CTU House of Delegates sets October 11 strike date if no contract is reached...
CTU leadership announcing that the union has set the strike date of October 11, 2016.The Chicago Teachers Union will lead the second strike in five years beginning October 11, 2016 if no acceptable contract is reached by that date. The strike date was set by a vote of the union's 800-member House of Delegates (of which this reporter is a member) at its special meeting on September 28, 2016. The resolution that was approved by an "overwhelming" vote of the delegates follows:
At tonight’s Special House of Delegates Meeting, the 800-member representative body voted overwhelmingly that our union go on strike Tuesday, October 11, 2016 if no agreement is reached by then with Mayor Emanuel’s handpicked Board of Education. Below, we report first the resolution that the union's House of Delegates passed, then a couple of local news reports.
The resolution passed by the House of Delegates on September 28, 2016 reads:
WHEREAS, the Chicago Teachers Union (“CTU”) has been negotiating with the Chicago Board of Education (“CBOE”) since November 2014 over the terms of a new labor contract and has been unable to achieve an agreement; and
WHEREAS, the CBOE has impaired the rights of CTU-represented employees by committing unfair labor practices; and
WHEREAS, CTU members have overwhelmingly voted twice to authorize the CTU to call a strike on such dates as may be determined by this House of Delegates; and
WHEREAS, CTU Constitution, Article VI Section 1, directs this House of Delegates to determine the actual date of a strike; and
WHEREAS, Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act, Section 13(b)(3) requires at least 10 days have elapsed after a notice of intent to strike has been given by the CTU, before a strike can occur; therefore be it
RESOLVED that a strike shall commence on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2016, and successive days thereafter, if no tentative agreement on a new labor contract can be achieved. The CTU shall serve the appropriate notices to effectuate that strike date
