By CTU Communications | September 5, 2023 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Bargaining Update, ChiArts: Chicago High School for the Arts
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.
By Jesse Sharkey, CTU President | January 11, 2022 | _News
File under: Bargaining, Bargaining Update, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Safety
The decision was made to bring the proposed agreement to the entire active membership for their final say. If the agreement is voted up, we do everything in our power to enforce what is there. If the agreement is voted down, we will have to hold another House meeting and decide when we are resuming the action.
By Jesse Sharkey, CTU President | December 29, 2021 | _News
File under: Bargaining, Bargaining Update
A strong safety committee is essential for identifying safety concerns, raising issues to your principal and generating pressure if remedies aren’t happening quickly enough.
By CTU President Jesse Sharkey | October 21, 2021 | _News
File under: Bargaining, Bargaining Update, COVID-19
Another day of bargaining with the mayor’s team makes clear she has yet to order her crew to move off their obstructionism and work WITH us rather than against us in supporting our school communities. This is clearly not our first time at this rodeo, so this...By Jesse Sharkey, President | October 8, 2021 | _News
File under: Action, Bargaining Update, COVID-19
Given what we heard at the bargaining table yesterday — more of the same lies, dishonesty and, if you can believe it, more lack of concern for our members and our school communities — we believe united, city-wide action by our members is the only thing that will force her to relent.
By Christel Williams-Hayes, Recording Secretary | October 6, 2021 | _News, Resolutions
File under: Bargaining Update, COVID-19
This resolution calls for the Union to institute escalating actions in order to win safety measures throughout the district. The House of Delegates overwhelmingly adopted the resolution at its October 6, 2021 monthly meeting.
By CTU President Jesse Sharkey | October 6, 2021 | _News
File under: Bargaining, Bargaining Update, COVID-19, HOD, Lori Lightfoot
We have yet to receive a comprehensive proposal from Chicago Public Schools, which cancelled our bargaining session yesterday to allow more time for the new CPS CEO to get up to speed. As you may know, the district is reducing the length of quarantine despite its... 
By Jesse Sharkey, CTU President | October 1, 2021 | _News
File under: Bargaining, Bargaining Update
We only heard talking points yesterday when new CPS CEO Pedro Martinez and Dr. Alison Arwady spoke to the press. That includes mischaracterizations of our positions, half-truths about safety and deceptive statistics.
By CTU President Jesse Sharkey | September 15, 2021 | _News
File under: Bargaining Update, COVID testing, COVID-19
Sisters and Brothers: We’ve been raising the alarm for months that Mayor Lightfoot’s CPS team was bungling this fall’s reopening plan and, at Tuesday’s bargaining session, they tacitly admitted we’re right. They developed the mayor’s “plan” — focused... By Jesse Sharkey, CTU President | September 9, 2021 | _News
File under: Bargaining, Bargaining Update
“We’ll get back to you” isn’t good enough during a global pandemic, when people, especially in our hardest hit Black and Brown communities, are still falling ill, suffering and dying.
