By Jesse Sharkey, CTU President | August 3, 2021 | News
File under: Contract, Contract enforcement, Grievance
Under the agreement, discipline rescission notices will be issued to impacted employees by August 20, 2021, and all records of the discipline in these cases will be rescinded and removed from the affected employees’ files.
By Thaddeus Goodchild, CTU Deputy General Counsel | June 4, 2021 | Grievance Wins, News
File under: Contract enforcement, Layoffs, Seniority
Grievance process prevents principals from using vendor “certifications” to carve out positions and lay off veteran teachers.
By Rebecca Martinez, Organizer | May 14, 2021 | Chicago Union Teacher, Contents, Features, News
File under: Contract enforcement, Lincoln Park HS, Safety Committee
CTU/CPS agreement to reopen schools created safety committees to uphold hard-fought and hard-won mitigations and make building conditions safer for staff and students. At LPHS, staff are united to win change through the committee.
By CTU Grievance Team | April 14, 2021 | News, Rights
File under: Bargaining Update, Contract enforcement, COVID, COVID-19, Leave Policies, Remote Learning
In an attempt to intimidate educators out of exercising their rights, CPS management has sent new communications changing policies and denying legitimate requests. Below you will find guidance on responding to some of the most common situations that members are experiencing as the mayor recklessly pushes forward with a plan rejected by the vast majority of educators, parents, and principals.
By Rebecca Martinez, Organizer | March 22, 2021 | Features, News
File under: Contract enforcement, COVID-19, Safety
Our reopening agreement ,itself, does not make our schools safe. It gives us tools to hold CPS accountable and to ensure our buildings are as safe as they can be. But, like our contract, the reopening will be only as strong as our ability to enforce it, building by building. And that’s where your safety committee comes in.
By CTU Communications | February 12, 2021 | News
File under: Contract enforcement
We’ve received numerous reports of members being told by their principals that they cannot work remotely even if they have no in-person students. This is not correct, except under certain circumstances – and members need to demand that their rights to remote work under the Memorandum of Agreement be honored.
By Thad Goodchild, Deputy General Counsel | June 14, 2020 | Enforcement Guidance, News, Rights
File under: Contract enforcement, Grievance, Reimbursement
The CTU grievance department provides this advice with actions to take to secure your rights. We’re also sharing news of important grievance wins that secure rights for all our members.
By CTU Communications | June 10, 2020 | Enforcement Guidance, News
File under: Contract enforcement, CTU contract, IEP: Individualized Education Plan, Payroll
The deadline in 2020 is Friday, June 12 for stipends won in our latest contract for language interpreters in IEP meetings.
By Maria Moreno, Financial Secretary | June 9, 2020 | Grievance Wins, News
File under: Bargaining, Clinicians, Contract enforcement, Remote Learning
After sharing our concerns and demands in numerous special education committee and impact bargaining meetings, ODLSS withdrew its position that clinicians must be available to support remote learning activities for six hours per day. Instead, they will follow the mutually agreed work hours…
By CTU Grievance Department | February 14, 2020 | Grievance Wins, News
File under: Contract, Contract enforcement, CTU contract, Grievance
Some recent victories from the CTU Grievance Department!