CTU VP Stacy Davis Gates provides update on day one of fact-finding, prospects for strike
2:30 p.m. briefing will take place at the office of CPS lead counsel Jim Franczek, 300 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago.
Tele-Town Hall: Wednesday, July 17, 7 p.m.
Join us by phone at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 17, for a tele-town hall to learn more about current bargaining for a new CPS contract.
Mayor Lightfoot, can we talk?
An Open Letter to Mayor Lori Lightfoot from the Chicago Teachers Union: Dear Mayor Lightfoot, When you ran for mayor, you gave Chicago’s students, parents and teachers hope that you would reverse many years of failed education initiatives and poor policy decisions...
CPS rejects educational justice for students at bargaining table
Another fruitless negotiating session undercuts Lightfoot promise of real equity for CPS students, as Mayor and bargaining team refuse to invest $1 billion in new state funds in classrooms. CHICAGO—Over a thousand CPS classrooms are overcrowded, with students learning...TODAY, 4:30PM – Bargaining update: Latest CPS contract proposals fail students
4:30 p.m. TODAY, Thurs., July 11: press conference/bargaining update CTU headquarters, 1901 W. Carroll, Chicago Less than eight weeks before students return to school, CPS and CTU remain far apart on equity demands for students and schools, as CPS stalls in investing...
We return to bargaining today with a message for the city of Chicago
When Lori Lightfoot ran for mayor, she gave Chicago students, parents and educators hope that her administration would reverse many years of failed education initiatives and poor policy decisions pursued by those who came before her. Candidate Lightfoot spoke of...
CTU President Jesse Sharkey responds to long-awaited district contract proposals
The Board’s submission to the fact-finder with proposed salary increases was its first economic proposal. The Union takes this as an opening offer, and also to show that CPS and the mayor know they can afford educators’ demands for fairness. CHICAGO, July 3,...
Our immigrant students and families are at risk—and we must support them.
Immigrant students in Chicago public schools hail from dozens of different countries and regions — and every child and their family deserves sanctuary in Chicago. CHICAGO—The CTU is unapologetically standing by its immigrant students and their families, who make...
Our contract has now expired. Our fight for educational justice is heating up.
Dear CTU Family: In 63 days, our students return to school—yet as of midnight Sunday, tens of thousands of their educators in the CTU are now officially working without a contract. Incredibly, Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s negotiating team—the same team that former...
