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Bargaining for the schools Chicago students deserve
- Smaller Class Sizes
- Fair Pay & Benefits
- Fully Staffed Supports
- School Community Justice
General CTU Announcement
CTU is fighting for quality pay and benefits (including health care), full staffing in our schools, smaller class sizes and justice for students and families. Get updates and resources for our contract fights here.
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. @SEIU73 & @CTULocal1 members are fighting together for the resources they need to strengthen our schools! #GoodJobs4Chicago #CTUSEIUStrike #FairContractNow https://t.co/keJaXBc0Ij
Hospital workers are going on strike too! Greg Kelly of @SEIUhciimk just announced a 96% vote to strike at Mt Sinai. Be there at 10 AM tomorrow. #CTUSEIUstrike #FairContractNow https://t.co/ap8qPgFjzV
"Failure is not an option." SEIU 73 member says we need special education services ASAP in CPS. #CTUSEIUstrike #FairContractNow https://t.co/Wn54ieVCax
"We are mourning the loss of bilingual services in our schools. 20% are English Language Learners." says Linda, Perales, a CTU Latinx Caucus member. #CTUSEIUstrike #FairContractNow https://t.co/AINNSiXUeG
DAY 2 of #CTUSEIUStrike. We're downtown occupying Chicago until we get #FairContractNow. "Its not OK that we have one counselor for 936 students." #CTUSEIUstrike https://t.co/hUvfvvaU5H
@BelleShermanES teachers standing with @CTULocal1 & @SEIU73 who are striking so Chicago students & families get the resources they deserve! #CTUSEIUstrike #FairContractNow #PutItInWriting @nancymthompson @IthacaTeachers https://t.co/Ni6tLDUN9k
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My Union
Caring, united, democratic: CTU is more than 25,000 teachers, paraprofessionals and clinicians acting as one. Learn about fellow members. Ensure that union staff can keep you in the loop. Participate in our democracy.
My Rights
In every school and workplace, unity in action protects our members and the students we serve. Learn how to stand up for your rights, unite with fellow CTU members, and get help from CTU staff when you need it.
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.
Day 2 of CTU strike will bring educators, allies to City Hall at 1:30 pm
My Union
Caring, united, democratic: CTU is more than 25,000 teachers, paraprofessionals and clinicians acting as one. Learn about fellow members. Ensure that union staff can keep you in the loop. Participate in our democracy.
My Rights
In every school and workplace, unity in action protects our members and the students we serve. Learn how to stand up for your rights, unite with fellow CTU members, and get help from CTU staff when you need it.
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.
Your Union is Here to Help
Caring, united, democratic: CTU is more than 25,000 teachers, paraprofessionals and clinicians acting as one.
Campaign Initiatives
Fighting for Fair Contracts
We’re continuing to bargain a contract for more than 25,000 CTU educators at district-run schools, where our contract expired on June 30. Our unity, our strength and our power must be organized and deployed to win good pay and good conditions for teaching and learning in the Chicago Public Schools.
Report:
The Schools Chicago’s Students Deserve 2.0
This 2018 update to CTU’s 2012 report, The Schools Chicago’s Students Deserve provides a counter-narrative to the corporate agenda on education. SCSD 2.0 highlights the many racist inequities that have continued, or in some cases worsened, since 2012. CTU has a track record of fighting for reforms to change these realities, which is why Chicagoans continue to trust the CTU more than the Board of Education, more than Mayor Emanuel and more than any “reformer” backed by billionaires and corporate foundations.
