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KEVIN KILMER
My advice to CTU: Focus on membership’s concerns
political cronyism and nepotism, stated London was “arrested on some trumped-up charges.”
FINANCIAL SECRETARY’S REPORT
Another month and another inflammatory Chicago Teacher’s Union (CTU) magazine has been produced. While the Lodge put Martin Luther King Jr. on its mag- azine cover due to being an early critic of “right to work”anda huge propo ne nto fcollective b arga inin g, theCTU de cide dtoputLa quanMcDona ldon its, as
Sawyer says his daughter, who “is very close friends with” London, described his arrest to the alderman as “a kidnapping.” To s umm arize ,CPD officergetshit,chargesdropped,aldermanaccuses o fficerofkid na ppi ngsincehisdaughterisdatingoffender.Gotit?

well as a mug shot of a Chicago Police Officer Well,guesswhoourfriendKimFoxxhashiredashernewcampaign

accused of first-degree murder. manager? It’s Brian Sleet, Alderman Sawyer’s Chief of Staff. As I

I think this contrast perfectly exemplifies statedlastmonth,thisanti-policemovementhasnothingtodo

how our respective unions honor the Dr. King with reform and everything to do with keeping career politicians

holiday. I find it even more telling it was report- with ties to Toni Periwinkle entrenched in power as this great

ed McDonald attended Sullivan House Alternative High citycrumblesattheirfeet.
School,acharters choolw ithnoti estot heCTU.Mysuggestion

totheCTUwouldbef oc uso n i tem sy ourme m ber shipismo stcon- Bi nd ing summ ary opi nio n
cernedabout,li ke la y offs anden su r ingthepen sionfundd oesnot go TheL odgec ont inuesto besu c cessfulat binding summary

belly up. Since CTU teachers only contribute 2 percent of their opinion. We recently received results from Arbitrators Roumell
centin2001to52percentin2014,whichrepresentsa decre aseof whe lmingly pos itivef ortheLodgeastheaffectedofficerswere
salaries into their pensions, the funded ratio decreased from 100 per- and Zimmerman for the past two sessions. The results were over-

$9.4 billion over a 13-year period. Pending layoffs a re also bei ng a b le to g et 1 7 o f 20 suspensions reduced during these two ses-

reported by most media outlets as of the writing of this arti cle, so it sion s. Amo ng th ose discussed were the officers inexplicably pun-

a p p e a r s t h e p r o v e r b i a l b a l l a l r e a d y h a s b e e n d r o p p e d b y t h e C T U i s h e d f o r t h e i r r o l e i n t h e E l g i n T o l l b o o t h e x p r e s s w a y c h a s e . F i v e
adminis trat ion. of these officers’ cases were presented and all five were
By no w m ost o f you are fa m iliar w ith t he Chic a go Po lic e Bicy cle exo ner ated o r reduce d to a written reprim and. Co ng rats t o all.
Office r struck b yMalc o lmL on d o n a ta pr ote st.Lon don ,a pa idpro- Ify o uwis htofilea susp ensiong riev an ceforpu n ishmentof10

tester for CTU, had been charged with felony aggravated battery of a days or under, check the “Elect to file a grievance seeking binding
peaceofficer–chargesinexplicablydroppedbyCookCountypros- summary opinion” box and sign the request for review of

ecutors. At a press conference earlier that day, Alderman Roderick discipline form. Notify your Unit Rep or the Lodge with additional
Sawyer,chairmanoftheBlackCaucusandawonderfulexampleof questions. d
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