By Jesse Sharkey, CTU President | June 16, 2020 | News
File under: Contract, Counselors, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Librarians, Restorative Justice Coordinators
In a major contract win, the Chicago Teachers Union has finalized the process for 30 Chicago public schools to receive a restorative justice coordinator, counselor or librarian starting in the 2020-2021 school year.
By CTU Communications | July 30, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Arts, Bilingual Education, chicago mayor, Contract, Counselors, Lori Lightfoot, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Psychologists, Restorative Justice Coordinators, Social Workers, Special Education, Staffing, Teaching Assistants, technology, World Languages
Dear CTU Members: By now you may have heard—or even received an email from CPS—about Mayor Lightfoot’s promise to improve staffing in our public schools. Let’s be clear. Chicagoans voted for a candidate that said she would transform our public education... By CTU Communications | July 30, 2019 | Press Release
File under: chicago mayor, Clinicians, Contract, Counselors, Librarians, Lori Lightfoot, Nurses, Psychologists, Social Workers, Staffing
We’ve been down this path of unfulfilled promises before with the previous mayor, who promised to expand early childhood education and improve special education—when today parents struggle even more to access these services for their children.
By CTU Communications | May 16, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Bargaining, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools, Contract, Counselors, Librarians, Nurses, PSRPs, Psychologists, Social Workers, Staffing
Union bargaining team is fighting for staffing commitments in critical areas that impact students’ readiness and ability to learn. CHICAGO, May 16, 2019—In 2012, Chicago Public Schools staffing of nurses, social workers, psychologists and counselors was... 
By Sarah Rothschild | May 29, 2015 | Health
File under: Clinicians, Counselors, Social Workers, trauma, trauma centers
The University of Chicago closed the only adult level-one trauma center on the South Side of the city 27 years ago and is finally considering reopening it, after years of protest, and after an Illinois Department of Public Health investigation found that the...
