By CTU Communications | March 11, 2020 | _News, _Press Release
File under: City of Chicago, coronavirus, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Illinois
Comprehensive demands call for paid time off for workers across state; free testing for students, families in need; meals for quarantined low-income students; better planning for deep cleanings at schools and public places; policies to tackle digital divide for students mandated to distance learning during school closures.
By CTU Communications | February 19, 2020 | _News, _Press Release, Legislative Update
File under: Budget, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Fair Tax, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, Illinois, J.B. Pritzker, Pritzker, Springfield
We look forward to working with Gov. Pritzker and the General Assembly to continue increasing funding to CPS and moving toward real stability and predictability for parents, students and school communities.
By CTU Communications | January 29, 2020 | _News, _Press Release, Legislative Update
File under: City of Chicago, governor, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, Illinois, J.B. Pritzker
The conditions for improvement were laid here in Chicago by community groups and labor organizations who were clear that the wealthy should pay their fair share; that we must invest in child care and public schools; that we must reform our criminal justice system; and that we must center justice and equity in how Illinois moves forward.
By Kurt Hilgendorf, CTU policy analyst | August 15, 2019 | _News
File under: governor, Illinois, J.B. Pritzker, Substitute Teachers
Last week, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed two CTU-sponsored bills into law that will help to alleviate substitute teacher shortages and improve the induction of new teachers into the profession.
By CTU Communications | February 20, 2019 | _News, _Press Release
File under: governor, Illinois, J.B. Pritzker
Increase in evidence-based funding recognizes need to drive more resources to students whose schools have suffered from decades of separate and unequal funding. CHICAGO, February 20, 2019—CTU President Jesse Sharkey issued the following statement today in response to... 
By Jesse Sharkey, CTU President | November 1, 2018 | _News
File under: Attorney General, Early Voting, Election, Illinois, Illinois Federation of Teachers, Jesse Sharkey, Kwame Raoul, United Working Families
Remember that people died for the right to vote. We need to exercise that right.
