By Jesse Sharkey, CTU President | February 5, 2021 | News
File under: Bargaining Update, COVID-19, Janice Jackson, Lori Lightfoot, school reopening
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has walked away from the bargaining table again after instructing her CPS leadership team to submit a “last, best and final offer” to the Union at 11:15 p.m. on Thursday night. CPS could do so much better, but refuses. Stay strong. Stay united. Raise your fighting voices even louder. Watch for updates .
By CTU Communications | August 5, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Janice Jackson, Lori Lightfoot, Remote Learning
We have 35 days until students report to school, and CPS must immediately start planning transparently and in partnership with our union to provide every student the educational, social and emotional supports they need to learn and grow.
By CTU Communications | October 28, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Bargaining, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, Contract, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Janice Jackson, Jesse Sharkey, Lori Lightfoot, Strike
STRIKE SCHEDULE: Monday, October 28 7:30 a.m.: CTU President Jesse Sharkey, Locke Elementary. 2828 N Oak Park Ave, Chicago 7:30 a.m./SPANISH LANGUAGE: CTU officer Maria Moreno, Schubert Elementary School, 2727 N. Long Ave. 9:30 a.m.: Students standing with CTU!...
By Chris Geovanis | October 28, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Bargaining, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, Contract, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Janice Jackson, Jesse Sharkey, Lori Lightfoot, Strike
CHICAGO, Oct. 27, 2019—CTU President Jesse Sharkey issued the following statement Sunday evening, as CPS CEO Janice Jackson made her first appearance at the bargaining table. Right now at the bargaining table, CPS is refusing to invest barely half of one percent of...
By CTU Bargaining Team | October 28, 2019 | News
File under: Bargaining Update, Contract, Janice Jackson
Our bargaining team left negotiations at 9:30pm tonight with the same deal on the table as when they left at midnight last night. That deal we proposed would settle this contract at a cost of only $38 million more per year. This lack of movement is despite the fact that CEO Janice Jackson showed up to negotiations for the first time. We had hoped that was a positive sign, but it changed nothing for us at the table.
By Jesse Sharkey | March 14, 2019 | News
File under: Acero, Bargaining, CICS: Chicago International Charter Schools, Contract Action Team, Janice Jackson, Lincoln Yards, PPC, PPLC, Rahm Emanuel, Special Education, Toni Preckwinkle
CTU President Jesse Sharkey with a bargaining update for our rank-and-file members, and an overview of Union goals, campaigns and priorities as we move toward spring.
By Martin Ritter, CTU Organizer | November 30, 2018 | News
File under: Charter Expansion, Charters, Chicago Board of Education, Janice Jackson
The Chicago Board of Ed will vote on up to 3 new charters at its Dec. 5, 2018, monthly meeting. Email CPS leadership to say no to this destructive expansion of privately-run, publicly-funded charters.
