By CTU Communications | September 17, 2020 | Do This Now, News
File under: Bargaining Update, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Remote Learning
As we prepare for bargaining with CPS, we want to share where we are on several key items that we know you continue to have questions about, and that we, unfortunately, are still battling CPS over.
By CTU Communications | September 16, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: civil rights, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Jesse Sharkey, Layoffs, Stacy Davis Gates
Union argues that 2011 layoffs targeted Black educators in segregated schools even as district policies continue to decimate ranks of Black teachers and support staff. CHICAGO, September 16, 2020—For almost ten years, the CTU has been battling CPS in federal court on...
By CTU Communications | September 16, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Jesse Sharkey, school clerks
CPS admits COVID cases among CPS workers have tripled since May, with hundreds of school workers contracting COVID-19—and at least eight now dead—despite working in lightly populated buildings with very limited staff. CHICAGO, September 16, 2020—The Chicago Teachers...
By Thad Goodchild, CTU Deputy General Counsel | September 10, 2020 | News
File under: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, school clerks, Thad Goodchild
A message to rank and file members from CTU Deputy General Counsel Thaddeus Goodchild: We’re planning for next steps on the unfair labor practice and grievance we’ve filed against CPS for forcing clerks and other workers into buildings without bargaining...
By CTU Communications | September 10, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, We Still Teach
#WeStillTeach TV returns on September 19, connecting Chicago’s dynamic teaching force with families learning together at home. CHICAGO, September 10, 2020—The Chicago Teachers Union continues its partnership with Fox32/My50 to broadcast teacher-led educational...
By CTU Communications | September 8, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Lauren Kullman, Lori Lightfoot, Nina Hite, Paula Barajas, ULP
Teachers pull back curtain on remote classrooms, as CTU plans for Labor Board hearing on refusal of Mayor’s school board to bargain on strategies to safeguard workers. 10:00 a.m., Wed., Sept. 9: Hearing, IL Educational Labor Relations Board Via Webex: link here....
By Jesse Sharkey, CTU President | September 8, 2020 | News
File under: Back to School, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Lori Lightfoot, Remote Learning
Nearly 355,000 children and their families are counting on us to meet and exceed the challenges of our students’ educational needs this fall, and there is nothing that we cannot tackle on their behalf.
By CTU Communications | September 7, 2020 | News, News Advisory
File under: Chicago Teachers Union, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Remote Learning
Teachers will pull back curtain on what remote classrooms look like, as Mayor’s school board continues to refuse to bargain on strategies to improve remote learning for students. 7:00 a.m. Press Conference: CTU teachers, officers Via Zoom: Reporters,...
By CTU Communications | September 1, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Remote Learning
Reports from rank-and-file Chicago Teachers Union members reveal vast gaps in personal protective equipment (PPE), safety and cleaning, with exactly a week before the Sept. 8 start of classes in Chicago Public Schools.
By Jesse Sharkey, CTU President | August 31, 2020 | News
File under: COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Remote Learning
In an update on accommodations, please note that employees who requested an accommodation to work remotely can work remotely while it is pending.
