CORE slate is the projected winner in the heart of the beast -- Arne's Chicago! Update: Landslide!

[Hannah Bell]

CORE, led by Karen Lewis, wins CTU election in landslide, with Lewis defeating Marilyn Stewart 12,080 to 8,326

Karen Lewis has been elected president of the Chicago Teachers Union, and CORE has won the leadership of the 30,000-member CTU by a landslide. Lewis, a Martin Luther King Jr. High School Chemistry teacher, headed the slate of candidates from the caucus called CORE (the Caucus of Rank and File Educators) and won a landslide victory on June 11, 2010, in the hotly contested Chicago Teachers Union runoff election. CORE not only won the top four offices in the union, but the other nine citywide offices, and all of the vice presidencies for high schools (six) and elementary schools (17). By the time the final vote counts were announced in the early hours of June 12, it was clear that CORE had completely defeated the United Progressive Caucus (UPC) and the six-year CTU president Marilyn Stewart.

http://www.substancenews.net/articles.php?page=1472§ion=Article

[madrchsod]

1. this is going to be really interesting

looks like core is going to be a really big pain in the ass. ya barack the rank and file members of the unions ain`t making nice anymore.

card check anyone?

[Hannah Bell]

2. a major pain in the ass i hope. per this pro-public ed blog:

http://www.education-notes.com/


Today is the election in Chicago - look for major attacks on CORE if they win. Look for AFT Randi/Duncan buddies/ politicians/press to do what they can to undermine CORE.


The fact that 2/3 of the membership voted & they won every single office by about 2/3 speaks volumes. Chicago teachers are pissed.

[Reader Rabbit]

3. After a crappy week of Admin piling on at my school, this is great news.

I can't wait until summer. Only four school days to go!

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. That is terrific news!!

Way to go, CORE!!!

:woohoo: