By CTU Communications | January 10, 2021 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Lori Lightfoot
Over 50 Chicago neighborhoods at double digit positivity as educators report serious safety failures at schools and Black and Brown parents continue to reject in-person learning. 6:30 a.m., Monday, Jan. 11: Davis Elementary press conference with teachers, parents in...By CTU Communications | December 15, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Lori Lightfoot
As CPS pressures parents to return their children to schools in less than a month, students and parents join experts, educators in call for safety, equity and trust in reopening plans. 7:00 a.m. Wed., 12/16: Press Conference — Via Zoom. Reporters, please contact...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 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) Over... 
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... 
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... 
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... 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...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...
