The REAL Caucus

REAL, Come over Saturday after the delegate training thing! Or if you can't stomach the training just come over to hear others debrief. We can light the fire pits. 1835 W Ohio

The REAL Caucus supports this statement from Advocates and community member concerning the appointment of future BoE members.

REAL statement concerning CPS Restraint and Seclusion and working with Students with Challenging Behavior

All of the these.

The REAL Caucus demands structural overhaul in CPS to ensure our disabled students and their general education peers receive the Free and Appropriate and Public Education to which they’re all entitled. Dignity and safety are rights for all our youth.

Please join us following the HOD for a social & supportive debrief of the meeting.
Come over after the meeting and bring friends who might like to hear a bit more about the caucus.

We hope to see you this coming Monday, May 8th at 7:00 pm for our May General Meeting - In Solidarity

Debrief the HOD at our place on May 3rd. Bring some $for pizza & beer. 1835 W Ohio. See you then.

True? Hard to say but good for convo starter.

Vacationing Lightfoot fires city’s chief labor negotiator for doing Sun-Times podcast It was not known what about the Sun-Times interview angered Mayor Lori Lightfoot to the point where she would abruptly end a relationship between Jim Franczek and the city that has lasted for nearly 40 years.

the REAL Caucus is pleased to throw our solidarity and support behind Brandon Johnson in the 2023 Chicago Mayoral Runoff!

We are proud to endorse REAL member Sharon Pincham for 6th ward alderperson!

Solidarity with our striking union siblings in Seattle (educators) and Minnesota (nurses) ✊️

🌍 HAPPENING THIS MORNING! 9AM TO NOON! 🌎

Please join us for the last day of our inaugural REAL Caucus Justice Exploration Intensive! The focus for today’s session will be Community Care. 💘

As always: You can participate even if you missed the past two days! You can participate even if you belong to a different caucus or no caucus at all! You can participate if you are simply interested in a low-pressure opportunity to explore social justice with welcoming and collaborative CTU siblings! Please do drop in and share your insights ❤️

TODAY! 9AM to NOON at 🔗🔗 https://bit.ly/RtJ4REAL

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...“Parents were left out in the cold,” REAL presidential candidate Darnell Dowd said. “We can’t predict the pandemic. We understand that. However, we can plan. And there were times we should have planned in December when the numbers were going up. Parents should have been alerted to an action or possible action.”

REAL says it is committed to reestablishing “a large and aggressive” grievance-handling department, resisting the privatization of janitorial and building services and defending members against “bully” administrators and “toxic” school leadership."

“We all got into this race to win. We are fueled by the hope that we can affect change,” he said. “And so we believe May 20th our members are going to show and vote for us.”

Friday’s Chicago Teachers Union election is its most contentious in years. With 3 slates, ‘it’s anybody’s guess’ who will win. The REAL and Members First slates are challenging the in-power CORE slate, which has VP Stacy Davis Gates running for president.

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come see your faves share our REAL vision for REAL solidarity TODAY at 5PM! that’s T-minus 41 minutes!

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Get to know these amazing candidates this Wednesday and learn their stance on issues related to our union and how they will move us forward in solidarity!

𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙖 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙇 𝙂𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙔𝙤𝙪: 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝘽𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨, 𝙒𝙚 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙉𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚 "𝘿𝙚𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙚" 𝙋𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙇 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙀𝙭𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮

𝖲𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗑𝗍, 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝖢𝖳𝖴 𝗆𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗏𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝖧𝖮𝖣 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖼𝖾𝖾𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌 (𝘍𝘠𝘐 𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘓 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘊𝘛𝘜 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘏𝘖𝘋 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴):

At today’s CTU House of Delegates, the CTU Budget was presented to the House. After the presentation, they opened the floor to “debate.” 𝗢𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗲. 𝘌𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘖𝘙𝘌 (𝘢𝘬𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘊𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘶𝘴; and 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗲 – once at the emergency E Board meeting about the budget and again at the regularly scheduled E Board meeting – 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀.

Aside from the EIGHT CORE members, how many folks outside CTU Leadership’s caucus were allowed opportunities to share questions or commentary? 𝙕𝙀𝙍𝙊.

But that's not all! One of the CORE members that spoke is a Trustee, who allegedly helped create the budget and also heard it in two meetings previous to HOD! 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘾𝙏𝙐 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣'𝙩 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮'𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣?

