We knew who the real leaders were all along — you and your colleagues
The mayor is so angry at us for winning so much over the past year and a half, she refused to provide even basic safety mitigations.
With anger at Lightfoot growing, CTU rank and file votes to approve safety protections, fight for more
Chicago’s mayor initially refused to provide N95 masks for students, and continues to reject opt-out COVID-19 testing as an “invasive medical procedure,” despite its use in Chicago charter schools and districts throughout the state and U.S. CHICAGO, January 12, 2022...
Union officers, educators, nurses, and state and city officials discuss negotiations for a safe return
CTU day of action begins with press conference at Spry Elementary in Little Village, where, last week, 130 students were absent on Jan. 3, and more than 30 percent of students present tested positive for COVID-19.
Latest proposal to Mayor Lightfoot addresses issues around testing, contact tracing and health metric, to return students to learning
The proposal, approved for submission to Chicago Public Schools by the Union’s executive board and House of Delegates, would address all outstanding issues and protect educators, students and staff in the midst of a deadly surge in the COVID-19 pandemic.
CTU will share proposal to end Lightfoot lock-out, get students back to learning safely
Mayor has yet to accept offers from Gov. Pritzker to provide SHIELD tests to CPS in wake of holiday testing fiasco, as parents, electeds urge mayor to pause in-person instruction, implement critical mitigations, address massive vaccination gap among Black and Latinx...With mayor still refusing governor’s offer of COVID tests, CTU educators help Pilsen families register for tests as Lightfoot lock-out grinds through Day 3
Mayor has yet to agree to offers from Gov. Pritzker to provide SHIELD tests to CPS in wake of holiday testing fiasco, as parents, electeds urge mayor to pause in-person instruction, implement critical mitigations, address massive vaccination gap among Black and Latinx...CTU educators to flyer parents for testing as mayor’s lock-out continues with no guaranteed safety protections
With few Black and Latinx children vaxed for COVID and massive obstacles to testing sign-up, Union continues to press Lightfoot’s bargaining team for agreement to provide robust layered mitigation. 3:30 p.m., TODAY, Thursday, January 6: Interview and b-roll...Solidarity plans for Thursday, January 6: Stay the course
CTU President Jesse Sharkey emailed this update to rank and file CTU members Wednesday evening. Tonight, the mayor, her top public health official, and her CPS CEO declared that their lockout of CTU members will continue Thursday. And remarkably, this includes locking...Don’t lock educators out for demanding safe in-person learning in face of largest surge of pandemic
For six months, the mayor’s CPS bargaining team has stalled at the table, rejecting CTU safety proposals as Lightfoot refuses to stand up robust testing, student vaccines and other safety protections in schools. 7:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 5: Press conference with...Park Manor parents to keep students remote until mayor’s CPS team provides testing, safety guarantees
Park Manor parents will join CTU educators and support staff to talk about their safety concerns — including why they are keeping their children home and demanding a remote option for them this week.
