know who I feel bad for? The normal CTU members (Members First, etc) who really do care about education and the kids. Just wait until they find out where their money has been going.
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From Michael Shea: I became an activist and a better unionist because of
@SharkeyCTU1
and others. Way back, my class at Kenwood watched him on Chicago Tonight defend his school, Senn, from Arnie Duncan’s turnaround / Ren2010 program.
I probably recorded it on a vhs tape, too.
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Thank you to our members who went to
@NorthwesternU
to support the students who are demanding an end to the genocide in Gaza and disinvestment in Israel.
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“In the wealthiest nation in the world, working class people shouldn’t have to scrape paycheck to paycheck to get by.”
@ShawnFainUAW
at
@AFTunion
#RealSolutions
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The State of Illinois by it’s own funding metrics admits it’s not funding Chicago Public Schools and schools across the state. That’s why Gov. Pritzker is quiet.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is pointedly staying out of the CPS budget deficit debate, calling the city and district’s budget issues “challenging.”
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"For those who asked why we were taking action AGAIN, why we don't just play nice and hope for the best, this is why: we have a right to safety, we need it in writing, WE KEEP US SAFE."
@noraflanagan
on CTU's safety agreement.
#WeKeepUsSafe
#CORETeachers
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That’s our President
@stacydavisgates
"When we show people how to stand up, we clarify our power in this continuum of American society!"
— Stacy Davis Gates, President,
@CTULocal1
#StandUpUAW
#WHM
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CORE member Christine Dussault knocking doors for CORE associate member Rossana Rodríguez. This is an aldermanic race we can win.
@RossanaFor33
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Hear Keeanga Yamahtta Taylor speak on housing in our black neighborhoods Tues. 5/19. When we understand red lining and real estate practices in Chicago we realize how much schooling is linked to this “Race For Profit.” (registration required see photo).
@jacksonpCTU
@CTUAlixG
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Since CORE: The Caucus of Rank and File Educators took the world by storm and Karen Lewis became the CTU president in 2010, we've defied expectations. 90% of our caucus just voted to re-elect our amazing officer team for the 2022 elections. If we win, it will be our 7th term.
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Recognize these folks? We are rolling out our CORE slate today. Petition signing starts tomorrow.
Learn more here:
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This photo is priceless
#ThanksJesse
You inspired us to make them put it in writing!
@SharkeyCTU1
@CTULocal1
@coreteachers
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From Jesse Sharkey: “When I look at this crowd of people I feel inspired. I see people who are remarkable in their diversity and commitment to the project of CORE. Our union works because there are people committed to making our union an important part of our lives.”
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What choice do CTU members have in these elections? It is a stark choice. Either build coalitions of the entire school community: CPS employees, neighborhood communities, students, many other unions, or go it alone.
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CORE High School functional Vice President candidate, Kenzo Shibata, was out on the picket line this morning with striking brothers and sisters from the
@CTULocal1
charter division.
@KenzoShibata
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The Chicago business community is responsible for school closures, charter proliferation, and TIF theft from CPS. Of course they want to “weigh in” once again.
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CORE video of solidarity for
@UTLAnow
teachers on strike. Taken after tonight’s meeting.
@bmadeloni
@labornotes
@UCOREjustice
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CORE supports
#BringChicagoHome
and will be voting YES on or before March 19th. And yes it’s still on the ballot.
@BringChiHome
JUST TO BE CLEAR WE ARE NOT OFF THE BALLOT. This will likely be appealed in court.
When right wing forces can’t win the people, they take to the courts. They want to stop us, de-motivate, and confuse voters. WE WILL NOT LET THEM.
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Last night
@stacydavisgates
spoke with
@ShiaKapos
at the
@hideoutchicago
“Kids in chicago deserve a fully funded school environment with a music teacher, a physical education teacher, smaller class size, and leadership that’s going to fight for them.”
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Bea Lumpkin being honored for her lifetime of work, activism, and care by AFT President Randi Weingarten, CTU President Stacy Davis Gates, and our Mayor Brandon Johnson.
#106yearsyoung
#icon
@BeatriceLumpkin
@rweingarten
@stacydavisgates
@Brandon4Chicago
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“Why are regular citizens asked to remain calm in chaos situations that CPD creates? In 2017 the federal government told CPD to stop doing jump outs. All it leads it is death.” One of the lawyers for the family of
#DexterReed
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Stacy Davis Gates once again leads the way with her heart and mind on children. Supporting
@BernieSanders
@People4Bernie
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Stacy Davis Gates' visionary leadership has inspired teachers, unionists, and activists around the country. On Friday,
#VoteCORE
to vote Stacy for CTU President.
