CTU waited in bargaining for hours, as mayor demands ‘major concessions’ on CDC health metric, testing, teaching remotely for educators with medically fragile family members.
- 7:15 p.m. TODAY, Sunday, Jan. 31: Press conference will be livestreamed to CTU Facebook page. Reporters, please register for Zoom press conference via the link in your email.
CHICAGO—CTU officers and attorneys who waited for hours for CPS to join them in bargaining today will hold a press conference at 7:15 p.m. tonight, Sunday, January 31, to update the press and the public on the status of bargaining. CPS announced this evening that it would be locking out educators who continue to teach remotely on Monday before the Union and CPS have landed an agreement on a safe path to reopen classrooms.
Reporters, please register for tonight’s 7:15 p.m. press conference via the link in your email.
The Chicago Teachers Union represents more than 25,000 teachers and educational support personnel working in Chicago Public Schools, and by extension, the nearly 400,000 students and families they serve. The CTU is an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers and the Illinois Federation of Teachers and is the third-largest teachers local in the United States. For more information please visit the CTU website at www.ctulocal1.org.
