Labor Beat: Chicago Protest Against School Board Vote

June 15, 2010--In a sneak-attack special CPS Board meeting today, the board voted unanimously to enable CPS CEO Ron Huberman to enact class size increases to 35 and lay off 2,700 more teachers. This amidst the recent Chicago Teachers Union election effecting a transfer of leadership from Marilyn Stewart to new President elect Karen Stewart. Lewis' campaign emphasized an end to constant retreat before CPS attacks, and a demand to have the school board precisely reveal its budget, and cut its own management-bloated salaries. All the while the State of Illinois owes the schools many millions in funding. Today's events are but a moment in the growing historic clash over the needs for the public sector and the looting of public funds by capitalist-controlled state governments. Produced by Labor Beat. Labor Beat is a CAN TV Community Partner. Labor Beat is a non-profit 501(c)(3) member of IBEW 1220. Views are those of the producer Labor Beat. For info: mail@laborbeat.org, www.laborbeat.org. 312-226-3330. For other Labor Beat videos, visit Google Video, YouTube, or blip.tv and search "Labor Beat".

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• Chicago Public Schools
• class sizes
• Chicago Teachers Union
• Karen Lewis
• teacher layoffs
• public sector