Mendoza cements Lightfoot’s role as Rahm’s heir apparent
Machine politician’s endorsement of Lightfoot comes as growing number of #RahmsCoalition members jack up campaign contributions and political backing for corporate attorney.
CTU to rally for fair contracts for charter educators, announce strike vote dates
With 13 schools bargaining with seven operators, charter educators are demanding fair pay and benefits, wraparound supports for students, adequately resourced classrooms.
Alderman Lopez targets teachers for ‘electioneering’ in wake of poor forum performance
In move that one teacher calls ‘Trumpish’, Lopez targets teachers in electioneering complaint after students ask him hard questions at aldermanic forums.
CTU stands with CSO strikers as Mabie and fellow board members wage war on pensions for musicians and teachers
Wealthy CSO board treasurer James Mabie co-founded ChiArts high school—and both outfits refuse to fund workers’ pensions. CHICAGO—Finance executives have salivated for decades at the prospect of getting their hands on workers’ retirement nest eggs and the...
Scraps for schools comes with distorted priorities, huge handouts to wealthy developers
Emanuel’s token funding for schools cannot erase injustice of multi-billion dollar handouts to wealthy developers, academy project jammed through over community opposition, as Black male youth are pushed out of CPS—or die—before they can graduate. CHICAGO, March...
UIC, give your graduate workers a fair contract
For more than a year, management has rejected living wages or fee waivers for its most critical frontline workers, the highly skilled teaching assistants and graduate assistants who anchor UIC’s mission. CHICAGO, March 19, 2019—CTU President Jesse Sharkey issued the...
Chico and Vallas and their corporate mayoral candidate
Lightfoot’s willingness to embrace worst predators in public school space underscores her unfitness for office. CHICAGO, March 14, 2019—Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey issued the following statement today in wake of the announcement that public...
We stand with striking musicians
Any attack on the right to a retirement with dignity is wrong – whether it’s at a school like ChiArts, which is training the next generation of artists or a world class institution like the CSO, where our students aspire to perform one day, says CTU. CHICAGO, March...
7AM, Tues.: Teachers to oppose CPS test that undercuts newly arrived immigrant children
Forcing non-English-speaking students to take high-stakes test robs children of valuable learning time and undercuts students’ education, charge teachers, who urge CPS to support parents who want to opt out their children. CHICAGO—A third of Chicago’s public school...
