CTU year in review: New part-time clinician positions for 2021-2022
The second installment in our top 10 memorable moments and Union achievements of 2021 addressed unprecedented need among our students.
CPS nurses join NNU, INA to call for halt to mayor’s dangerous school reopening plan
Reports of COVID at schools serving district’s most medically vulnerable students grow, as double digit COVID rates rise in Black and Brown Chicago neighborhoods. 4:00 p.m. TODAY: Press conference with CTU nurses, allied health professionals, City Hall, 121 N...
Pres. Sharkey to CTU Members: Time for mayor to put promises into action in enforceable contract
Dear CTU Members: By now you may have heard—or even received an email from CPS—about Mayor Lightfoot’s promise to improve staffing in our public schools. Let’s be clear. Chicagoans voted for a candidate that said she would transform our public education... CTU to mayor: Put promises into action in enforceable contract
We’ve been down this path of unfulfilled promises before with the previous mayor, who promised to expand early childhood education and improve special education—when today parents struggle even more to access these services for their children.
Adequate school staffing among key CTU contract demands
Union bargaining team is fighting for staffing commitments in critical areas that impact students’ readiness and ability to learn. CHICAGO, May 16, 2019—In 2012, Chicago Public Schools staffing of nurses, social workers, psychologists and counselors was...
