By CTU Communications | November 17, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Lori Lightfoot
Mayor Lori Lightfoot won’t lay out public health criteria for proposed return in January as daily COVID-19 infection average tops 2,300 — nearly six times higher than the district’s remote learning cut-off of 400 per day in July.
By CTU Communications | November 15, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: Clerks, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Lori Lightfoot, school clerks, technology coordinators
“Save Our Clerks” campaign to assist workers with basic needs is yet another example of educators and labor coming together to fill in gaps where others have fallen short.
By CTU Communications | November 9, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Dennis Kosuth, Lori Lightfoot, Remote Learning, Science Meles
Polling memo shows overwhelming concern about reopening, as evidence grows of school transmissions in Illinois and across nation. Click this link to watch today’s CTU/SEIU press conference. CHICAGO, Nov. 9, 2020—Chicago voters remain deeply concerned about the...
By CTU Communications | November 5, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: Bargaining Update, Chicago Teachers Union, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, IELRB, Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board, Thad Goodchild, ULP: Unfair Labor Practice
CHICAGO, Nov. 5, 2020—Chicago Teachers Union Deputy General Counsel Thaddeus Goodchild issued the following statement regarding today’s Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board ruling that denied the Union’s request for preliminary injunction in...
By CTU Communications | November 4, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Jesse Sharkey, reopening, ventilation
Mayor and CPS finally relent to releasing ventilation data, but fail to test HVAC systems properly or allow independent verification as parents and educators call for more transparency and involvement in safety discussions. CHICAGO, Nov. 4, 2020—Despite announcing an...
By CTU Communications | November 2, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: Clerks, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Lori Lightfoot, school clerks, technology coordinators
Mayor Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools continue to force clerks, clerk assistants and technology coordinators to choose between their lives and their livelihoods.
By CTU Communications | October 28, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: Black, Clerks, COVID, COVID tracker, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Latinx, Lori Lightfoot, school clerks, technology coordinators
With COVID-19 surging and CPS refusing to answer parents’ questions, Union launches tracker to help identify schools with positive cases. CHICAGO, Oct. 28, 2020—The Chicago Teachers Union today is launching its citywide, school COVID-19 tracker to aid members in...
By GEM: Grassroots Education Movement | October 26, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, GEM: Grassroots Education Movement
For Immediate Release | GEM: Grassroots Education Movement | CONTACT: Jianan Shi, 617-838-1420, jianan@ilraiseyourhand.org (courtesy repost on behalf of GEM groups)...
By Stacy Davis Gates, CTU Vice President | October 21, 2020 | News
File under: Clerks, coronavirus, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Lori Lightfoot, Remote Learning, school clerks, technology coordinators
CPS and the mayor have provided no detailed plan on how they intend to resume in-person instruction for the second quarter. CPS also has refused to commit to bargaining with our union over its decision on when and how to resume in-person instruction.
By CTU Communications | October 19, 2020 | News
File under: Arbitration, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Grievance
Important victory undercuts principals who manipulate endorsement and certification requirements to arbitrarily lay off teachers despite their experience. While we continue to battle CPS and the Mayor in their dangerous plan to push thousands of members and students...
