By Eric Ruder | January 30, 2023 | News
Will you write a letter to let Mayor Lightfoot and the Chicago Bears know what you think about them cutting stipends for girls flag football coaches? After the start of this year’s season, the mayor’s team sent an email to coaches, saying that the previously quoted coaching stipend amounts were incorrect and would be cut in half. Whaaaat?
By Chris Geovanis | January 29, 2023 | News
File under: Michelle Correa, Tara Stamps
Each week, we’re sharing stories about our amazing school leaders. This week, it’s CTU Administrator of New Teacher Development Tara Stamps and Christopher House counselor and charter organizer Michelle Correa.
By Chris Geovanis | January 26, 2023 | News
File under: Parental Leave
Nothing prevents expanded parental leave from happening for our educators and support staff — except for the mayor’s obvious bias towards our overwhelmingly female and female-oriented workers in our schools.
By Erica Clark | January 26, 2023 | News
File under: Tara Stamps, We Care
Being the daughter of civil rights icon Marion Stamps, Tara Stamps had some big shoes to fill. But, as an educator, organizer, two-time aldermanic candidate, brilliant orator and single mother of three, most people who know Stamps think she has some pretty big shoes of her own.
By Jackson Potter | January 25, 2023 | News
File under: Brandon Johnson, Chicago municipal election, Lori Torres, Mueze Bawany
Every time CTU Vice President Jackson Potter heads out canvassing, he has doubts. Will people answer their doors? Will they take a few minutes to listen? Will it make a difference in who they vote for or the issues they prioritize? The answer is a resounding, yes!
By CTU Communications | January 25, 2023 | News
File under: Christopher House, CTU-ACTS, Michelle Correa
Guest teaching can be a grueling, kick-you-in-the-stomach kind of experience. But CTU member Michelle Correa got her start teaching as a guest teacher and she wouldn’t have had it any other way. That’s how she fell in love with the “chaos of the classroom.”
By Eric Ruder | January 24, 2023 | News
File under: Calendar, Calendar Feedback Survey
Yet again, the mayor’s team at CPS has shown that they want CTU’s agreement without engaging us in collective bargaining. CPS reached out to CTU in December, shortly before the Winter Break, asking us to meet with them to get our “feedback” on the SY 23-24 calendar. We informed them that we were willing to meet to bargain with them over the calendar due to the repeal of section 4.5 of the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. The mayor’s attorneys continued to deflect any bargaining obligation and said they’d “consider our input.” Their misinterpretation of their duty to bargain our calendar is another example of how the mayor’s team makes even the simplest endeavor impossible.
By Anti-racist and immigrant rights groups | January 21, 2023 | News
File under: Anti-racism, BPNC: Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, BYP100: Black Youth Project 100, CCW: Collaborative for Community Wellness, CHI: Chicago Housing Initiative, Chicago Teachers Union, CTU: Únete, Lori Lightfoot, NMW: Not Me We, OCAD: Organized Communities Against Deportation, Sanctuary, STOP: Southside Together Organizing for Power, UWF: United Working Families, Woodlawn
Please add your name and comment to the collective letter to Mayor Lightfoot drafted by anti-racist and immigrant rights groups from throughout the city. We will deliver your signature, your comment and the letter along with others who sign on.
By Chris Geovanis | January 19, 2023 | News, Press Release
File under: UIC United Faculty, University of Illinois Chicago
CHICAGO, Jan. 19, 2023 — UIC United Faculty’s strike is in its third day — and the Chicago Teachers Union is proud to continue to stand in solidarity with our fellow trade unionists who were forced onto the picket lines this week. As educators in Chicago Public...By Chris Geovanis | January 15, 2023 | News, Press Release
File under: Lori Lightfoot, Parental Leave
Randi Weingarten, who heads up union of 1.7 million teachers and support staff, to join educators, allies to demand CPS parental leave that mirrors what mayor offered to City workers – but has now been indefinitely delayed for educators, support staff.