CTU VP Stacy Davis Gates provides update on day one of fact-finding, prospects for strike
2:30 p.m. briefing will take place at the office of CPS lead counsel Jim Franczek, 300 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago.
TODAY, 4:30PM – Bargaining update: Latest CPS contract proposals fail students
4:30 p.m. TODAY, Thurs., July 11: press conference/bargaining update CTU headquarters, 1901 W. Carroll, Chicago Less than eight weeks before students return to school, CPS and CTU remain far apart on equity demands for students and schools, as CPS stalls in investing...
CTU to Lightfoot: Keep your promise and end toxic Rahm agenda in public schools
10:30 a.m. TODAY, July 1: Press conference re CTU contract fight for ed equity CTU headquarters, 1901 W. Carroll, Chicago Candidate Lightfoot ran on platform to extend democracy, ensure equity and infuse school communities with necessary supports and staffing. But...
CTU to CPS: Clock is ticking. Time to start bargaining in earnest
4PM TODAY, Thurs., June 13: press conference CTU Center, 1901 W. Carroll Ave., Chicago CPS reverses position, agrees to bargain today, as contract expiration date looms. CTU bargaining team will hold press conference at 4PM today as both teams bargain. CHICAGO—In a...
CTU to CPS: Stop stalling and start bargaining
4PM, Thurs., June 13: press conference CTU Center, 1901 W. Carroll Ave., Chicago With contract expiring in two weeks, CPS blows off second negotiating session in a week with CTU bargaining team. CHICAGO—The mayoral controlled Chicago Public Schools has cancelled a...CTU members, allies fighting in Springfield today for elected school board, restoration of bargaining rights
Union lobbying downstate for the restoration of bargaining rights and to bring democracy back to the decision-making process for Chicago’s public schools.
Latino Youth HS settles, strike continues at charter operator Instituto’s schools
Latino Youth strikers win sanctuary protections, mental health support, restorative justice, culturally appropriate curricula for low-income, Latinx high school students, as strike at Instituto schools continues.
7A/1P TODAY: Friday actions to push management on financial shell games and demand fair contracts at three striking charter schools
7AM TODAY, May 3: Press conference/picket lines IHSCA, 2520 S. Western Ave., Chicago. (Picket lines at all three striking schools: IHSCA, IJLA, LYHS) 1PM TODAY, May 3: Rally and March IHSCA, 2520 S. Western Ave. Strikers will march to Instituto CEO’s office at...
AFT’s Weingarten to join CTU charter educators to kick off multi-employer strike
Press conference/rally: 5PM, Wednesday, May 1 Chicago High School for the Arts, 2714 W. Augusta Blvd., Chicago Teachers, support staff are striking for living wages, adequate student supports, pension rights, protections for immigrant and special education students....General CTU Announcement
CTU members, allies fighting in Springfield today for elected school board, restoration of bargaining rights
Union lobbying downstate for the restoration of bargaining rights and to bring democracy back to the decision-making process for Chicago’s public schools.
CHICAGO, May 29, 2019—Chicago Teachers Union members and community partners will be in the Illinois Capitol today lobbying for bargaining rights and democracy in Chicago Public Schools. Two bills—House bills 2267 and 2275—are currently pending in Springfield that would ensure that parents and community members have a voice in school governance, and restore Union collective bargaining rights that were stripped when mayoral control of CPS began in 1995.
HB2275 is the Union's bill to restore CTU bargaining rights and bring Chicago in line with other Illinois school districts by repealing Section 4.5 of the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act—the labor law governing CPS educators. HB2275 would require the district to bargain over class size, clinician staffing, special education teachers, paraprofessional staffing and other working conditions that every other district in the state is required to negotiate over.
HB2267 creates an elected representative school board for Chicago. Senate President John Cullerton, who long held the bill up at the behest of his friend, Rahm Emanuel, is currently doing the same for new Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Lightfoot campaigned for mayor on the promise of an elected school board, yet has asked for the bill to be stalled by Cullerton, who, currying favor with another Chicago mayor, was more than happy to oblige.
"If the mayor has concerns with a bill that she showed no objection to prior to being elected, then we urge her to have some serious and meaningful conversations with the real stakeholders in this—the individuals who have provided multiple iterations of the bill since it was first put on the ballot in 2012," CTU President Jesse Sharkey said.
The current session in Springfield ends May 31 at 11:59 p.m.
