<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span" style="">Forward widely! </span></font></div><div><span class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 35, 163); font-size: 32px;"><br></span></div><div><span class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 35, 163); font-size: 32px;">Solidarity with ChicagoTeachers</span><br></div><span class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 35, 163); font-size: 32px;">Organizing Meeting </span><span class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span" style="color:rgb(0, 35, 163);font-size:medium;"></span><span class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 35, 163); font-size: 18px;"><a href="" rel="nofollow"><br><br>Saturday September 8,
11-1pm</a></span><div style="color: rgb(0, 35, 163); font-size: 16px;">Dudley Public Library, <a href="" rel="nofollow">65 Warren St. Roxbury MA</a></div><div style="text-align:left;"><div style=""><font class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span" color="#0023a3" size="3"><span class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span" style=""><br></span></font></div>The
Chicago Teachers Union is currently on the front lines of a fight to
defend public education. On one side the 30,000 members of the CTU have
called for a contract that includes fair compensation, meaningful job
security for qualified teachers, smaller class sizes and a better school
day with Art, Music, World Language and appropriate staffing levels to
help their neediest students.</div><div style="text-align:left;"><font class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:left;"><font class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span">On
the other side, the Chicago Board of Education—which is managed by out
of town reformers and Broad Foundation candidates with little or no
Chicago public school experience—has pushed to add two weeks to the
school year and 85 minutes to the school day, eliminate pay increases
for seniority, evaluate teachers based on student test scores, and slash
many other rights.</font></div><div style="text-align:left;"><font class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:left;"><font class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span">Teachers,
parents and community supporters in Chicago have fought
valiantly—marching, filling auditoriums at hearings and parent meetings,
even occupying a school and taking over a school board meeting. Most
recently, 98 percent of the Chicago Teachers’ Union members voted to
authorize a strike. </font><font class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span">Chicago
teachers are leading the fight in a struggle that all educators and
concerned community members are facing around the country. The
possibility of a strike is still not certain but could be very likely.
In the case of a strike, Chicago teachers are going to need our support.</font><span class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span" style=""><font class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span"> Please
join other educators and activists to organize a solidarity campaign
that not only brings pubic attention and support to the cause of Chicago
teachers, but also begins to discuss how we can fight to save our
public schools here. This is a fight for all workers against
privatization and the attacks on our rights, and we all need to Stand Up
and Fight Back!</font></span></div><div style="text-align:left;"><span class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span" style=""><font class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span"><br></font></span></span></div><div style="text-align:left;"><span class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span" style=""><font class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span"> </font></span></span><span class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span" style=""><font class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span">For more information contact: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:chicagoteachersolidarity@gmail.com">chicagoteachersolidarity@gmail.com</a> </font></span><span class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span" style="">
</span></span></div><div style="text-align:left;"><span class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span" style="">***<font class="yiv1188517973Apple-style-span">The
Dudley Public library is very close to the Dudley bus depot, and is in
close walking distance from the Roxbury Crossing T on the orange line.
Parking available on street.***</font></span></span></div><div style="text-align:left;"><br><span style="font-style: italic;">Meeting sponsored by a variety of labor activists and organizations.</span><br></div><div style="text-align:left;"><br><br><br></div></div></body></html>