Election Season: Lightfoot balancing City budget on backs of Chicago public school students, families

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...
Mayor Lightfoot is sitting on $4 billion for Chicago and our schools

Mayor Lightfoot is sitting on $4 billion for Chicago and our schools

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.

Sharkey on Lightfoot budget: more austerity, less justice—and no relief for CPS students

Sharkey on Lightfoot budget: more austerity, less justice—and no relief for CPS students

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+...