IN THE MAILBOX
From Rico Gutstein at Teachers For Social Justice
Fight to Keep the "Public" in Public Education-What You Can Do!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 12:23 AM
TSJ, as part of the CTU-Community Board (a coalition of the Chicago Teachers Union and several community organizations), is working to derail the "Performance Counts" proposed legislation now in front of the IL lame-duck legislature as you read this. We're asking, no urging, people to take some IMMEDIATE action to let elected officials that we will NOT let them shift the blame for the economic crisis onto ordinary people and unions (specifically public sector unions, and most immediately, teachers unions-see http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/02/business/02showdown.html?src=me&ref=general).
This legislation will basically turn teachers in Illinois into "at will" workers, hamper their capacity to unionize,