Chicago Teachers Union Forming Independent Political Organization

[Teamster Jeff]

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With each passing day, Chicago gets closer to the next mayoral election. And with each passing day, the plot thickens. The latest twist comes from the Chicago Teachers Union. Last week, the union’s House of Delegates voted to launch an independent political organization.

According to the resolution passed by the delegates, the organization will allow the CTU to “engage with other likeminded progressive organizations to push for immediate institutional changes to address the real time needs of working and poor communities in Chicago through legislative and electoral engagement in City Hall and the Illinois General Assembly.”

The group will be able to support ballot initiatives and issue-based campaigns.
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http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20140127/downtown/chicago-teachers-union-forming-independent-political-organization

http://www.ctunet.com/delegates/text/RESOLUTION-FOR-THE-CHICAGO-TEACHERS-UNION-TO-LAUNCH-AN-IPO-revissed-1-8-2014.pdf

[denverbill]

1. I wish the teacher's unions would do this nationally.

Then vet the candidates, Dem or Republican, and either support one or the other or nominate their own. I'd vote with the teachers.

[rhett o rick]

2. Apparently they decided that the Democratic Party wasnt progressive enough. How did they

determine that? One word, "Rahmbo"