By Anti-racist and immigrant rights groups | January 21, 2023 | _News
File under: Anti-racism, BPNC: Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, BYP100: Black Youth Project 100, CCW: Collaborative for Community Wellness, CHI: Chicago Housing Initiative, Chicago Teachers Union, CTU: Únete, Lori Lightfoot, NMW: Not Me We, OCAD: Organized Communities Against Deportation, Sanctuary, STOP: Southside Together Organizing for Power, UWF: United Working Families, Woodlawn
Please add your name and comment to the collective letter to Mayor Lightfoot drafted by anti-racist and immigrant rights groups from throughout the city. We will deliver your signature, your comment and the letter along with others who sign on.
By CTU Communications | October 14, 2022 | _News
File under: Chicago Teachers Union, Lashawn Wallace, member leaders, Organizing, PSRP: Paraprofessional and School Related Personnel
Lashawn Wallace began her career as an instructional aide at Dett Elementary and thought she wanted to become a teacher. But after attending a CTU meeting, she realized organizing was her passion.
By CTU Communications | February 24, 2022 | _News, Chicago Union Teacher, Features, Movement
File under: Chicago Teachers Union, LSC elections, LSC: Local School Council
As LSC election season kicks off, the CTU is encouraging members to run for teacher rep positions on their school’s council. Serving on your LSC is an important way to exercise power in your building and hold CPS and your administration accountable.
By CTU Communications | January 12, 2021 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Lori Lightfoot, Miguel del Valle
Lockout has disrupted education for thousands of Black and Brown students, as educators continue to document safety failures and COVID cases at their schools. 7A TODAY, Wednesday, 1/13: Press conference/teach-out, with locked out teachers, in front of CPS board of...By CTU Communications | January 3, 2021 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Lori Lightfoot, pre-k, special education cluster
Black and Brown parents join CTU members in rejecting in-person learning, as CPS continues to reject accommodations for workers — including CTU member with brain tumor — and schools remain largest single source of COVID exposure in state. 6:30 a.m. Mon., Jan. 4 —...By CTU Communications | December 17, 2020 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Bargaining Update, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, IELRB, Jesse Sharkey, Section 4.5
CHICAGO, Dec. 17, 2020—Today the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board (IELRB), on a split 2-1 vote, denied the Union’s request to seek a preliminary injunction against CPS’ unilaterally developed plan to resume in-person learning on Jan. 4. The two-member...By CTU Communications | December 16, 2020 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Lori Lightfoot, vigil
Schools are largest source of COVID exposure in state, with numbers in suburban Cook close to 20% of cases, even as Lightfoot and CPS insist on reopening schools in less than three weeks. 5:00 p.m. Thurs., Dec. 17 — Candlelight vigil: Cather Elementary School, 2908 W.... 
By CTU Communications | November 5, 2020 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Bargaining Update, Chicago Teachers Union, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, IELRB, Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board, Thad Goodchild, ULP: Unfair Labor Practice
CHICAGO, Nov. 5, 2020—Chicago Teachers Union Deputy General Counsel Thaddeus Goodchild issued the following statement regarding today’s Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board ruling that denied the Union’s request for preliminary injunction in... By CTU Communications | November 4, 2020 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Jesse Sharkey, reopening, ventilation
Mayor and CPS finally relent to releasing ventilation data, but fail to test HVAC systems properly or allow independent verification as parents and educators call for more transparency and involvement in safety discussions. CHICAGO, Nov. 4, 2020—Despite announcing an... By CTU Communications | November 2, 2020 | _News, _Press Release
File under: AFGE Local 704, Chicago Teachers Union, Cook County College Teachers Union Local 1600, 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—up to and including a general strike—to ensure a free and fair election in which all votes are counted, and that ensures peaceful transition of power. 5:00 p.m., Wed., Nov. 4: Labor rally to defend...
