By CTU Communications | December 8, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: Betsy DeVos, Common Good, COVID, COVID-19, Department of Education, Donald Trump, Joe Biden
Unions representing 300k+ educators and school-related personnel lay out a common good, Black and Brown student-focused approach to a Biden-led Department of Education.
By CTU Communications | November 7, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: Donald Trump, Election, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris
Today we reflect, but tomorrow we get back to work and continue to push our leaders in fighting for the schools our students deserve.
By Jesse Sharkey, CTU President | October 29, 2020 | News
File under: Donald Trump, Election, Fair Tax, GOTV, Joe Biden, Stacy Davis Gates, Strike
VP Biden stands on a debate stage and calls for more funding for our schools, better ventilated buildings, smaller class sizes and increased educator staffing. Trump stands on stage at superspreader events and calls for schools to reopen amidst a surge in positive COVID-19 cases, and a U.S. death toll nearing 250,000.
By CTU Communications | July 9, 2020 | News
File under: Chicago Public Schools, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Lori Lightfoot, reopening
Caught between the gross ineptitude of Donald Trump’s U.S. Department of Education, and the uncertainty from Chicago Public Schools, more than 85 percent of CTU member respondents feel they should not or might not go back to work in the fall without a detailed plan and resources that will help guarantee the safe re-opening of our schools.
By Jesse Sharkey, CTU President | July 8, 2020 | News
File under: 52-week employees, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Lori Lightfoot, Outside experience, Salary Step Schedule Credit, Sports
Update from CTU leadership on contract enforcement, and the conditions we’re fighting for in district and charter schools in order to safely return to classrooms.
By Michael Brunson, CTU Recording Secretary | December 6, 2018 | News, Resolutions
File under: Donald Trump, Federal Policy, Human Rights, Intersex, LGBTQIA+, Transgender, US Department of Health and Human Services
The CTU House of Delegates voted to adopt the following resolution at its December 5, 2018 regular meeting.
By Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff | March 1, 2018 | ACTS, News
File under: AFT: American Federation of Teachers, Bruce Rauner, Charter, ChiACTS, ChiArts: Chicago High School for the Arts, Chris Baehrend, CTU-ACTS, Dan Montgomery, Donald Trump, IFT, Jesse Sharkey, Randi Weingarten
CHICAGO—Today, academic teachers and paraprofessionals from The Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts) voted to join the Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff, the charter school local that has recently merged with the Chicago Teachers Union. Educators...By Chicago Teachers Union | February 22, 2018 | News, Press Release
File under: Donald Trump, Harper, Henderson, Parkland, Rahm Emanuel, Sandy Hook, Stoneman Douglas
Teachers and students should be armed with trauma support, wrap-around services and adequately resourced classrooms for youth already struggling with dire consequences of gun violence and economic hardship. CHICAGO—The Chicago Teachers Union issued the following... 
