CORE: The Caucus of Rank-and-file Educators 0000
Under CORE’s leadership, the CTU has won class size protections, bilingual education provisions and sanctuary schools protections. We won big COLA raises in our current contract and bigger raises for paraprofessionals. We won safety agreements that protected us when a court outlawed school mask mandates and that allows flip-to-remote when quarantine rates are high.
We have huge opportunities around the corner for big improvements in our job conditions and in students’ learning conditions. That’s especially true since we have finally won the bargaining rights taken from us in 1995 and we will have elected members of the school board in the next election and a fully elected school board in 2026. But we’ll have to fight to win if we are to make the most of those opportunities. That’s why we need CORE to keep leading!
Latest Updates
Sharkey Supports the CORE Slate
I am writing to ask you to support Stacy Davis Gates and the rest of the CORE slate in the upcoming election. Though our union has many strengths, we also face challenges which require visionary and skilled leadership that can organize our members, use rank and file voices to carry our message, and look outwards to build our strength as part of a coalition that includes parents and members of the community.
Read moreCORE Members in Action: CTU Charter Division Vice Chair Caroline Rutherford
Charter members of CTU were the first teachers and staff members at charters in the country to go on strike in 2018, and CORE was instrumental in making that happen.
Read moreCORE Members in Action: Ida Hathaway, LPN and PSRP Delegate
"I will continue to be a member of CORE to push forward our vision and to add onto the many things CTU has accomplished for our students and the rank-and-file."
Read moreCORE Issues February 2022: Introducing Our Officer Slate for the 2022 CTU Elections
CORE Member Discovers CTU Election Interference
CTU and CORE member Nell Seggerson created and posted the above graphic to their Instagram at @suspiciouspotpie exposing a former Lightfoot advisor's involvement in promoting an opposing caucus. The news was quickly picked up by multiple outlets including WBEZ and the Chicago Sun Times.
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Our Agreement Keeps Us Safe
For those who asked why we were taking action AGAIN, why we don't just play nice and hope for the best, this is why: we have a right to safety, we need it in writing, WE KEEP US SAFE.
Read moreParents thank CTU for fighting to win a metric that flips schools with Covid outbreaks
