Epic charter students rally today for fired teachers
EPIC students call on charter management to reverse retaliatory firings of four teachers, including one educator identifying as non-heterosexual and targeted for his support of LGBTQIA+ students.
Locked out CTU educators, allies to car ‘picket’ in caravan for safe
Locked out CTU educators, allies to ‘picket’ in car caravan for safe school reopening Reports of COVID at schools grow, as CPS continues to fail to deliver on promised safety measures and double digit COVID rates rise in Black and Brown Chicago...
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.
On first day of school, CTU teachers eager to return to educating students despite concerns about CPS plan
Teachers will pull back curtain on what remote classrooms look like, as Mayor’s school board continues to refuse to bargain on strategies to improve remote learning for students. 7:00 a.m. Press Conference: CTU teachers, officers Via Zoom: Reporters,...
Press conference, 10:30A, 7/16: We must begin this fall school year with remote learning
10:30 a.m., Thursday, July 16: press conference via Zoom on reopening schools.To pre-register, email communications@ctulocal1.org. Wednesday, July 22: Car...
Father of student who cops attacked in school to join marchers demanding end to CPS/CPD contract
Laurentio Howard, whose 16-year-old daughter was assaulted and tased by cops in her high school, supports call for CPS to invest in student needs, COVID-19 safety – not cops in schools. Noon, TODAY, June 24 Car Caravans/marches: Marchers assembling at Federal...
CPS students, teachers, parents to CPS: We demand a safe and equitable reopening of schools
Noon, Tuesday, June 23: Press conference via Zoom (pre-registration required – contact Alexis at alexis@unitedworkingfamilies.org or...
CTU frontline educators battle deep staffing cuts at CICS charter schools
1:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 23: Press availability via Zoom. CICS management continues to hoard $35 million in public education funds, while proposing layoffs that will undercut students’ educations, derail ability to support special needs students. CHICAGO—CTU...
CTU to join students, grassroots groups calling for cops out of Chicago public schools
Student activists have convened series of actions this week to urge CPS, Lightfoot to follow in footsteps of school districts in Minneapolis, Portland OR and replace cops in schools with trauma supports, restorative justice programming, counselors, social workers....
