Bargaining Updates
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2019-24 Contract Ratification Vote Totals
November 20, 2019
The tentative agreement reached on October 31 between the Board of Education and the Chicago Teachers Union was ratified by
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Critical Next Steps In Our Contract Fight
November 4, 2019
We've scheduled a referendum vote on the tentative agreement for Thursday, November 14. We’ll hold several meetings to discuss the
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Class size provision explained…
November 3, 2019
We've updated the summary of what's in the TA and included a second page with a detailed explanation of how
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What we’ve accomplished and what comes next
November 1, 2019
It’s important to note that most of the wins in our new tentative agreement — especially the substantial raise for
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Bargaining / Strike Update: TA today, when Lori relents our strike will end.
October 31, 2019
Delegates voted 364 to 242, with four abstentions, to accept the revised tentative agreement on the condition that Mayor Lightfoot
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Bargaining Update: Picket lines Monday morning, SEIU TA, Janice Jackson showed up
October 28, 2019
Our bargaining team left negotiations at 9:30pm tonight with the same deal on the table as when they left at
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Bargaining Update: Del Valle endorses CTU special ed demands, $38 million separates proposals, Rev. Barber on Sunday
October 27, 2019
The day started with a Union Park rally and Board of Education President Miguel del Valle pledging support for our
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Bargaining Update: VICTORY at Passages Charter School! 10am Saturday at Union Park!
October 25, 2019
Educators at Passages Charter School won a tentative agreement today that enshrines in the contract key provisions that are still
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Bargaining Update: A good day at schools, at CTU and at the bargaining table
October 24, 2019
At the end of the day, both parties described it as “a good day” of discussions. Many topics were passed
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Bargaining Update: Sea of Red and Purple Drowns Out Mayor’s Austerity Talk; Leads to progress on “not sexy” aspects of
October 23, 2019
More than 30,000 members of CTU, SEIU Local 73 and our allies and supporters rallied downtown. In bargaining, we’ve now
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Bargaining Update: While Lightfoot Stalls Progress, Coaches Give Moving Testimony
October 22, 2019
As Mayor Lightfoot’s ultimatum halts actual bargaining, today coaches from around the city testified to the CPS bargaining team about
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Pritzker’s executive order gives the Illinois Department of Corrections permission to allow "medically vulnerable" inmates out of prison temporarily.
Pritzker signs executive order allowing prisoner furloughs
Pritzker’s executive order gives the Illinois Department of Corrections permission to allow "medically vulnerable" inmates out of prison temporarily.
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Essential workers aren't sacrificial workers. We must protect them all. Safety and solidarity.
City workers say they’re picking up 50 percent more garbage — with no masks
"We’ve got to clean these routes because we don’t want no problems with rats. But it’s a lot of garbage. Everybody’s cleaning out. You’ve got couches. You’ve got everything in the alleys. It’s loaded," a union official told the Sun-Times.
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Cook County Jail is currently the biggest coronavirus hotspot in the United States.
Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count
A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.
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A health care worker positive for COVID-19 *could* be used as a reason to shut any hospital, but it's *only* being used to shut down an ER in a majority Black neighborhood. Meanwhile, Cook County Jail is still open, where 230 inmates and 92 staff have tested positive. Hmmm.
Provident nurses, healthcare workers demand hospital’s ER remain open: ‘We are in emergency’
The protest comes just a few days after Cook County Health announced that it would close the emergency department at Provident Hospital for about a month starting Monday to figure out a better way to handle the "large volume of patients" and "challenges of a pandemic" at the South Side hospital.
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We've heard from educators and families all over the city who are looking for ways to get what they need to survive this crisis, and CTU organizers have compiled this list of resources on everything from healthcare to housing assistance, food assistance to unemployment rights, and regional and mutual aid resources. Read and share.
Resources to Aid Families During the COVID‑19 Shutdown | Chicago Teachers Union
Resources to Aid Families During the COVID‑19 Shutdown We Care for Our School Families CTU members are painfully aware of the inequitable opportunities and supports for CPS students and their families. We’ve heard from educators all over that they’re looking for ways to help students and fa...
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West Ridge, one of the most diverse communities in the country, has a similar rate of COVID-19 testing as the Loop and West Loop, but over 200 more cases. This is what happens when you have immigrant and refugee families living under elected city leaders who have proven incapable of protecting them. Don't do better. Do SOMETHING.
West Ridge Has Highest Number Of Coronavirus Cases In City: ‘We Must Take This As A Call To Action’
Over 225 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the diverse North Side neighborhood, according to the state of Illinois.
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General CTU Announcement
Administrative Transfer Window
Teachers will be able to transfer schools for Fall 2020 without principal permission between April 8, 2020 and May 23, 2020.
