Chicago Teachers Union beats the board in teacher firing suit.

[Hannah Bell]

Just in: (10/4)

In the case of the Chicago Teachers Union v Board of Ed, a Federal District Court judge has ruled in favor of the union. The CTU was seeking an injunction to stop the firing of tenured teachers.


The Court orders the Board to rescind the discharges of tenured teachers under the Board’s June 15, 2010 resolution and to promulgate, in consultation with the Teachers
Union and after good-faith negotiation, a set of recall rules that complies with 105 ILCS 5/34-18(31) within the next 30 days. The Court also preliminarily and permanently enjoins the Board from conducting layoffs or “honorable discharges” in a similarly unlawful manner, until such time as the recall rules have been promulgated.

http://preaprez.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/chicago-teachers-union-beats-the-board-in-teacher-firing-suit/

"Four hundred thousands students will have their teachers returned to them," an elated Karen Lewis told a press conference at the headquarters of the 30,000-member Chicago Teachers Union on the evening of October 4, 2010. Lewis's statement was her opening in describing the immediate impact she thought should take place in light of a federal judge's decision that the Chicago Board of Education had violated the rights of tenured teachers in firing them during the summer of 2010, using inflated "deficit" claims as the basis for creating a financial emergency and assuming to itself unprecedented powers.



http://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/

[xchrom]

1. Recommend

[Reader Rabbit]

2. I wish CTU could go give lessons to UTLA.

The LAUSD teachers union is allowing their members to be hosed left, right, and center.

[LWolf]

3. Great news!

:toast:

[Starry Messenger]

4. This so rocks.

"Four hundred thousands students will have their teachers returned to them", I admit I teared up a little.

[maryf]

5. YES!!! Kick

missed this! thanks!

[Stuart G]

6. K and R