By Kurt Hilgendorf, Policy and Legislative Director | August 18, 2022 | News
File under: CTU, Teacher Leader Policy Fellowship
Are you interested in how school policy is made and imposed on schools? Want to examine how that process can work differently? Would you like to engage in a professional development experience that goes beyond what is typically offered and get more involved in CTU? Then the CTU Policy Fellowship is for you.
By CTU Communications | October 13, 2021 | News
File under: COVID-19, CTU, Lori Lightfoot, SEIU Local 1, SEIU Local 73
The presidents of the Chicago Teachers Union, SEIU Local 73 and SEIU Local 1 sent the following letter Wednesday, October 13, to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. View the PDF at this link. October 13, 2021 The Honorable Lori E. Lightfoot Mayor City of Chicago 121 North...By CTU Communications | January 31, 2021 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, lock out, Lori Lightfoot
CTU waited in bargaining for hours, as mayor demands ‘major concessions’ on CDC health metric, testing, teaching remotely for educators with medically fragile family members. 7:15 p.m. TODAY, Sunday, Jan. 31: Press conference will be livestreamed to CTU...By CTU Communications | January 19, 2021 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CTU, Lori Lightfoot
More than 10 percent of CPS schools report COVID cases in last ten days, as mayor remains insistent on reopening schools despite sweeping safety gaps in buildings. 7:00 a.m. TODAY, Wed., Jan. 20: press conference with CTU clinicians urging CPS to suspend dangerous...By CTU Communications | January 12, 2021 | News, Press Release
File under: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Lori Lightfoot, Miguel del Valle
Lockout has disrupted education for thousands of Black and Brown students, as educators continue to document safety failures and COVID cases at their schools. 7A TODAY, Wednesday, 1/13: Press conference/teach-out, with locked out teachers, in front of CPS board of...By CTU Communications | January 3, 2021 | News, Press Release
File under: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Lori Lightfoot, pre-k, special education cluster
Black and Brown parents join CTU members in rejecting in-person learning, as CPS continues to reject accommodations for workers — including CTU member with brain tumor — and schools remain largest single source of COVID exposure in state. 6:30 a.m. Mon., Jan. 4 —...By CTU Communications | December 17, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: Bargaining Update, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, IELRB, Jesse Sharkey, Section 4.5
CHICAGO, Dec. 17, 2020—Today the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board (IELRB), on a split 2-1 vote, denied the Union’s request to seek a preliminary injunction against CPS’ unilaterally developed plan to resume in-person learning on Jan. 4. The two-member...By CTU Communications | December 16, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Lori Lightfoot, vigil
Schools are largest source of COVID exposure in state, with numbers in suburban Cook close to 20% of cases, even as Lightfoot and CPS insist on reopening schools in less than three weeks. 5:00 p.m. Thurs., Dec. 17 — Candlelight vigil: Cather Elementary School, 2908 W.... 
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...
