By ctu communications | April 27, 2018 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Aramark, Cleanliness, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, HB4776, Jesse Sharkey, Morrill, Rahm Emanuel, Section 4.5, Sodexo, Springfield
CHICAGO, April 27, 2018—Rodent infestation and general building neglect has reached a critical point at Morrill Math & Science Elementary School on the city’s Southwest Side, with teachers and school staff making a plea for assistance in what has become a daily...By Chicago Teachers Union | April 26, 2018 | _Press Release
File under: Bruce Rauner, Cleanliness, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, HB4742, HB4776, IFT, Illinois Senate, Jesse Sharkey, John Cullerton, SB2838, Section 4.5
CHICAGO, April 26, 2018: The Illinois Senate, under the leadership of Chicago mayoral ally John Cullerton, has fast-tracked a bill privatizing substitute teacher staffing, SB2838. An identical bill, HB4742, passed out of a House education committee on Wednesday. The...By Chicago Teachers Union | April 13, 2018 | _Press Release
File under: Aramark, Brandon Johnson, Cleanliness, HB4776, Jesse Sharkey, Kenwood, Rahm Emanuel, Section 4.5, Sodexo
CHICAGO, April 13, 2018: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel claims he’s addressing a crisis in school cleanliness. Teachers, parents and neighborhood residents say his ‘solutions’ fall far short of needs – and took their concerns public again Friday morning at Kenwood High...By chris geovanis - ctu communications director | April 12, 2018 | _News
File under: Chicago Sun-Times, Class Size, Cleanliness, HB3786, HB4776, HB4800, HB5481, HB5721, Jesse Sharkey, Rahm Emanuel, Section 4.5, Springfield
On Tuesday, a key legislative committee passed a bill that would once again give CTU members the right to bargain over non-salary conditions, from crowded classes to filthy schools. CTU Vice President Jesse Sharkey joined public school allies to testify Tuesday in...By Chicago Teachers Union | April 11, 2018 | _Press Release
File under: Cleanliness, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, HB4776, Kenwood, Rahm Emanuel, Section 4.5
Press conference/‘clean-up’ action: 8AM, Friday, April 13 Kenwood High School, 5015 S Blackstone Ave., Chicago Parents, students, elected officials, teachers to demand hiring of 500 janitors to tackle systemic school cleanliness crisis, restoration of CTU right to...
