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[ Investigative Report ] Chicago Teachers Union Paid and Allowed a Sexual Predator to Work with Female Teachers

May 1, 2022

John Kugler – May 02, 2022 Eric Skalinder a well connected union official continued to be on the payroll of the Chicago Teachers Union and mentor teachers, go into schools and have access to students information and videos despite being…

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[ Union History ] CORE Cult-like New Age mystical nonsense begins to dominate CTU Executive Board

February 9, 2022

soirees instead of attention to the functional groups represented by most of the Board’s ‘vice presidents’ We will be reposting past stories so that there is no confusion or revisionist history. CORE has always been a fake democracy that uses…

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Sharkey slaps Rank-and-File in the Face

February 3, 2022

Jesse stepping aside at this moment is an extraordinary announcement since the CORE slating process has been running for almost a year and has been completed, so it begs the question: Are the current Union’s decisions for political correctness to stay…

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Noted Chicago labor lawyer Robin Potter

[ Nepotism ] Mother of Chicago Teachers Union Trustee Gets $4 Million While Fired Black Teachers Get Only $12,000 Each

December 14, 2021

In a long-drawn-out lawsuit that was filed by Robin Potter, mother of current Chicago Teachers Union Trustee Jackson Potter (the case was filed while Jackson Potter was Chief of Staff for the CTU). There will be a settlement that gives…

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[ COVID Guidance ] From: CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS Sent: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 4:47 PM

December 8, 2021

CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS – December 08, 2021 From: CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS Sent: Wednesday, December 8, 2021, 4:47 PM Subject: Update from Chicago Public Schools on the Omicron COVID‑19 Variant A message from CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS Dear CPS Colleagues and Families:…

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[Ten Years Ago – Mass Layoffs] Seventy-eight displaced teachers sign grievance after grievance meetings at PUSH… Teachers Organize and Fight Back Against Terminations

July 2, 2020

Ten years ago the Chicago Public Schools targeted African American women teachers disproportional for layoffs en masse. The laid off teachers were left in limbo for Union Representation since there was a transition in power from the Marilyn Stewart team…

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CPS officials are covering up deaths in the schools in violation of federal law which requires reporting of all deaths within eight hours

September 30, 2015

CPS claims providing information is ‘burdensome’ while ignoring how burdensome deaths in the schools are… Chicago Public Schools officials are covering up deaths of teachers and other school workers on school property, in a violation of both Illinois and federal…

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CPS Breaks the Law Again: No Emergency Security Plans or Training since the Sandy Hook Massacre

February 22, 2013

Substance News has received a Binding Opinion (13-0001) from the Illinois Attorney General in regards to the refusal of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to provide information on how it will keep staff and students safe. In light of the…

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[ History of CPS Corruption ] Ptydepe the key to understanding CPS bureaucrat qualifications by George N. Schmidt Jan 1, 2012

January 1, 2012

Only one of the people siting joyfully in the bureaucrats’ seats during the December 14, 2011 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education was still cramming for her Ptydepe test, as the above photo shows. Right to left, “Chief Officer,…

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Practical solidarity in action … What does ‘Union’ mean?

June 1, 2008

Unionism is a new word in my vocabulary and in the vocabulary of many newer teachers in Chicago. It’s been more than 20 years since the last teachers’ strike, and a whole new generation has come into teaching since then.…

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