By Jesse Sharkey, CTU President | July 3, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools, CTU contract, Lori Lightfoot
The Board’s submission to the fact-finder with proposed salary increases was its first economic proposal. The Union takes this as an opening offer, and also to show that CPS and the mayor know they can afford educators’ demands for fairness. CHICAGO, July 3,...
By CTU Communications | July 1, 2019 | News
File under: Contract, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU contract, Jesse Sharkey, Lori Lightfoot, Strike
Dear CTU Family: In 63 days, our students return to school—yet as of midnight Sunday, tens of thousands of their educators in the CTU are now officially working without a contract. Incredibly, Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s negotiating team—the same team that former...
By CTU Communications | July 1, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Bargaining, Chicago Public Schools, CTU contract, Lori Lightfoot
CTU blasts CPS bargaining team for continuing to stall on embedding campaign promise for public education equity in contract proposals and mayor’s false claims of bargaining “in good faith,” as union readies for possible fall strike. CHICAGO—The...
By CTU Communications | July 1, 2019 | News, News Advisory
File under: Bargaining, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools, CTU contract, Lori Lightfoot, Strike
10:30 a.m. TODAY, July 1: Press conference re CTU contract fight for ed equity CTU headquarters, 1901 W. Carroll, Chicago Candidate Lightfoot ran on platform to extend democracy, ensure equity and infuse school communities with necessary supports and staffing. But...
By CTU Communications | June 26, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Board of Education, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU contract, Equity, Strike
With union contract expiring in four days, equity for public schools remains a pipe dream, as CPS seeks to jam through racist revised school assessment policy and preserve status quo. CHICAGO—Parents, students, teachers and school support staff rallied today and...
By CTU Communications | June 13, 2019 | News, News Advisory
File under: Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, Contract, CTU contract, Elected Representative School Board, Jesse Sharkey, Lori Lightfoot, Strike
4PM TODAY, Thurs., June 13: press conference CTU Center, 1901 W. Carroll Ave., Chicago CPS reverses position, agrees to bargain today, as contract expiration date looms. CTU bargaining team will hold press conference at 4PM today as both teams bargain. CHICAGO—In a...
By CTU Communications | June 13, 2019 | News, News Advisory
File under: Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, Contract, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, CTU contract, Elected Representative School Board, Jesse Sharkey, Lori Lightfoot, Strike
4PM, Thurs., June 13: press conference CTU Center, 1901 W. Carroll Ave., Chicago With contract expiring in two weeks, CPS blows off second negotiating session in a week with CTU bargaining team. CHICAGO—The mayoral controlled Chicago Public Schools has cancelled a...
By CTU Communications | May 24, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools, CTU contract, Karen Lewis, Lori Lightfoot
Rank-and-file rally on May 22 coincides with new mayor’s meeting with CTU President Emerita Karen Lewis, whose leadership helped pave the path for progressive candidates in City Hall. CHICAGO, May 23, 2019—The Chicago Teachers Union urges Mayor Lori Lightfoot to...
By CTU Communications | May 22, 2019 | Movement, News, Press Release
File under: AFT: American Federation of Teachers, Contract, CTU, CTU contract, Jesse Sharkey, Lori Lightfoot, mayor, Randi Weingarten, Strike
5PM TODAY, Wed., May 22: ‘Keep the Promise’ Rally for a Fair Contract Thompson Center, 100 W. Randolph St., Chicago ‘Keep the Promise’ rally calls on City Hall to prioritize education equity platform that anchored mayoral, aldermanic races....
By CTU Communications | May 8, 2019 | Press Release
File under: Bargaining, Class Size, Contract, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, CTU contract, CTU-ACTS
Chicago’s public school students need individual attention from their teachers, which is impossible with as many as 48 students in a kindergarten class. CHICAGO, May 8, 2019—Chicago Public Schools has the highest class sizes across grades 1-4 of any school district in...