** How would you like to see equitable opportunities for members from all caucuses to share questions, comments, and concerns at HOD? 🅢🅞🅤🅝🅓 🅞🅕🅕 in the comments below! **

While Spring has long been sprung, we know our CTU siblings are still processing their feelings of defeat from this past winter... and that's because we here in the REAL Caucus are currently Rank-and-File educators who experienced that tremendously disappointing January 2022 labor action right alongside you.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸, 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀. 𝗔𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗷𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗷𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗟𝗟.

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𝙄𝙣 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐, 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝘾𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙-𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣, 𝘾𝙏𝙐 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙖𝙨𝙠 𝙪𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙥𝙪𝙩.

As soon as the growing dangers of Omicron became apparent in late 2021, Union leaders now in REAL pled with CTU Leadership to begin organizing for our members' and school communities' safety, but these pleas fell on willfully closed minds: 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝘁.

Instead, having already returned to buildings after a Winter Break with almost no communication or guidance from CTU Leadership, we were suddenly called upon to “walk out” of in-person work without the necessary preparations in place. CTU Leadership "lead" with no real plan, no strategy, acting as though they were completely caught off guard by the mayor’s very predictable actions amid a covid surge that had started picking up before Winter Break.

This haphazardly executed action severely divided our members. Combined with the deep betrayal felt by our Wave 0 and Wave 1 members in early 2021, large numbers of CTU educators have given up on their union.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙇 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙘𝙪𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙇 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙘𝙪𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙃𝙊𝙋𝙀 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙃𝙊𝙋𝙀 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙃𝙊𝙋𝙀 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮.

Been feeling like solidarity in CTU has hit an all-time low? Us too. 😕

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲-𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. 😁 No member must ever feel left behind or unsupported. 𝘞𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵’𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 “𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭!” ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝘾𝙏𝙐 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙟𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨. In late 2020 and early 2021, when the city forced Clerks, Tech Cos, pre-K Teachers, TAs, Cluster Teachers, and Clinicians to report to unsafe buildings in waves while the Pandemic continued raging and the rest of their union colleagues remained teaching from the safety of their homes, those members in the buildings felt betrayed and alone. They felt as if they did not belong to a union that truly looked after them.

𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁. 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝘄𝗳𝘂𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻. 𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗯 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗼𝗿’𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗖𝗘𝗢'𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲-𝗮𝗻𝗱-𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀.

This week we'll be highlighting different components of the REAL Platform that share our vision for supporting CTU membership, repairing solidarity, and restoring the strength we'll need to move forward as one powerful labor body when the time comes to bargain with the bosses once again.

💡Stay tuned!💡

𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬, 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘚𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙥𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙇'𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙆𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘾𝙏𝙐 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙍𝙖𝙣𝙠-𝙖𝙣𝙙-𝙁𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨!

𝖠𝗌 𝖾𝗅𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗌 𝗎𝗉, 𝗐𝖾 𝗄𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇:
"𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗧𝗨 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽?"

𝘼𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙇 𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙙, 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘾𝙏𝙐 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠-𝙖𝙣𝙙-𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨' 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨. 𝖨𝗇 𝖺 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗍 𝗌𝗎𝖻𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖺 𝗋𝖾𝗏𝗈𝗅𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝖺𝗅𝖿-𝖻𝖺𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗎𝗅𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗉𝖾𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗅 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗈𝗌,
𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙨𝙤 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨' 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨' 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡.

ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟ ɢᴜᴀʀᴀɴᴛᴇᴇꜱ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴡᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ:

1. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘋𝘰𝘸𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘓 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦! 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘙𝘢𝘺 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟲𝟬% 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗧𝗨'𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀.

2. 𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘓 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴.

𝟯. 𝗘𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸-𝗮𝗻𝗱-𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴.

4. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘓 𝘊𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘗𝘊. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘛𝘜 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴.

5. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘊𝘛𝘜 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬-𝘢𝘯𝘥-𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘛𝘜 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘳𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘳-𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱.

The REAL Caucus updated their business hours.

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱, 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗸𝘀! 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆? 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙇 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣.

𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘓 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥:

1. Any member who expresses dissent will never face insults, bullying, or fear of retribution from leadership. This union belongs to all of its members, especially the rank-and-file.

2. The House of Delegates will hire an impartial professional parliamentarian to prevent officers from abusing their authority.

