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Protest Events This Weekend

By CTU Communications | June 11, 2020 | Fighting Racism, News
File under: Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, racial justice, Racism, Solidarity

Updated Friday evening, June 12: Just as he did last weekend, our ally Ervin Lopez has compiled a list of marches, caravans and other events for racial justice, against police violence and for a more just Chicago. We will update this post as we receive and vet further information. Thank you, Ervin!

Educators too must work to upend the roots of racial violence

By Jesse Sharkey, CTU President | June 1, 2020 | News
File under: George Floyd, police, Racism

Our students are treated differently because of the color of their skin, so our work is both overwhelming and never-ending because of racism.

COVID-19 cases plague neighborhoods suffering from educational inequality

By Nathan Goldbaum | April 16, 2020 | Press Release
File under: COVID-19, Racism

Map of COVID-19 cases in Chicago shows stark correlation to digital divide, in communities of color confronting poverty, low wages, civic disinvestment.

Call public hearings on gang database now

By Chris Geovanis | April 16, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Chicago, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Gang Database, Jesse Sharkey, Racism

Controversial database is fraught with errors, denies due process, and thwarts public oversight. CHICAGO, April 15, 2019—CTU President Jesse Sharkey issued the following statement supporting public hearings into Chicago’s controversial gang database. “The...

10AM Wed. : Parents, alderman, CTU to demand immediate action from CPS board on critical school issues

By CTU Communications | February 26, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Chicago Board of Education, Class Size, Cleanliness, Contract, Racism

Press conference: 10AM Wed., Feb. 27 CPS headquarters, 42 W. Madison St., Chicago Massive overcrowding and under-resourcing in neighborhood public schools to bring out parents and South Side alderman in push for equity for neglected public schools. CHICAGO—41 students...

Griffin’s support for Daley tells us all we need to know about Daley agenda

By CTU Communications | February 19, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Bill Daley, Jesse Sharkey, Ken Griffin, mayor, Mayor 2019, Racism, Rahm Emanuel, Toni Preckwinkle

Time to end corporate cronyism, giveaways to wealthy elites, institutional racism and lethal austerity of Daley, Emanuel and their rich business backers. CHICAGO—CTU President Jesse Sharkey issued the following statement today in response to news that hedge fund...

Fighting to Defend Dr. King’s legacy

By Chris Geovanis | January 21, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Contract, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., MLK, Racism, Rahm Emanuel, Strike

Dear sisters and brothers: 50 years after Dr. King died defending human rights for Black workers and youth, we are still battling separate and unequal public schools for Black and Brown students, and separate and unequal neighborhoods for Chicago’s Black and...