Say it with us:
#ImWithStacy
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This does not surprise us. The ads, the videos, all of it … it just doesn’t feel like it was generated by teachers.
@SSKedreporter
So "Chicago Teachers United" which has been spamming social media?
@CTULocal1
member Nell Seggerson did some digging and found out
#LoriLightfoot
's resigned advisor Lisa Schneider Fabes is the consultant behind the campaign.
#StopLightfoot
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Juan Rangel you should sit this one out
@stacydavisgates
Your pollster should have told you earlier that these make better sound bites than pursuing the payday loan scheme you and your mayor have been haranguing Pedro about for the past few weeks.
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We know that our CORE members are organizing their buildings, calling on our long term community relationships, and communicating with parents. NOW IT IS TIME TO PULL OUR UNION TOGETHER. WE WILL BE AT OUR UNION HALL TODAY IN NUMBERS!!
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"I will continue to be a member of CORE to push forward our vision and to add onto the many things CTU has accomplished for our students and the rank-and-file."
#PSRPpower
#COREeducators
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Michelle Gunderson is a candidate for
@CTULocal1
trustee on the CORE slate. She is s nationally recognized leader in the social justice union movement and a long time proponent of play-based education. Vote CORE May 17.
@DEY_Project
@Network4pubEd
@UCOREjustice
@drloisweiner
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Large coalition of community groups building for 6/24 event. We are imagining what our schools could be. Join us.
@ILRaiseYourHand
@CTULocal1
@SEIU73
@TeachForJustice
@brothajitu
@BPNCchicago
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Congratulations and thank you to Jackson Potter and Alix Gonzalez who are now serving as CORE co-chairs.
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Sarah Chambers is an early member of CORE. She was our co-chair for 6 years and helped lead us into a fighting organization. She is perfectly suited for Area VP of
@CTULocal1
@Sarah4Justice
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CTU and CORE member Nell Seggerson created and posted the above graphic to their Instagram at
@suspiciouspotpie
exposing a former Lightfoot advisor's involvement in promoting an opposing caucus. CORE is all rank and file.
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Wow, would you look at that Illinois?
Massachusetts has raised $1.2 billion for education and transportation by taxing people who make over a million dollars a year.
They're spending:
$170 million on universal school meals
$117 million on free community college
$45 million on roads and bridges
$60 million on
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CORE leaders are part of the call for a May 1st strike for charter schools in Chicago. This will be the first multiple network charter strike in labor history.
@GarudM1
@yourbuddychris
@Sarah4Justice
@jpottery2002
@carolburris
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Teachers and staff know that good teaching conditions for members = good learning conditions for students. That’s the strength of teacher-staff unionism- - our own unity and community support. Our interests and those of community and students are the same, not opposing.
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Rahm Emanuel literally told Karen Lewis that “25% of CPS students won’t amount to anything” and then closed the most schools in the history of our country. Rahm Emanuel, Paul Vallas, Juan Rangel-these are the people who actively worked to destroy public schools in Chicago.
@stacydavisgates
Here's Rahm Emanuel sitting down with our political reporter
@craigrwall
in 2019 for a 1-on-1 interview that includes harsh criticism from CTU and his reaction.
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Officers past, present, and future. We're proud to support this team.
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6/24 action. We are all trying to wrap our minds around huge class size and the Covid 19 crisis. CORE has been fighting for class size reduction for more than a decade. Join us.
@jacksonpCTU
@CTUAlixG
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Glad to see this energy-can we get a letter from the same Alders to the Governor and Springfield legislatures articulating the need for more funding? Then the continued push to make it happen. This is a major reason why we asked Pedro Martinez to step down-lack of leadership.
For our state colleagues who are concerned about what’s happening with the school board, I’d venture to say there is almost unanimous support in the city that you help figure out the funding for CPS also, as it is the root of the challenge we are seeing now.
Addressing symptoms
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“Preparing for a strike and actually going on strike are monumental tasks,” says Gunderson. “A strike can never be entered into lightly, but in the end, it is the most important power that teachers have in a system that has been left to stagnate and fail.”
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Arizona teachers making the purpose of their walkout clear - students!!
#redfored
@RebeccaGarelli
@Sarah4Justice
@DrewHeis
@MissTFV
@stacydavisgates
@jpottery2002
@mtmoreno6
@jcavallero
@Charlot43589814
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If only CPS CEO Pedro Martinez would’ve put this much effort into fighting for funding for CPS then he wouldn’t have been asked to resign by the Mayor and 30,000 CPS educators…
CPS CEO Pedro Martinez is mounting a big defense today as he faces firing. He's got:
- A Trib op-ed
- A support letter signed by civic leaders + 22 alders
- An email sent to CPS families blasting "misinformation" & stating his opposition to school closures.
