CTU caucus. Firm believer in respecting & advocating for all members, educating members so they can advocate for themselves, and leading.
Joined February 2022
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Please see our statement regarding the @CTULocal1 audits.
Tomorrow, vote for a new and transparent leadership. Vote for @REALcaucus!
#GetREAL #VoteREAL #CTU #CPS
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I've been grateful to get to meet with my @CTULocal1 siblings across @ChiPubSchools schools. I pledge to advocate for all of its members.
Friday is election day. Vote for the @REALcaucus!
#GetREAL #VoteREAL #CTU #CPS #chicagopublicschools
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Thank you for having me, @wttw & @ByMattMasterson.
@CTULocal1 elections are this Friday! Vote for the @REALcaucus.
#GetREAL #CTU #CPS #VoteREAL
Weeks after ratifying a new labor agreement, rank-and-file members of the Chicago Teachers Unions this week will be voting once again, this time to decide on their leadership for the next three years.
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As CTU leaders, we will not use PAC money to pay our siblings that live out of state for field organizing work for school board elections. That's easy for us because it is ethical, but for current leadership, hard to do.
CTU needs to advocate for the release of all TIF dollars. We are old enough to remember when @coreteachers was against all TIFs. What happened? Wait, we can answer that. Releasing all TIFs will help prevent these cuts & prevent a loan. This is why we need new leadership.
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Thank you for having me this morning @cbschicago!
The @REALcaucus runs on transparency for all @CTULocal1 members.
Election day is next Friday, May 16th. Vote for REAL.
#GetREAL #CTU #CPS
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Thank you @fox32news & @paschutz for having me this week.
We must continue to address the ways the tentative agreement falls short of what we really need, & why we need to vote for @REALcaucus on Friday, May 16th.
#VoteREAL #GetREAL #CTU #CPS #REALCaucus
If the Mayor would have declared a TIF surplus, there would have been about $600 million of that surplus allocated to CPS (assuming there are about $1.2 billion in TIF surplus right now). If this is accurate, and we have a large deficit coming for the upcoming year...
why wasn't all of the pot declared a surplus? An extra $300 million would go a long way in helping to fund our schools. Is CTU advocating to release all of the TIFs & then advocating to get rid of TIFs? We haven't heard much about it aside from being happy with the $300 million..
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Either Pedro was the problem and in the way of giving us a transformative contract (which is what we were told for months) or Pedro gave us a transformative contract (which must be true if we actually have a transformative contract).
Which one is it?
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Today, Local 2 firefighters are speaking at City Hall to get a fair contract. These brave firefighters have been going on 4 years w/o a bargaining agreement.
Enough is enough.
@REALcaucus members stand behind the Local 2 in their fight.
#REALSolidarity #UnionStrong #Local2
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We are officially one month away til @CTULocal1 elections!
Your voice matters.
Vote for the @REALcaucus on May 16th.
#VoteREAL #REALCaucus #CTU #CPS #ElectionDay
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As educators, we’re committed to creating a safe, inclusive space for all. We hope you’ll join us in celebrating every human’s right to be their true, authentic self 🩷🩵
#realcaucus #chicagoteachersunion #transrightsarehumanrights🏳️⚧️
Education is a human right, and we know Illinoisans believe that.
A new poll out Wednesday shows that most Illinois residents want more funding for public schools. trib.al/wQFGJGY
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It’s nearly April 2025, our contract expired last July. We don’t know what in the world Arne has to do with this moment. Why can’t they get us a contract with the mayor WE elected?
Today, CTU members went to the offices of @arne773 with a letter asking if he’s the reason the CEO is still blocking students from the quality education they deserve.
Arne Duncan has backed Martinez in the past. We asked him: will you stand with Chicago’s students and educators?
