COURT FAST TRACKS CTU LAWSUIT AGAINST CHICAGO BOARD OF EDUCATION
For Immediate Release
The lawsuit brought by the Chicago Teachers Union against the Chicago Board of Education on August 2, 2010, Case No. 10-cv-4852, and advanced by the union’s motion for preliminary injunction filed August 13, 2010, was expedited today, August 17, 2010. U.S. District Court Judge David Coar scheduled a September 15, 2010 hearing to arrive at a permanent resolution of the case which is now focused on teachers’ due process rights.
Noting that the Chicago Teachers Union is eager to have the court weigh in on the legality of the Board’s current firing of nearly 1,000 members, CTU attorney Tom Geoghen stated, “The case is on a fast track, and we look forward to every dismissed tenured teacher being reinstated to their positions. The CTU’s legal team will present the union’s case in full on September 15th and we hope to receive a swift and favorable decision.”
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The Chicago Teachers Union represents 30,000 teachers and educational support personnel working in the Chicago Public Schools and, by extension, the students and families they serve. CTU, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers and the Illinois Federation of Teachers, is the third largest union in the country and the largest local union in Illinois.
