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My Rights
Our contract and our unity protect our members and the students we serve in every school. Learn how to stand up for your rights, get help from CTU staff when you need it, and stand with fellow CTU members.
My Movement
Along with parents, students and community, we advocate for the schools – and the city – that our students deserve. Learning, working and living conditions are not separate. Together, our Union wages a comprehensive fight for the soul of public education.
My Union
Caring, democratic, united: CTU is more than 25,000 teachers, paraprofessionals and clinicians acting as one.
New NBC teachers speak out on value of program
This school year, 58 educators received positive results from the challenging journey to achieve National Board Certification (NBC) and another 82 renewed their NBC certification, prompting the CPS Board to pass a resolution commending the educators for their “commitment to high and rigorous teaching standards.”
read moreA victorious night for our education champions
Illinois State Representative Delia Ramirez in the 3rd Congressional District, and businessman and activist Jonathan Jackson in the 1st, lead a number of election night wins for CTU-endorsed candidates.
read moreCTU statement on today’s Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade
The Chicago Teachers Union issued this statement today regarding the U.S. Supreme Court ruling to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, striking down the constitutional right to abortion.
read moreThe right to choose is under attack
The Chicago Teachers Union stands in defense of reproductive rights and encourages members to make their voices heard at rallies this weekend to defend abortion rights in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe vs. Wade.
read moreYour Union is Here to Help
Administrative Transfer Window
Teachers will be able to transfer schools for Fall 2022 without principal permission from Monday, April 4, 2022 to Wednesday, May 18, 2022.
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Same Storm, Different Boats: The Safe and Equitable Conditions For Reopening CPS in 2020-21
Parents, students, and teachers want to go back to school in person and want to do so safely. Will that be possible in September? Is there a number of educator or student deaths that we are willing to accept in order to have in-person school? Are CPS, the city, and the state willing to spend the money to make school reopening safe?
These questions are of particular concern in Chicago, where 84% of students and 50% of staff are Black, Latinx, multi-racial, or Native American. 1 The consequences of racist health care, discriminatory housing, and employment practices are that these students, educators, and their families are at greater risk of contracting and becoming seriously ill from COVID-19.
Also, a large percentage of staff are at increased risk of serious illness or death from COVID-19 due to their age and/or underlying health conditions. Half of CTU’s membership live in the Chicago zip codes with the highest rates of COVID-19, totaling well over 35,000 positive cases.
