Calumet Park, IL -- Calumet Park
Elementary School District support staff workers will be
walking an informational picket line Wednesday, prior to
the first federally mediated bargaining session with
District 132 representatives.
The members of the Calumet
Park Educational Support Staff Association (CESSA) have
spent more than a year attempting to bargain a contract
with District 132. Actions the district has taken against
union members have hampered contract talks.
"Since we voted to
unionize last year, the district has illegally fired 12
of our members," said CESSA president Bertha
Olawumi.
"We are picketing to
remind the public of the district's obligations. District
132 needs to start following the law, the CESSA members
who were illegally fired need to be reinstated and the
district needs to offer CESSA a fair contract.
The informational
picketing will take place Wednesday, August 16, from 5
until 6 PM. Later that evening, a federal mediator will
meet with representatives of CESSA and the school
district.
"This is the first
time we'll be meeting the district with a federal
mediator present. We hope this will cause the district
to, finally, get serious about offering our members the
fair contract they deserve.
Picketing will take place
at the Board Offices outside Calumet School, located at
1440 W. Vermont, Calumet Park, IL; Directions: Take I-57
to 127th St. (Exit 353). Go east (left) one block to
Ashland. Go south (right) on Ashland two blocks to
Vermont. Go east (left) on Vermont two blocks to Calumet
School.
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