from the Chicago Teachers Union
On August 20, 2012 CTU members and supporters engaged in informational picketing at schools across the city to discuss contract negotiations with the communities we serve.
‘The Union List’
Chicago Teachers Union members and supporters take their case to the streets
by n0madic, posted on Tuesday, August 21st, 2012 at 11:02 pmBill McKibben’s Thought Bubble
by n0madic, posted on Tuesday, August 21st, 2012 at 5:08 pmfrom 350.org
Bill McKibben shares this call to action for what could not only be the biggest fight of our time, but of all time.
The fossil fuel industry is quickly destroying the planet, and making the fight to protect our future increasingly challenging as industry lobbying, and unabated growth continues. We all need to come together and rally behind leaders like Bill McKibben, 350.org, and countless others, to save this planet. How? With passion, spirit, and creativity, and as Bill says, sometimes putting our bodies on the line. Will you join the fight?
Robert Reich on the Romney-Ryan Economic Plan
by n0madic, posted on Monday, August 20th, 2012 at 7:22 pmOil and Ice: The Risks of Drilling in Alaska’s Arctic Ocean
by n0madic, posted on Sunday, August 19th, 2012 at 6:55 pmfrom the Center for American Progress
As offshore oil drilling edges ever closer to becoming a reality in the Arctic Ocean, the Center for American Progress examines the region’s lack of readiness in the event of a spill. The video highlights the concerns and challenges facing the Coast Guard charged with its protection, the grave doubts of the scientific community about the lack of knowledge in this area, and the perspectives of those who depend on the Arctic Ocean for their livelihood.
IL-13 campaign ad: Every 12 Minutes
by n0madic, posted on Friday, August 17th, 2012 at 3:05 pmfrom Friends of David Gill
“David Gill is an emergency room doctor in Bloomington, IL. He sees up close what happens to regular people every day when they don’t have good health insurance. We need someone like Dr. Gill to fight for us in Congress. Take a minute to watch this story he tells about a patient named Susan.”
IL-13 campaign ad: Not a Penny from Wall Street
by n0madic, posted on Friday, August 17th, 2012 at 2:56 pm“Dr. David Gill has never been on a public payroll or taken orders from a politician. He knows we need independent leaders in Congress who will fight for us. That’s why he doesn’t take one penny in his campaign from Wall Street or corporate political action committees. He just wants to work for us!”
IL-13 campaign ad: Rodney’s Dirty Laundry
by n0madic, posted on Friday, August 17th, 2012 at 1:22 pm“Republican insider Rodney Davis has spent 19 years on the taxpayer payroll taking orders from politicians like disgraced former Governor George Ryan and right-wing, Tea Party Congressman John Shimkus. Now, Rodney is running for Congress and he hopes we won’t pay any attention to his past as a campaign operative who helped come up with new schemes to launder money at the Illinois Republican Party.”
Chicago Teachers Union vs. Astroturf Billionaires
by n0madic, posted on Thursday, August 16th, 2012 at 2:04 pmfrom the Chicago Teachers Union
The Chicago Teachers Union is currently on the front lines of a fight to defend public education. On one side the 30,000 members of the CTU have called for a contract that includes fair compensation, meaningful job security for qualified teachers, smaller class sizes and a better school day with Art, Music, World Language and appropriate staffing levels to help our neediest students.
On the other side, the Chicago Board of Education—which is managed by out of town reformers and Broad Foundation hires with little or no Chicago public school experience—has pushed to add two weeks to the school year and 85 minutes to the school day, eliminate pay increases for seniority, evaluate teachers based on student test scores, and slash many other rights.
Teachers, parents and community supporters in Chicago have fought valiantly—marching, filling auditoriums at hearings and parent meetings, even occupying a school and taking over a school board meeting. Most recently, 98 percent of our members voted to authorize a strike. But now we find ourselves facing new opponents—national education privatizers, backed by some of the nation’s wealthiest people. They are running radio ads, increasing press attacks, and mounting a PR campaign to discredit the CTU and the benefits of public education.
PDA IL–TIF Abuse: The Hyatt Hotel and Hyde Park Schools
by n0madic, posted on Thursday, August 16th, 2012 at 2:02 pmfrom PDA-IL
PDA IL joins the Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Teachers Solidarity Campaign, Gray Panthers, Northern Illinois Jobs for Justice, Unite Here and National Nurses United among other labor unions and Hyde Park community activists to protest against the use of property taxes going to fund the building of a new luxury hotel in Hyde Park while schools face millions of dollars in cuts.
Bickerdike TIF Training
by n0madic, posted on Thursday, August 16th, 2012 at 2:00 pmfrom the Grassroots Collaborative
Over 20 Bickerdike activists attend a training to learn about Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and how the inequality of TIF distribution is effecting our neighborhoods, schools, libraries, and parks.
August 7, 2012.
