By Eric Ruder | January 24, 2023 | _News
File under: Calendar, Calendar Feedback Survey
Yet again, the mayor’s team at CPS has shown that they want CTU’s agreement without engaging us in collective bargaining. CPS reached out to CTU in December, shortly before the Winter Break, asking us to meet with them to get our “feedback” on the SY 23-24 calendar. We informed them that we were willing to meet to bargain with them over the calendar due to the repeal of section 4.5 of the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. The mayor’s attorneys continued to deflect any bargaining obligation and said they’d “consider our input.” Their misinterpretation of their duty to bargain our calendar is another example of how the mayor’s team makes even the simplest endeavor impossible.
By CTU Communications | March 21, 2022 | _News
File under: Calendar, PBD, professional development
March 21, 2022: CTU President Jesse Sharkey sent members the following update on bargaining around the proposed BOE school calendar for 2022-23, to be voted on at the board’s March 23 meeting. Today, CPS released the agenda for this Wednesday’s board of...By Jesse Sharkey, CTU President | February 10, 2022 | _News
File under: Calendar, CPS: Chicago Public Schools
We formally communicated to CPS today that we want to start bargaining immediately over its efforts to modify the academic calendar — just as school officials across the state routinely bargain these terms with their unions.
By Grievance Department | January 24, 2020 | _News
File under: Calendar, Flex Days, professional development
Due to strike makeup days, the year-end professional development days have been pushed back. See the table below.
