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CPS indifference to real equity undercuts student enrollment, presents challenges for November return

By CTU Communications | October 16, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Lori Lightfoot, Stacy Davis Gates

Pre-K drop driven by a number of factors, including a confusing registration process, district refusal to collaborate with educators and parents and mayor’s failure to provide devices for Pre-K students. CHICAGO, Oct. 16, 2020—Chicago Teachers Union Vice...

Mayor’s plan to resume November in-school learning is dangerous

By CTU Communications | October 15, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Lori Lightfoot

CTU to launch independent COVID tracker as CPS fails to publicly disclose over 20 schools running with skeleton crews that have seen COVID-19 cases this fall. 7:00 a.m. Friday, Oct. 16: Press conference via Zoom. Reporters can pre-register via the link in their email...

AFT president: We need Fair Tax, safe learning during COVID, new leadership in DC

By CTU Communications | October 13, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Fair Tax, Randi Weingar

CTU support for Fair Tax part of broad effort to bring equitable funding, policies to public education sphere as pandemic rages locally—and Mayor’s hand-picked board of ed refuses to follow binding arbitration decision on remote working during COVID spike. 10:00...

Mayor, CPS try to strongarm clerks into false choice between safety and livelihood

By CTU Communications | October 7, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Lori Lightfoot, school clerks, technology coordinators

Lightfoot’s handpicked district leaders ignore arbitrator’s legally binding ruling and threaten jobs of workers who exercise right to work safely by working remotely. CHICAGO, Oct. 7, 2020—CPS has threatened to discipline workers who exercise their right...

CTU argues in landmark civil rights case that CPS practiced systemic racism in layoffs

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...

Trial tackles CTU effort to bar CPS from forcing school clerks back into buildings under unsafe conditions

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...

CTU, Fox32/My50 partner to put teachers on television to support families during remote learning

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...

CTU prepares for Wed. hearing on CPS labor violations, as CTU teachers start school year with hopes, concerns

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....

Clerks need COVID safety protocols before returning to buildings

By CTU Communications | August 26, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Jesse Sharkey, Lori Lightfoot

CPS officials admit they have no full safety plan in place, nor is CPS ready to train workers on proper safety protocols, despite their demand that school clerks return to in-person work in school buildings today. After months of pressure from the Chicago Teachers...