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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 Executive Board.

We do believe that there should be a legal avenue for removing a CTU Officer, but the members who elected them should make that final decision through a referendum vote.

The following amendment, based on the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Constitution, is what the CSDU thinks is the democratic alternative.

We’re asking active teachers instead initiate to initiate a different amendment, which is below, by printing and signing the attached petition and returning it to the address at the bottom of the page. Click here to print petition…

Content of the petition: 

We, the undersigned CTU Members, call for a referendum (to take place 30 days from the date these petitions are presented to the CTU Recording Secretary) to amend the CTU Constitution as follows:

ART 5, Sec. 3 REMOVAL OR RECALL OF AN OFFICER

If it is alleged that a CTU Officer has committed a serious wrongdoing or found to be incompetent or incapable of doing his/her duties, a removal or recall of the officer can only be initiated by the petitioning of 20% of the members, followed by a membership affirmation vote by referendum within 30 days.

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