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.... 
By CTU Communications | September 23, 2020 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Breonna Taylor, Chicago Teachers Union, CTU, Jesse Sharkey, police impunity, racial justice, white supremacy
It’s past time for politicians who promise real change, real equity and real hope to make good on those promises CHICAGO, September 23, 2020—Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey issued the following statement today in response to news that the Kentucky... 
By CTU Communications | September 18, 2020 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Chicago Teachers Union, CTU, Jesse Sharkey, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
As a supreme court justice, Ginsburg interpreted the Constitution as a living document, an approach that has won marginalized groups rights they had been denied for generations. CHICAGO, September 18, 2020—Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey issued the... 
By Thad Goodchild, CTU Deputy General Counsel | September 10, 2020 | _News
File under: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, school clerks, Thad Goodchild
A message to rank and file members from CTU Deputy General Counsel Thaddeus Goodchild: We’re planning for next steps on the unfair labor practice and grievance we’ve filed against CPS for forcing clerks and other workers into buildings without bargaining...By CTU Communications | September 7, 2020 | _News, _News Advisory
File under: Chicago Teachers Union, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Remote Learning
Teachers will pull back curtain on what remote classrooms look like, as Mayor’s school board continues to refuse to bargain on strategies to improve remote learning for students. 7:00 a.m. Press Conference: CTU teachers, officers Via Zoom: Reporters,... 
By CTU Communications | October 28, 2019 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Bargaining, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, Contract, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Jesse Sharkey, Lori Lightfoot, slush funds, Strike, TIF
Mayor brags about providing CPS with $100M TIF surplus that she promptly grabs back for pension payments City should be paying, cops in schools for which City previously paid. CHICAGO—The TIF slush funds that the mayor giveth, the mayor also taketh away. Chicago Mayor... 
By CTU Communications | October 28, 2019 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Bargaining, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, Contract, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Jesse Sharkey, Strike
CHICAGO—CTU President Jesse Sharkey issued the following statement today in response to claims from the mayor and CPS about what separates the parties at the bargaining table. “Thirty eight million dollars—one half of one percent of CPS’ annual budget—is... By CTU Communications | October 28, 2019 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Bargaining, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, Contract, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Janice Jackson, Jesse Sharkey, Lori Lightfoot, Strike
STRIKE SCHEDULE: Monday, October 28 7:30 a.m.: CTU President Jesse Sharkey, Locke Elementary. 2828 N Oak Park Ave, Chicago 7:30 a.m./SPANISH LANGUAGE: CTU officer Maria Moreno, Schubert Elementary School, 2727 N. Long Ave. 9:30 a.m.: Students standing with CTU!... By Chris Geovanis | October 28, 2019 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Bargaining, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, Contract, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Janice Jackson, Jesse Sharkey, Lori Lightfoot, Strike
CHICAGO, Oct. 27, 2019—CTU President Jesse Sharkey issued the following statement Sunday evening, as CPS CEO Janice Jackson made her first appearance at the bargaining table. Right now at the bargaining table, CPS is refusing to invest barely half of one percent of... 
By CTU Communications | October 27, 2019 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Bargaining, Chance the Rapper, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, Contract, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Miguel del Valle, schools our students deserve, Strike
Board of Ed President del Valle signs pledge to advocate for needs of school district’s most vulnerable learners, as Chance the Rapper sends shout-out to CTU strikers from SNL. CHICAGO, October 27, 2019—With Saturday’s bargaining session stretching over fourteen hours...
