City Club speech... 'Its as if the 1 percent isnt satisfied with having most of it. It seems they want it all...'
[Editor's Note: The following is the complete text of the prepared speech "It's About The Money" delivered by Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis to the City Club of Chicago on May 5, 2014. A . . .
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Karen Lewis's speech to the City Club of Chicago
[Editor's Note: The following is the text of the speech delivered to the City Club of Chicago by Karen Lewis on June 20, 2013. A video of this speech can be seen at the following . . .
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Chicago Teachers Union President calls for protest at June 22, 2011, meeting of the Chicago Board of Education
[Editor's Note: The following is the message sent by Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis to the union's 28,000 members and their supporters following the vote of the Chicago Board of Education to cancel the . . .
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Speech of Karen Lewis of CORE to the June 2, 2010 meeting of the CTU House of Delegates
[Editor's Note: The following speech was delivered by Karen Lewis, CORE candidate for president of the Chicago Teachers Union, to the union's June 2, 2010, House of Delegates meeting. The two candidates for president each . . .
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CORE CTU presidential candidate Karen Lewis speaks to Operation PUSH on June 5, 2010
[Editor's Note: The following is the speech prepared by King High School chemistry teacher Karen Lewis for delivery at Operation PUSH's June 5, 2010 Saturday meeting. Originally, the meeting was supposed to feature a debate . . .
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CANDIDATES' SPEECHES TO THE MAY CTU HOUSE OF DELEGATES MEETING: CORE's Karen Lewis's speech to the May 5, 2010 CTU House of Delegates meeting
[Editor's Note: On May 5, 2010, Substance asked the five candidates running for President of the Chicago Teachers Union for digital copies of the speeches they were delivering that night the the union's House of . . .
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Letter: CPS budget is a joke that's not a joke
Dear Substance:
I am still reeling from the hoops I had to jump through to get my hand on a copy of the budget (13th floor of 125 S. Clark) - had to call . . .
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A veteran teacher reports on the January 31, 2009, Las Casas hearing at Ninos Heroes Elementary School (February 1, 2009)
[Editor's Note: Beginning with this report and continuing, Substancenews.net will publish first hand reports concerning the various Chicago school closings, transformation, phase out, and turnaround hearings as the information is forwarded to us by a . . .
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