By CTU Communications | September 10, 2020 | _News, Enforcement Guidance
File under: Bargaining Update, Clinicians, Luke Boyd-Small, Maria Moreno, Mary Esposito-Usterbowski, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Sharon Gunn, Thaddeus Goodchild
We bargained again today with CPS on issues specifically related to clinicians, particularly OT and PT workers, who CPS is seeking to force back into buildings to provide services to students—even though CPS has yet to fully develop a safety plan or consider remote options. Predictably, we have many concerns which we’ve raised with the Board as we continue to push them to move to remote therapy services.
By CTU Communications | July 30, 2019 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Arts, Bilingual Education, chicago mayor, Contract, Counselors, Lori Lightfoot, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Psychologists, Restorative Justice Coordinators, Social Workers, Special Education, Staffing, Teaching Assistants, technology, World Languages
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...