tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post5972745349561229431..comments2023-12-24T05:39:44.753-06:00Comments on Mike Klonsky's Blog: Rahm Emanuel's bizarre Trump-like assault on Chicago teachersMike Klonskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017021676773731024noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-58081908460110326392016-10-03T14:51:46.128-05:002016-10-03T14:51:46.128-05:00MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 3, 2016...MEDIA ADVISORY<br /><br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br />Oct. 3, 2016<br /><br />CONTACT: Steven Ashby, 630-697-8694, Erica Clark, 773-851-6287<br /><br />Chicago parent, community groups support teachers in contract fight, ramp up pressure on mayor with weekly call in campaign<br /><br />CHICAGO—Mayor Rahm Emmanuel is hoping the school budget crisis will drive a wedge between Chicago and its teachers, but a city-wide coalition of parent and community organizations is heading to City Hall Tuesday to prove him wrong and ramp up pressure on the mayor for a fair teachers contract. <br /><br />The newly formed Chicago Teachers Solidarity Campaign will hold a press conference and deliver the mayor a letter signed by more than 50 parent and community organizations supporting the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) decision to strike next week if the city doesn’t agree to a fair contract by then. <br /><br />The groups will announce a city-wide call in campaign, targeted at city hall, beginning Wednesday. Parents and other Chicagoans committed to our public school teachers are being urged to flood the mayor’s office with calls every Wednesday until a new teachers contract is reached. <br /><br /> WHAT: We Stand With Our Teachers, solidarity rally and press conference<br /> WHEN: 10 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 4 <br /> WHERE: Chicago City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle, 5th floor<br /> VISUALS: Signs, banners supporting Chicago teachers<br /><br />CPS teachers have been working without a contract since July 1, 2015, and their union has been negotiating in good faith with the district. But the mayor’s handpicked school board continues to demand a pay cut from teachers and refuses to guarantee important classroom improvements. <br /><br />Last week the union’s House of Delegates set a strike date of Oct. 11, which means teachers will withhold their labor if no agreement has been reached by then. <br />The solidarity committee is calling on the mayor to bargain a fair contract that protects teachers and students in CPS classrooms. But if that doesn’t happen, the group will take to the streets in support of the teachers.<br /><br />skashbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11104330473512544588noreply@blogger.com