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Friday, May 17, 2013

Breaking: Karen Lewis wins with 80% of the vote. A smashing victory. | Fred Klonsky

Breaking: Karen Lewis wins with 80% of the vote. A smashing victory. | Fred Klonsky:


Breaking: Karen Lewis wins with 80% of the vote. A smashing victory.

From the CTU:
CHICAGO – National Board Certified Teacher Karen GJ Lewis has retained her position as president of the Chicago Teachers Union, according to unofficial, preliminary results from today’s election, receiving an overwhelming 80 percent of the votes.  In addition, the Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE) has also retained the remaining officer positions including Jesse Sharkey as vice president, Michael Brunson as recording secretary and Kristine Mayle as financial secretary.  The slate also won all of its executive board and convention delegates.
Lewis’ new term begins July 1 and will last three years. The CORE team defeated the Coalition to Save Our Union in in all of its executive board and regional positions. Over 26,000 CTU members, including teachers,


What does We Are One know? When did they know it? Why didn’t they tell us? A shocking development.

The email came from the Illinois Retired Teachers Association announcing the Illinois General Assembly’s adjournment for the weekend.
No action until Monday.
But I noticed a third bullet point I hadn’t see before.
Retired Option 1:
  • The TRS COLA would continue to be 3 percent compounded annually calculated from the