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South Side Black residents need assurances of access to emergency services
Provident Hospital frontline workers and patients deserve solidarity, assurances that care for working class South Side Black families will improve rather than be diminished. CHICAGO, April 6, 2020—Registered nurses at Provident Hospital are holding a media... read moreNew rules to healthcare leaves and updates on pay, telehealth and more
Teachers have been using this week to work with their principal on a remote learning strategy and will be paid through PHE. Members will also be paid their earned vacation pay for Spring Break, April 6-10. Upon returning from vacation, members will begin teleworking.
Voices of the Rank-and-File: To families from teachers in “our new classrooms”
“Am I doing this right? Am I doing enough? Am I screwing this up? Should I be doing more with my child?” The answers to those questions are simple: Absolutely. …
$205M in fed support to CPS must address gaping holes in equity
Digital divide thwarts remote learning for thousands of students while needs for health care, trauma supports go unaddressed. CHICAGO, April 2, 2020—CPS is expected to receive $205 million from the federal government to address costs and needs associated with the...
CTU Remote Learning Guidance
We met with CPS about its remote learning plan and forthcoming guidance this weekend, and after a planning week and Spring Break, remote learning begins the week of April 13.
Voices of the Rank-and-File: Opposing both faces of racism
Racism and xenophobia existed long before Donald Trump, and have a long and unfortunate history not just in politics, but in our unions.
Mayor to place childcare centers in schools, staff with rank-and-file volunteers
The mayor wants to line up volunteer CTU staff support for childcare centers in a small number of schools located near hospitals to care for children of healthcare workers. We need more assurances on member safety and we’re pushing for them.
Effectively organizing during COVID-19
CTU delegates were sent this message with the goal of ensuring that organizing continues, even as members work remotely.
Resources for STLS families
Students in Temporary Living Situations (students who may be homeless, “doubled up” or in a similar situation) have resources available through CPS to help them get through this COVID-19 emergency.
UPDATE: Telehealth now includes behavioral/mental health treatment
CTU members with the PPO health plan can obtain unlimited telehealth mental health sessions. Three are free. Subsequent visits are covered according to the plan…
Voices of the Rank-and-File: Routines as a tool to manage anxiety
What are some of the positive portions of your routines while socially isolating/socially distancing? Send a video to sspencer16@cps.edu and let us know!
Voices of the Rank-and-File: Let us build together, and care for one another
Instead of waiting to be reactive, we must be prepared and ready to be the ones to push for a space of radical imagination and community.
The days ahead will be no different from the days we have already experienced
Our goal as a union right now is to protect educators, students, parents and anyone connected to our schools from taking on additional financial hardship.
Voices of the Rank-and-File: Five reasons why I had a sobbing meltdown within 24 hours of school closing down, and five things that are making it better
It wasn’t my best moment. I wasn’t especially proud, as the one in my family who has always been the rock in times of crisis, that I was sitting on the edge of my bed crying, and I couldn’t really even articulate why.
Voices of the Rank-and-File: Gratitude Intro for Teens
Our sister Samantha Spencer at Sullivan HS with the latest edition of her school closing vlog talking about resiliency, gratitude and the little things that help us get by—like cats!
Voices of the Rank-and-File: Reach out to someone you care about today
Reach out to someone you care about today.
General CTU Announcement
Teachers will be able to transfer schools for Fall 2020 without principal permission between April 8, 2020 and May 23, 2020.
COVID19 Info & Action
Learn more about how CTU is working with Chicago Public Schools to make sure our schools are safe and secure. Learn more and take action to demand emergency response from CPS and the mayor.
