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April 12-13, at the San Jose Marriott, 301 S. Market St. in San Jose!
The New Business Items submission form will be available on Saturday morning and NBI’s are due to Michelle Washington by 5 p.m. on Saturday.
Reimbursement amounts are $650 for members who live in the north, $750 for CSO coming from the south (additional $100 for associate members).
Any questions? Please email John Vigrass at jmvigrass27@gmail.com.
| Tom Pinkava, Chair (R3) | Brian Stafford (R2) |
| Kei Swensen (R1) | Aisha Blanchard-Young (R3) |
| Julian Peeples (R1) | Helen Farias (R4) |
| Annie Ogata (R2) | Tomás Martínez (R4) |
AT the March 6th Region 4 staff meeting, all 37 CSO in attendance wore black and walked in together as a show of solidarity, specifically directed at Laura Kurre, R4’s acting manager until March 14th. Ironically, Laura was also dressed in all black. At the conclusion of the meeting, a CSO colleague asked Laura if her attire was a sign of solidarity with CSO, and she responded that she supports solidarity always, across all regions and all roles. With 100% participation from R4 CSO, we stood together to fight back against CTA’s bad hiring practice.
submitted by the CSO Organizing Team
On Saturday, Jan. 25, our union sent a clear message to CTA Executive Officers David Goldberg, Leslie Littman and Erika Jones that we are united against their decision to hire a manager with a problematic history of mistreating her employees.
CSO reached more than 500 CTA members as they exited the First General Session of State Council. CSO provided CTA members with our informational flyer, asked them to stand with us by contacting CTA’s executive officers, and engaged CTA members one-on-one, resulting in positive connections, conversations and a continued path forward to building a stronger CTA together. Through these interactions, CTA members let us know that they support us and are disappointed with the decision by the CTA Board of Directors to hire this troubling candidate for the Region 4 Manager position.
CSO’s Organizing Team, with support from CSO officers and reps, worked together to execute our successful action. Within a five-day window, we made calls and held one-on-ones to secure commitments from CSO in Regions 3 & 4, and those working at State Council. A total of 55 CSO participated in our action with 19 attending from Region 4. Additionally, 23 CSO attended despite not having to work during State Council weekend. We appreciate everyone who took part in this action.
Please see photos below and contact your CSO Cluster Leader if you have any questions.
Here’s the Fall issue of the CSO Organizer! President Bruce Saathoff shares how CSO is helping build a stronger CTA to win the resources our communities deserve. CSO members were out in force to support numerous Fall political campaigns. #WeAreCSO #UnionStrong
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