By Chris Baehrend, CTU-ACTS, Charter Division Chair | April 9, 2021 | _News, ACTS
File under: Acero, Chris Baehrend, COVID-19, CTU-ACTS
Sisters and Brothers: An outpouring of rank-and-file support for common sense safety provisions empowered CTU’s bargaining team at Acero charter school to win some critical safety demands that will protect both high school and elementary educators. CTU members...By Richard Berg, Organizer | December 4, 2020 | ACTS
File under: Aspira, Chris Baehrend, CICS: Chicago International Charter Schools, Latino Youth High School
Good news for CTU members at CICS Civitas who, just before Thanksgiving, received their proper raise and retroactive pay stemming from our strike. Not so good news at Latino Youth, where management has brought on the same big anti-union law firm CPS used to stonewall district negotiations. CTU-ACTS Chair Chris Baehrend authored a chapter about our historic charter strikes in the new book, Strike for the Common Good.
By Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff | March 1, 2018 | _News, ACTS
File under: AFT: American Federation of Teachers, Bruce Rauner, Charter, ChiACTS, ChiArts: Chicago High School for the Arts, Chris Baehrend, CTU-ACTS, Dan Montgomery, Donald Trump, IFT, Jesse Sharkey, Randi Weingarten
CHICAGO—Today, academic teachers and paraprofessionals from The Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts) voted to join the Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff, the charter school local that has recently merged with the Chicago Teachers Union. Educators...