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(Sept. 25, 2009) Morton Classified Chapter Chair Tim Visk invited the officers of the union to the chapter’s Oktoberfest to be held at the Sixteenth Street Bar & Grill in Berwyn. People came; people went. But it seemed to me, I had enjoyed it all before. For the full story, click on the hyperlink headline. For more photos, follow the Smugmug link and then click on the “Holiday Parties 2008-09” galleries. |
(Dec. 5, 2008) For the past two years, Tim Visk has been leading the Morton Classified Chapter. Perry Buckley and his members think he has been doing a good job. For the full story, click on the hyperlink headline. For photos of the Dec. 5 Morton Party, click on the Smugmug link at the top of this homepage. |
(Sep. 13, 2008) Harper Faculty Chapter Chair Tom Dowd has a good thing going in Harper’s Chemistry Department. See how and why. For the full story, click on the hyperlink headline. |
(Jan. 10, 2008) Bill O’Connell is a man of many talents: teacher, musician, band leader, coach, and photojournalist for the College Union Voice. For the full story, click the hyperlink headline. |
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The Cook County College Teachers Union, Local 1600, represents over 4000 members in 22 chapters in Cook County. We represent faculty members, professional employees, classified employees, retirees and adjuncts within our local. Since 1965, we have had experience protecting members under the labor law and grievance procedure. In many collective bargaining contracts we negotiate, we have enhanced the professional status, pay and working conditions of our members.
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Learn more about the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), which was founded in 1916 to represent the economic, social and professional interests of classroom teachers and is an affiliated international union of the AFL-CIO.
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Learn the history of the AFT, including the union's founding in Chicago in 1916, its affiliation with the AFL-CIO, its battles for workers and human rights and its continued work to uphold the proud traditions on which the union was created.
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AFT Mission Statement
The mission of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, is to improve the lives of our members and their families, to give voice to their legitimate professional, economic and social aspirations, to strengthen the institutions in which we work, to improve the quality of the services we provide, to bring together all members to assist and support one another and to promote democracy, human rights and freedom in our union, in our nation and throughout the world.
--From the Futures II report adopted at the AFT Convention, July 5, 2000.
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The Paraprofessional and School-Related Personnel (PSRP) division of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, represents more than 350,000 school support staff in K-12 districts, colleges and universities. Our jobs include office employees, custodians, maintenance workers, bus drivers, instructional paraprofessionals, food service workers, school nurses and health aides, technicians, groundskeepers, secretaries, bookkeepers, mechanics, special education assistants and hundreds of other job titles. |
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