What I learned at the bargaining table
Our members’ willingness and courage to escalate tactics is the only thing that moves CPS to do what’s right for students and educators.
CTU statement on departure of CEO Janice Jackson, others in CPS leadership
The mass exodus of staffers from Mayor Lightfoot’s CPS leadership team, which includes Chief Operating Officer Arne Rivera and Chief Education Officer LaTanya McDade, cannot be a deterrent to addressing the needs of our school communities, which have been...
Mayor Lightfoot, CPS leadership walk away from bargaining table
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 .
City Hall, CPS must commit to supporting every student and family through deadly COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Monday strike schedule; “great” CPS offer only 1/3 of CPS class size issues, staffing proposals still fall short
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!...
CPS continues to balk at spending fraction of 1% of budget to settle contract
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...
Bargaining Update: Picket lines Monday morning, SEIU TA, Janice Jackson showed up
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.
CTU bargaining update
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.
Say No to Charter Expansion
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.
