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Chicago Public Schools clerk, entire immediate family infected with COVID-19

By CTU Communications | November 2, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: Clerks, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Lori Lightfoot, school clerks, technology coordinators

Mayor Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools continue to force clerks, clerk assistants and technology coordinators to choose between their lives and their livelihoods.

Chicago area labor unions to issue statement, discuss steps to protect integrity of election

By CTU Communications | November 2, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: AFGE Local 704, Chicago Teachers Union, Cook County College Teachers Union Local 1600, CTU, Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE), SEIU Healthcare Illinois Indiana Missouri and Kansas, SEIU Local 73, United Electrical, Warehouse Worker Organizing Committee

Unions commit to take whatever non-violent action is required to ensure a free and fair election in which all votes are counted, and that ensures peaceful transition of power. 11:00 a.m., TODAY, Mon., Nov. 2: Labor press conference, Thompson Center, 100 W. Randolph....

CTU unveils school COVID-19 tracker as citywide positivity nears 8 percent

By CTU Communications | October 28, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: Black, Clerks, COVID, COVID tracker, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Latinx, Lori Lightfoot, school clerks, technology coordinators

With COVID-19 surging and CPS refusing to answer parents’ questions, Union launches tracker to help identify schools with positive cases. CHICAGO, Oct. 28, 2020—The Chicago Teachers Union today is launching its citywide, school COVID-19 tracker to aid members in...

Parents demand answers to safety concerns as mayor pushes return to unsafe buildings

By GEM: Grassroots Education Movement | October 26, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, GEM: Grassroots Education Movement

For Immediate Release | GEM: Grassroots Education Movement | CONTACT: Jianan Shi, 617-838-1420, jianan@ilraiseyourhand.org (courtesy repost on behalf of GEM groups)...

Our union mourns the passing of President Sharkey’s mother, Lee Sharkey

By CTU Communications | October 19, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: Jesse Sharkey, Lee Sharkey

Teacher and poet raised her son to be compassionate and committed to the greater good.

CPS indifference to real equity undercuts student enrollment, presents challenges for November return

By CTU Communications | October 16, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Lori Lightfoot, Stacy Davis Gates

Pre-K drop driven by a number of factors, including a confusing registration process, district refusal to collaborate with educators and parents and mayor’s failure to provide devices for Pre-K students. CHICAGO, Oct. 16, 2020—Chicago Teachers Union Vice...

Mayor’s plan to resume November in-school learning is dangerous

By CTU Communications | October 15, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Lori Lightfoot

CTU to launch independent COVID tracker as CPS fails to publicly disclose over 20 schools running with skeleton crews that have seen COVID-19 cases this fall. 7:00 a.m. Friday, Oct. 16: Press conference via Zoom. Reporters can pre-register via the link in their email...

AFT president: We need Fair Tax, safe learning during COVID, new leadership in DC

By CTU Communications | October 13, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Fair Tax, Randi Weingar

CTU support for Fair Tax part of broad effort to bring equitable funding, policies to public education sphere as pandemic rages locally—and Mayor’s hand-picked board of ed refuses to follow binding arbitration decision on remote working during COVID spike. 10:00...

To grow educators of color, CPS must eradicate the policies that threaten them

By CTU Communications | October 13, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: Black, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Grow Your Own, Latinx, Stacy Davis Gates

Increasing diversity is just one step. CPS needs to care for, respect and nurture the Black and Brown teachers we already have. CHICAGO, Oct. 13, 2020—Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates issued the following statement today regarding Chicago Public...

Mayor, CPS try to strongarm clerks into false choice between safety and livelihood

By CTU Communications | October 7, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Lori Lightfoot, school clerks, technology coordinators

Lightfoot’s handpicked district leaders ignore arbitrator’s legally binding ruling and threaten jobs of workers who exercise right to work safely by working remotely. CHICAGO, Oct. 7, 2020—CPS has threatened to discipline workers who exercise their right...