Member Bulletin for September 19, 2023
Topics include: LEAD, Skyline survey, SPED chief search, Hispanic Heritage Month and more!
CTU Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
The Chicago Teachers Union is proud to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and to lift up the culture, contributions and voices of the vibrant and growing Latine community in the city of Chicago!
Member Bulletin for September 12, 2023
Topics include LEAD, CTU sick days, ChiArts vote, policy fellowship, class size drop-in, and more!
Election to Fill Vacancies on the CTU Executive Board
There are six (6) Elementary School Teacher Functional Vice President vacancies to fill unexpired terms on the CTU Executive Board. Per the CTU Constitution, the vacancies will be filled by nominations and elections held in the House of Delegates. Read the procedures for this election here.
Member Bulletin for September 7, 2023
Topics in this bulletin include: ChiArts tentative agreement, support your PAC, LEAD, UAW solidarity, class size webinar, and more!
A message from CTU President Stacy Davis Gates
Dear Union Sibling: You may have seen the recent online attacks against my family and our union related to the school where my eldest child recently enrolled. This story was initiated by a disgruntled former CTU employee with a history of violent incidents who has stalked members of my family and now publicly doxed my teenage son online, posting his name, photo, school, sports team and more, violating my son’s privacy and threatening his safety and the safety of his schoolmates.
ChiArts Educators Reach Tentative Agreement with School Management
CHICAGO — On Wednesday evening, union educators and art instructors at Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts) reached a tentative agreement with the school’s board of directors on a new four-year contract that will center the needs of the scholar-artists, students and their families who live at the core of the school’s mission.
Now Hiring: Green schools organizer
The Organizer will work with labor, environmental, and community allies to sustain and expand a grassroots Green Schools Campaign in Chicago. This is a full-time in person position, based in the Chicago area with one day a week at CJI offices.
CTU PAC powers big political wins for our schools
Decades of oppositional mayors, city councils and legislatures have undermined public education and public services and have stood in the way of efforts to win the schools Chicago’s students deserve. The CTU PAC powers our efforts to sweep those political obstacles out of the way.
Update: ChiArts strike suspended thanks to substantial breakthroughs
Strike action has been suspended for Wednesday, September 6. We have not yet reached a tentative agreement, but substantial progress gives the bargaining team strong hope of an agreement without strike action. Stand by and continue to show solidarity.
