Election 2020: Voting Info and Endorsements
Union Democracy:
Delegate Elections Under Remote Learning &
Notice of Election to Fill Executive Board Vacancy for One (1) HS Teacher Functional Vice President
Class Size Survey and Enforcement Info
Clerks Deserve Safety
My Rights
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. Learn about Union membership, read the latest Union news, access professional development opportunities and make sure you’re in the loop for Union communication.
My Rights
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. Learn about Union membership, read the latest Union news, access professional development opportunities and make sure you’re in the loop for Union communication.
CTU files injunction seeking transparency, contractual oversight in alleged CPS ventilation assessments
The Union, as a collective bargaining representative, has a right under contract and the law to access worksites to assess the safety conditions under which its members are required to work. LINK to ULP here.
read moreMayor Lightfoot and CPS: No compliance, no plan and no shame
CPS and the mayor have provided no detailed plan on how they intend to resume in-person instruction for the second quarter. CPS also has refused to commit to bargaining with our union over its decision on when and how to resume in-person instruction.A precedent-setting grievance win
Important victory undercuts principals who manipulate endorsement and certification requirements to arbitrarily lay off teachers despite their experience. While we continue to battle CPS and the Mayor in their dangerous plan to push thousands of members and students back into schools next month, we’re pleased to report an important victory at Funston Elementary. The principal […]Our union mourns the passing of President Sharkey’s mother, Lee Sharkey
Teacher and poet raised her son to be compassionate and committed to the greater good.Your Union is Here to Help
Caring, united, democratic: CTU is more than 25,000 teachers, paraprofessionals and clinicians acting as one.
Join a Committee
CTU committees are a great way for any member to make a difference. Join one now!
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.
