By CTU Communications | October 3, 2022 | News, Press Release
File under: budget cuts, City Budget, Lori Lightfoot, Special Education
Mayor extracts $200 million this year alone from CPS to cover Lightfoot budget hole, while school communities across city saw budgets slashed for a third year under Lightfoot. CHICAGO, October 3, 2022 — The Chicago Teachers Union issued the following statement in... 
By CTU Communications | July 27, 2021 | News, News Advisory
File under: Board of Education, Chicago Board of Education, City Budget, CPS budget
CTU leaders, City Council members, rank-and-file educators and community partners are holding an informational picket and press conference at 8:45 a.m. tomorrow at the Chicago Board of Education to present budget concerns around school staffing, capital improvements and long-term district sustainability.
By CTU Communications | November 26, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Budget, Chicago, Chicago City Council, City Budget, Lori Lightfoot
We should be expecting more from those whom the people elected to lead, but sadly, we have come to expect less from all levels of city government. Today was no exception.
By Chris Geovanis | October 23, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Bargaining, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, City Budget, Contract, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Jesse Sharkey, Lori Lightfoot, Strike
7:00 p.m. TODAY, Wednesday, Oct. 23: Town Hall with CTU paraprofessionals and Local 73 workers who are paid poverty wages. St. Benedict African Catholic Church, 340 W 66th Street (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) 6:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 24: Picket lines go up at all 500+...