Those last two👇
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CORE member Hala Karim and Murray staff support investing in green schools and divesting in fossil fuels in our pension fund.
#GreenSchools
#DivestPensions
@ctpf_tweets
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We keep teaching. They tell us to make bricks without straw, yet we keep teaching.
Tara Stamps did a fabulous job as MC for our rally today.
@stampstara
@CTULocal1
#COREstrong
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Our school system has endured Willis Wagons, school closings, & countless neoliberal privatization schemes that always put students and our public schools last. Now that radical transformation is actually possible, it is portrayed as a bad thing?
#MakeItMakeSense
Guess it makes sense for the Mayor/CTU to just go nuclear now. It’s going to be decades before they have control of the fifth floor again.
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Glad business is doing well here, now it’s time for these businesses to help fund our next contract for our students, educators, and our city.
Chicago is now home to 15 companies ranked among the 2024 Fortune 500 list, the most in the U.S. after New York City and Houston.
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Meet your
#COREClassOf2022
President Stacy Davis Gates! Meet
@stacydavisgates
all over again.
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Sarah Chambers is running on our CORE slate for
@CTULocal1
Area VP. She is no stranger to dynamic organizing - CORE’s co-chair for 6 years, led the Opt Out movement in Chicago, and is a leader in special education issues in our city. She knows the work and she gets it done.
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From our co-chairs:
As activists and organizers, we will pivot and keep this train moving forward. We are a social and educational justice, anti-racist, class struggle, caucus that believe in members, students, and community working together. This work continues.
@SharkeyCTU1
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Our members keep making their own number signs - because the numbers have not been on our side for a long time.
@chicagosmayor
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We say Happy Birthday to Norma Noriega, a member of CORE steering.
Norma is running for Functional VP on
@CTULocal1
executive board. One of the best fighters for children, educators, and community in our union.
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Largest unionized charter teachers rally in labor history. We had a strong CORE presence. Equal pay for equal work.
@Sarah4Justice
@yourbuddychris
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😂😂😂😂😂
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Highlighting
@ErinALynch1
today. Give her a follow.
Erin is a
@CTULocal1
trustee and chair of our Fine Arts committee.
She creates dynamic works of art and has a keen political sense.
CORE officer slate.
#VoteCORE
@SharkeyCTU1
@stacydavisgates
@mtmoreno6
@christel_min
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Really important message that our leaders do not owe the movement their entire lives.
@SharkeyCTU1
served all of us for so long and
@stacydavisgates
will continue the fight. Yet this work is not dependent on people flying solo. It is collective work.
You can't sleep on the movement. Systems burn out our brightest leaders. We little smoldering coals keep the fire burning. Let's go, our kids need us. Our schools need us.
@ChiParentsAct
@coreteachers
@ILRaiseYourHand
@ThePeoplesResp3
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“Dexter Reed should alive. Dexter at Westinghouse, he was the kid who teacher’s trusted. He’s the kid that you would send to fill your water bottle.”
Melina Lesus CORE member and Westinghouse teacher
#DexterReed
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💯 and also CTA should be free for all CPS students
Improving the CTA would help Chicago meet its climate goals, but it should also be a priority because “better transit just makes for an improved quality of life in the neighborhood.”
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Thank you
@chicagomag
for publicly affirming what we at CORE already know-Stacy is powerful. She’s powerful because she cares deeply about everyone in this city and works tirelessly to make Chicago better. She’s brilliant, caring, and driven. Shout out to
@stacydavisgates
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Yet the leadership of Chicago Public Schools is dragging its feet as 30,000 CPS educators/CTU members wait for our next contract that addresses issues like this and so much more.
With no chemistry teacher, a 15-year-old Chicago student took over teaching her own class at a Humboldt Park high school.
"They forgot about us."
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SEIU 73 took a 97% in favor of a strike authorization vote. These are the
@ChiPubSchools
special education assistants, bus drivers, and custodians. This is the power of organizing.
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Since 2008, CORE has fought and won the elimination of charter and turnaround expansion. When we fight, we win! Check us out at
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While we are clearly team Stacy 😀, we want to shout out the amazing work that
@kennedy_bartley
and Emma Tai have done and continue to do for our city.
#OrganizingWins
UWF makes
@chicagomag
's list of the 50 most powerful Chicagoans three times over with Chair and
@CTULocal1
President
@stacydavisgates
, executive director
@kennedy_bartley
and former executive director Emma Tai!
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Shout out
@mtmoreno6
she was 🔥
We’re at Westinghouse High School for a delegates training + prepping for the House of Delegates vote on proposals for contract negotiations.
“The privatizers make it so difficult… but Karen Lewis always talked about bringing back joy.”
- CTU Financial Secretary Maria Moreno
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