Mayor must stop starving South, West Side schoolchildren, say CTU, SEIU Local 73 in joint statement
In move Unions decry as collective punishment, CPS cancels food distribution at schools late Sunday night, after assuring families earlier Sunday that food would be available. CHICAGO, June 1, 2020—CPS is already forcing children living in areas of extreme unrest and...CPS must empower families, students and educators in planning for fall school year
As students struggle to access remote learning, top-down CPS planning undercuts voices of families, insights of educators, and needs of district’s most disadvantaged students. CHICAGO, May 27, 2020—CTU President Jesse Sharkey released the following statement today in...
Lawsuit against U.S. Department of Education, mayor’s appointed Board of Ed moves forward
DeVos, Lightfoot on same page in blaming teachers and clinicians for agencies’ ongoing and chronic failure to adequately support special needs students. See links to press conference here and lawsuit here. CHICAGO, May 20, 2020—The CTU blasted Chicago Mayor Lori...
NLRB backs EPIC charter workers, mandates mail-in vote on workers’ bid to join CTU
Labor Board also disappoints frontline workers by excluding three from bargaining unit. CHICAGO, May 19, 2020—Educators at EPIC Academy College Prep seeking to join the Chicago Teachers Union celebrated Monday afternoon when the NLRB — the National Labor...
Mayor is either misinformed or dishonest about ‘consulting’ Union on dangerous, irresponsible mandates
CPS has tried to force school clerks back into buildings without guarantees of PPE or clean facilities, while mayor’s school bosses have imposed dangerous, irresponsible mandates on CTU rank-and-file. CHICAGO, May 8, 2020—CTU President Jesse Sharkey issued the...
CTU, local FOX stations partner on educational programming during pandemic
“We Still Teach” initiative will connect Union’s dynamic teaching force with students sheltering in place, particularly those who continue to lack broadband access and/or electronic devices to work remotely.
CPS must move equity from paper to reality for students
We remain committed to working with the mayor and her appointed Board of Education collaboratively, and we’ll continue to bargain with management to ensure that its promises become real in our schools and in our communities.
