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		<description><![CDATA[Contract Secrets the CTU 
President is Not Telling You







The 4% contractual raises for CTU Members are looking 
more and more likely to be evaporating in June - right after 
the May CTU officer elections.* 

 


CEO Ron Huberman has announced massive state funding 
shortfalls for Chicago Public Schools and Marilyn Stewart 
followed up by stating &#8220;&#8230;..we will not agree to ANY 
proposal that destroys [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecsdu.org/newsbriefs/277.html</link>
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New Principal Hiring Plan 
Pension Fund Files Suit Against Northern Trust

Parents, Teachers demonstrate Against School Closings
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		<link>http://www.thecsdu.org/news-articles/272.html</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Letter from Linda Porter on Solidarity

Those of us who are interested in reforming the CTU have some serious decisions to make if we want to make this a reality.  We have all explored the possibility of coalescing to form one slate.  It&#8217;s is unfortunate that we have not been able to make this happen.  All of us realize [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[CSDU President Candidate Linda Porter 
Issues Statement on CTU Unfair Labor Practices
The Chicago Teachers Union president should immediately retract all letters to the membership and CPS administrators that are hindering a free and open election in May and, further, that the CTU request that the CPS retract all policies and directives that interfere with our union election.  These [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecsdu.org/archives/264.html</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[     CSDU Files ULP Against CTU
In the wake of a letter sent by CTU President Marilyn Stewart to 
CPS principals, the CSDU has filed a complaint with the IELRB.  
The Stewart letter asks the principals NOT to allow school meetings 
by CTU caucuses until the middle of March.  The Unfair Labor 
Practice complaint maintains that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecsdu.org/archives/262.html</link>
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Stewart/UPC Had Possession of Official Ballots      
It has come to the attention of the CSDU that Stewart&#8217;s UPC sent the following email to its members with an official marked ballot attached.  This action raises serious questions.  First, how did the UPC come by the Official Ballot and how many do they have. Second, these [...]]]></description>
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 Since When is it Legal for a Caucus to Use 
the CTU Phone Banks for Political Purposes?
 

As usual, administrators at the CTU are not thinking straight?   They are so worried about Stewart’s referenda not passing and causing a political embarrassment for her and the UPC that they are allowing the UPC to utilize the CTU [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[___________________________


Members Speak Loudly and Clearly
CTU President&#8217;s Hand-picked Endorsements Lose CTPF Election
CTU Members sent a strong message to Marilyn Stewart on Friday that they are no longer willing to allow her failure to follow the CTU Constitution by blatantly by-passing the votes of the House of Delegates. Her &#8220;Executive Board Endorsed&#8221; candidates lost the CTPF trustee [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecsdu.org/archives/245.html</link>
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From the Field:

CSDU,
Thanks for your tireless efforts and assistance in filing grievances, attending D.A.R.T.S. meetings to advise members, and helping us to file our Age and Race Discrimination lawsuit. Some members were even able to get their jobs back as a result of your knowledge and actions. You have helped us to make lemon aide. [...]]]></description>
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Stewart&#8217;s All Empowering
Constitution Amendment 
Passes by a Narrow 1500 votes


















































































































 By a small 1500 vote margin, the Chicago Teachers Union has passed a Constitution amendment that enables the president to easily eliminate any officer detractors.  The president can now put an officer of her choosing out of office on any trumped up charge by the rubber stamp of her hand picked [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecsdu.org/archives/235.html</link>
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