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 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...
By CTU Communications | July 15, 2020 | News, News Advisory
File under: charter operators, coronavirus, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Jesse Sharkey, pandemic, Stacy Davis Gates
10:30 a.m., Thursday, July 16: press conference via Zoom on reopening schools.To pre-register, email communications@ctulocal1.org. Wednesday, July 22: Car caravan,...
By CTU Communications | June 5, 2020 | News, News Advisory
File under: Chicago police, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union
Student activists have convened series of actions this week to urge CPS, Lightfoot to follow in footsteps of school districts in Minneapolis, Portland OR and replace cops in schools with trauma supports, restorative justice programming, counselors, social workers....
By Chris Geovanis | September 10, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Access Living, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Jesse Sharkey, Marca Bristo
Activist led with vision and principle. CHICAGO, September 10, 2019—CTU President Jesse Sharkey issued the following statement on the death of Marca Bristo: The Chicago Teachers Union was saddened to learn of the passing of Marca Bristo, a fearless advocate of...