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How well do you know the WSTU, Local 571 of the American Federation of Teachers? This presentation, which includes lots of history and present-day information, was part of the festivities on 27 September.
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75 years of
WSTU Local 571!1938-2013
WSTU 571 Holds Many Professional
Development Classes
The largest three councils (in
members) are:
1. Cicero
2. Elmhurst Teachers
3. Morton
Maryann Karlovsky, Former
Local 571 President
This District 88 member was a "household name"
among many councils for his long-standing
commitment to helping with contract negotiations
negotiations?
Matt
DuPree
This WSTU council hit the street in
2012 with an informational picket:
Elmhurst
Teachers
The WSTU office has occupied this
many locations:
At least five (5)
One of Local 571’s Professional
Development Classes
Detroit, Michigan, was the city and state
of the most recent AFT Convention
Our current WSTU 571 President:
Jane Russell
This IFT representative smoked cigars. His
colorful personality could frustrate the
opposing side.
Ed
Morrissey
Name the one unit school district in
Local 571:
Elmhurst
Unit
District 205
The western suburb WSTU calls
home:
Westmont, Illinois
This was the most recent council to
join Local 571:
Franklin Park
PSRP
Argo
H.S.
PSRP
Argo
H.S.
Teachers
Argo-
Summit
Teachers
Bloom-
ingdale
Teachers
Cicero
Teachers,
Secretaries,
& PSRP
District 88
H.S.
PSRP
District 88
H.S.
Teachers
Lyons
Teachers
Morton H.S.
Teachers &
Clerical
Proviso
H.S.
PSRP
Proviso
H.S.
Teachers
Retirees Riverside
PSRP &
Teachers
Rosemont
Teachers
Elmhurst
PSRP
Elmhurst
Teachers
Franklin
Park
Custodians
Franklin
Park PSRP
Franklin
Park
Teachers
Indian
Springs
Custodians
Indian
Springs
PSRP
Indian
Springs
Teachers
Leyden H.S.
PSRP &
Teachers
PAEC
PSRP &
Teachers
At one time, this kind of literature could
not be placed in members’ mailboxes:
Union
literature
The number of councils in our local:
24
Argo
H.S.
PSRP
Argo
H.S.
Teachers
Argo-
Summit
Teachers
Bloom-
ingdale
Teachers
Cicero
Teachers,
Secretaries,
& PSRP
District 88
H.S.
PSRP
District 88
H.S.
Teachers
Lyons
Teachers
Morton H.S.
Teachers &
Clerical
Proviso
H.S.
PSRP
Proviso
H.S.
Teachers
Retirees Riverside
PSRP &
Teachers
Rosemont
Teachers
Elmhurst
PSRP
Elmhurst
Teachers
Franklin
Park
Custodians
Franklin
Park PSRP
Franklin
Park
Teachers
Indian
Springs
Custodians
Indian
Springs
PSRP
Indian
Springs
Teachers
Leyden H.S.
PSRP &
Teachers
PAEC
PSRP &
Teachers
Virginia Lardner was Local 571’s
first office manager.
This WSTU council had a 3-week
strike in 1969:
Morton
WSTU represents PSRPs. “PSRP”
stands for:
Paraprofessionals and
School-Related Personnel
Local 571 hosted its first Legislative
Breakfast in 2005.
House Bill 1530 – Collective Bargaining Act
was signed 1983 into law by Illinois governor:
Jim
Thompson
Before he was COPE/PAC chairperson,
Ed Hohman taught at this school:
York
High
School
IFT President (1971-1989) for whom the
east wing of Westmont building is named:
Robert M. Healey
Which 571 Executive Officer has a
collection of Wizard of Oz ornaments?
Vice
President
Alice
Kautsky
Local 571 was chartered in the year:
1938
WSTU Local 571’s address and main
phone number:
500 Oakmont Lane
Westmont, IL 60559
(630) 468-4098
The 2013 IFT Convention will convene
in the month of:
October
The date of International Workers’ Day:
May 1
If after sufficient good faith effort no agreement can
be reached, an employer may declare an:
Impasse
The current IFT President:
Dan Montgomery
The current IFT
Secretary/Treasurer:
Marcia Campbell
Current IFT President Dan Montgomery
taught this subject:
High School English/Language Arts
The current IFT President Dan Montgomery
taught for 18 years at this high school:
Niles North
The current IFT field service directors for the
WSTU 571 who used to be 571 members are:
Arnavaz Mistry-Mujthaba and
Tom Smith
The current IFT Executive Vice
President and AFT Vice President:
Karen
Lewis
Local 571 has this many elementary
districts:
16
This year’s AFT TEACH Conference was
held in:
Washington, D. C.
AFT President Randi Weingarten
Name a DuPage County council in Local 571
(answers may vary):
Bloomingdale
District 88 Teachers
District 88 PSRP
Elmhurst Teachers
Elmhurst PSRP
On one of the IFT
Lobby Days in
Springfield, Proviso
PSRP member Lee
Stephens and other
571 members were
allowed to visit the
Governor’s Mansion
A refusal to work organized by a body of
employees as a form of protest:
Strike
The WSTU Executive Officer who has
twins is:
President
Jane
Russell
Former WSTU President Maryann Karlovsky received the
AFT’s “Living the Legacy” Award for 40+ years of service
to her union and community
The WSTU Executive Officer who has
taught kindergarten for many years:
Secretary
Cathleen
Pope
The WSTU Executive Officer who
loves flamingos:
Vice
President
Alice
Kautsky
Every year, Local 571 honors its retiring
House of Representative Delegates
The WSTU Executive Officer who has
a Blackhawks tattoo:
Treasurer
Sandy
Erickson
Many Local 571 members attended this
AFL-CIO Presidential Candidate Forum
Before he was COPE-PAC chairperson, Ed
Hohman taught physics, business and math at:
York Community
High School
James Dougherty, former IFT
President
Founder of the Proviso Teachers
Council:
Mary Wheeler
District 88 Teachers Council President
Brett Blair took copious notes at one of
571’s numerous workshops
Current Local 571 Council Presidents:
• Vickie McAlpine
• Paula Panfil
• Laura Hosteny
• Leslie Fischer
• Kelly Walters
• Pam Sifuentes
• Brett Blair
• Linda Wilhelm
• Katy Padberg
• Mark Gilman
• Patricia Ortiz
• Mary Drozd
• Karyl DiPaolo
• Carol Mascow
• Tom Zolecki
• Mary Ellen Nawara
• Mary Kay Weir
• Steve Marten
• Pat Wagemann
• Marcia Watson
• Mona Johnson
• Patty Gill
• Cathleen Pope
The WSTU invites many legislators to
its annual Legislative Breakfasts
