By CTU Communications | January 8, 2022 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID, COVID-19, Lori Lightfoot
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...By CTU Communications | January 7, 2022 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, Lori Lightfoot
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...By CTU Communications | January 6, 2022 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID, COVID-19, Lori Lightfoot
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...By CTU President Jesse Sharkey | January 5, 2022 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, Lori Lightfoot
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...By CTU Communications | January 4, 2022 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, Lori Lightfoot
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...By CTU Communications | January 2, 2022 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Lori Lightfoot, Park Manor
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.
By CTU Communications | December 10, 2021 | News, Press Release
File under: Carnegie Elementary, COVID-19, JonL Bush, Lori Lightfoot
Teachers and staff chose safety by remaining at home and working remotely for two days to secure additional janitorial staff and COVID testing, vaccination outreach, improved air purification and filtration, and more for students and school community. CHICAGO, Dec....By CTU Communications | December 5, 2021 | News, Press Release
File under: Carnegie Elementary, COVID-19, Lori Lightfoot
School has seen over half of classes quarantined and breakthrough COVID, including one vaccinated worker who died four days after testing positive, as classrooms struggle with cleaning issues, lack of adequate ventilation, more. 7:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 6: Press...By CTU Communications | November 30, 2021 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, Lori Lightfoot
CHICAGO, November 30, 2021 — Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey issued the following statement today in wake of a press conference with Mayor Lightfoot’s top doc and CPS CEO: Science and sickness is telling us some ugly truths: this global pandemic is not...By CTU Communications | November 16, 2021 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, Lori Lightfoot
Mayor’s CPS team promised to move $535 million out of $2.6 billion in COVID relief to schools, but students see no resources or relief on the ground as COVID rates tick back up. 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17: Press conference on chronic lack of cleanliness,...
