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 CTU Communications | January 10, 2022 | News, News Advisory
File under: Bargaining, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Lori Lightfoot, Spry
CTU day of action begins with press conference at Spry Elementary in Little Village, where, last week, 130 students were absent on Jan. 3, and more than 30 percent of students present tested positive for COVID-19.
By CTU Communications | January 10, 2022 | News, Press Release
File under: Bargaining, COVID, COVID testing, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools
Educators are not the enemy Mayor Lightfoot wants them to be. They are parents, grandparents, clergy, community partners and Chicagoans.
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 Communications | December 27, 2021 | News
File under: Bargaining, Safe return, Safety, Year in review
The courage and unity of our rank-and-file members secured a landmark agreement, and one of the best safety pacts in the U.S. for district educators and their students.
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 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 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.
By Chris Geovanis | September 3, 2021 | News
File under: Bargaining, COVID-19, Lori Lightfoot
At the bargaining table yesterday, we learned the obvious consequences of Mayor Lightfoot’s unsafe conditions. We started school on Monday with a little over 230 students in quarantine. In the last three days, we’ve seen a 400 percent increase in those numbers,...
