By CTU Communications | November 17, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Lori Lightfoot
Mayor Lori Lightfoot won’t lay out public health criteria for proposed return in January as daily COVID-19 infection average tops 2,300 — nearly six times higher than the district’s remote learning cut-off of 400 per day in July.
By Christel Williams-Hayes, Recording Secretary | November 17, 2020 | Chicago Union Teacher, Departments, News
File under: Arbitration, Chicago Board of Education, Christel Williams Hayes, Clerks, COVID-19, Lori Lightfoot, school clerks, technology coordinators
An independent arbitrator found that school buildings are unsafe and ordered that clerks and other staff should be allowed to work remotely at least four days a week. But the mayor decided she’s above the law and refused to abide by that ruling.
By CTU Communications | November 15, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: Clerks, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Lori Lightfoot, school clerks, technology coordinators
“Save Our Clerks” campaign to assist workers with basic needs is yet another example of educators and labor coming together to fill in gaps where others have fallen short.
By Jesse Sharkey, CTU President | November 12, 2020 | News, Rights
File under: Arbitration, Bargaining Update, Clerks, COVID-19, Lori Lightfoot, technology coordinators
In a 38-page final order, the independent arbitrator ruled that CPS clerks and other staff cannot be forced to work in unsafe buildings. We will be holding an emergency meeting with school clerks, technology coordinators and other rank-and-file members impacted by the arbitration opinion very soon.
By CTU Communications | November 9, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Dennis Kosuth, Lori Lightfoot, Remote Learning, Science Meles
Polling memo shows overwhelming concern about reopening, as evidence grows of school transmissions in Illinois and across nation. Click this link to watch today’s CTU/SEIU press conference. CHICAGO, Nov. 9, 2020—Chicago voters remain deeply concerned about the...
By CTU Communications | November 2, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: Clerks, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Lori Lightfoot, school clerks, technology coordinators
Mayor Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools continue to force clerks, clerk assistants and technology coordinators to choose between their lives and their livelihoods.
By CTU Communications | October 28, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: Black, Clerks, COVID, COVID tracker, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Latinx, Lori Lightfoot, school clerks, technology coordinators
With COVID-19 surging and CPS refusing to answer parents’ questions, Union launches tracker to help identify schools with positive cases. CHICAGO, Oct. 28, 2020—The Chicago Teachers Union today is launching its citywide, school COVID-19 tracker to aid members in...
By Stacy Davis Gates, CTU Vice President | October 21, 2020 | News
File under: Clerks, coronavirus, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Lori Lightfoot, Remote Learning, school clerks, technology coordinators
CPS and the mayor have provided no detailed plan on how they intend to resume in-person instruction for the second quarter. CPS also has refused to commit to bargaining with our union over its decision on when and how to resume in-person instruction.
By CTU Communications | October 18, 2020 | News
File under: COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Lori Lightfoot, Remote Learning, Safety
As parents, students and educators await Chicago Public Schools’ plans for the second quarter of the school year, the Chicago Teachers Union today launched the first in a series of digital advertisements focusing on the needs of the city’s school communities in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By CTU Communications | October 16, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Lori Lightfoot, Stacy Davis Gates
Pre-K drop driven by a number of factors, including a confusing registration process, district refusal to collaborate with educators and parents and mayor’s failure to provide devices for Pre-K students. CHICAGO, Oct. 16, 2020—Chicago Teachers Union Vice...
