[Peace-discuss] [OccupyCU] Solidarity Event for the 26, 000 Striking Chicago Teachers!!!

Mon Sep 10 23:07:13 UTC 2012

To all:

Everyone who feels deeply disturbed by E. Wayne Johnson's ranting should
try to make it to the meeting this Wednesday at 7pm in Lincoln Hall 1028.
CTU member Kimberly Bowsky will be Skyping in.

Kim teaches at the William H Seward Elementary School on Chicago's South
Side. Within the CTU, Kim is an activist of the Caucus of Rank-and-File
Educators.

Now, to E.W.J.:
*
Don't even try to bring your disruptive presence this Wednesday: you will
not be welcome in this event. *
Perhaps in a parallel universe where Ron Paul rules your bullying attitudes
are the norm. Not here.

And maybe in that parallel universe, where you seem to hang out too often,
the news have not arrived yet that the +26,000 CTU members overwhelmingly
favored strike action: around 90% of members voted, with 98% of voters in
favor—after a law was passed that raised the minimum requirement to 75%!
And have you even bothered to find out what the communities affected by the
budget cuts and school closures have to say? They also support the strike
in big numbers. Why, then, should the CTU change leadership?
Because CTU teachers are a bunch of fat cats?
Really?

The only thing that makes sense in your ranting is that "this could get
ugly" in Chicago.
I hope, for the better, that people like you stay away there too.

On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 4:51 PM, E. Wayne Johnson <ewj at pigsqq.org> wrote:

> **
> Not even Air Conditioning?  Zomfg!!!  Hoodathunkit?
> I know, I know.  An environment "Conducive to Learning".  Sort of a Mantra
> it is.
> See also: "It's for the Kids".  Are we convinced yet?
>
> While I am highly sympathetic with the situation and plight of the
> Graduate Teaching Assistants, and
> once upon a time, came out and spoke in their favour, I have less than
> Zero Minus sympathy
> for the fat cats that comprise the CTU.
>
> I understand that the goal is a) to head off some sort of precedent effect
> and b) precipitate a serious crisis.
>
> While I would certainly not want to work or live in Chicago or its public
> school system even
> 9 nanoseconds per year let alone the whole school year, I should not feel
> convinced that the CTU are the good guys
> in this struggle, even though their direct opponents are likely neither
> nice nor good.
>
> Perhaps one of the smartest moves the CTU could make is to quickly remove
> its leadership and apologise.
>
> Like that is going to happen.
>
> I am sure that I am highly confused and understand the matter very poorly,
> but I
> don't think that Old Mother pHubbard is hoarding a vast trove of bones in
> her cupboard
> for these CTU dogs (cats).
>
> This could get Ugly, and the outcome is uncertain.
>
>
>
> On 9/11/2012 4:06 AM, Daniel Werst wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
> I am a member of the campus branch of the International Socialist
> Organization, and we are holding a meeting this week on Wednesday at 7
> PM to build solidarity action for the 26,000 Chicago teachers who are
> currently on strike against efforts by the city to make them easier to fire
> based on standardized test results while the district chooses not to
> provide many students with art or music classes, AP classes, decent class
> sizes, or even air conditioning!
>
>
> We have lined up a CTU teacher to speak by Skype, and we have also spoken
> to the Graduate Employees Union here at U of I, who will provide the second
> speaker. The GEO is fighting back against attacks on the pay and working
> conditions of Teaching Assistants who are commonly forced to live on
> $14,000 a year while handling big classes and making the university work.
>
>
> Our second goal is to car pool to Chicago this Saturday to join thousands
> of teachers, students, parents, and labor activists in a rally. Hopefully
> they will be celebrating a victory in the strike or else continuing the
> struggle and only getting stronger! This meeting should bring together as
> many supporters of labor and people concerned for good public education as
> possible.
>
>
>
> CTU Solidarity Rally:
>
> Wednesday September 12th at 7PM
> 1028 Lincoln Hall on Campus
>
>
>
>
> In Solidarity,
> Daniel Werst
>
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Damián.
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