3. We will create live streams accessible to members of all meetings, including House of Delegates, Executive Board, and important Bargaining sessions.

4. REAL will introduce and maintain a hybrid format for all meetings -- including House of Delegates and Executive Board -- to increase accessibility for disabled members and members with childcare or other needs.

5. Rank-and-file led action will be encouraged and supported, not counter-organized and outright disrupted, as was the case when rank-and-file members banded together to defend our cluster and pre-K educators and clinicians as they were forced into unsafe buildings in January 2021.

6. All CTU committees will welcome rank-and-file members with diverse opinions, insights, and lived experiences, regardless of caucus affiliations (or lack thereof).

7. The REAL leadership will stand before members and acknowledge if we’ve let people down or made a mistake. Humility is a strength, not a weakness, of leadership.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘊𝘛𝘜) 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘓𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭: “𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰. 𝘛𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬-𝘢𝘯𝘥-𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵. 𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺. 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘱-𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯.” 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙇 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙘𝙪𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩.

𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱, 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗸𝘀! 𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁, 𝗹𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁... 𝙇𝙀𝘼𝘿𝙀𝙍𝙎𝙃𝙄𝙋 𝘼𝘾𝘾𝙊𝙐𝙉𝙏𝘼𝘽𝙄𝙇𝙄𝙏𝙔

𝖡𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗅𝖾𝖼𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗈𝖿𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝖿𝖿 𝖺𝗍 𝖢𝖳𝖴 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝗈𝗇𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗀𝖾. 𝖮𝗎𝗋 𝗈𝖿𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝖿𝖿 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗄-𝖺𝗇𝖽-𝖿𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗌.

𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙇 𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙:

1.) No REAL CTU officer will ever earn more than the highest paid member, prorated to working 52 weeks.

2.) Annual raises for officers will never exceed the percentage of raises that are bargained in the contract for the members.

3.) No officer will ever take home two or more salaries, such as an additional one from the Illinois Federation of Teachers, for doing their job. Any extra funds will be put into the CTU general fund, not into an officer’s pocket.

4.) There will be no special material perks for officers. Officers get a salary to do their job. You lead the union to get something out of the boss, not to get something out of the union.

REAL members of fb,
CTU just sent an invite to the forum on May 5th. There are limited number of seats for non delegates. Please sign up asap. Those seats will fill up fast and we want to be in the room!!!

Below you’ll find REAL’s official statement addressing the electioneering lawsuit against CTU, as well as Jesse Sharkey’s suggestions that REAL was involved in filing the lawsuit.

TL;DR: REAL had no involvement in the lawsuit nor in any unionwide electioneering, and we’re calling on CTU leadership to follow the union constitution as rigidly as they’ve chosen to interpret it in other electoral matters.

𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙇 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙏𝙐 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮.

Please read about our platform, share this post to your Facebook followers, and talk to your co-workers about this issue. Finally, reply to this post with your own thoughts and experiences; we want to hear what you think!

𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗬
The CTU has an annual budget of around $14 million. A budget is a moral document -- it tells us what we value and prioritize. Budget priorities must come from the members, not be imposed by the leadership. Our members deserve total transparency about officers and staff salaries, about major expenditures, about expenditure of dues money for electoral campaigns, about expenditures of PAC money, and on all major expenditures by the CTU Foundation. This union belongs to the members, and the leadership work for the members. Our motto must be “No secrets.”

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱:

1) 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩. Have a disagreement with CTU leadership or where the money's going? All inquiries and feedback are welcome! Nobody should ever be belittled or demeaned for speaking their dissent -- this means no bullying, fear, or retribution. Disagreements should be welcome because it is how we preserve democracy.

2) 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚. Trustees will take an oath of accountability for the finances and will be dedicated to oversight. They are expected be a watchdog on union leadership. The trustees will never solely consist of REAL caucus members.

3) 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨. The annual audit summary produced by the union’s accounting firm will be released to the House of Delegates every year and permanently available and easily accessible to all members. 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦; 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴.

4) 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮. Information around the CTU Foundation’s initiatives and finances will be shared with the membership. The CTU Foundation belongs to the members, not to the officers.

5) 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣-𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜. All CTU and CTU PAC political expenditures will be debated and decided by the House of Delegates. Any money decided to be loaned to the PAC must be repaid.

The REAL Caucus updated their website address.