By CTU Communications | September 28, 2021 | News, News Advisory
File under: AFT: American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten
Weingarten’s visit to Chicago comes on the heels of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s recent admission of deficiencies in her administration’s plan to reopen Chicago’s public schools for in-person learning, and the tragic death of two mothers at Jensen Elementary from COVID-19.
By CTU Communications | January 11, 2021 | News, Press Release
File under: Bill Cunningham, Dan Montgomery, Dian Palmer, HB 2275, Karen Lewis, Melissa Conyears-Ervin, Randi Weingarten, Section 4.5, Silvana Tabares
Union, grassroots allies call on legislature to restore democratic rights to Chicagoans by passing legislation giving Chicagoans what voters in every other school district in the state possess – the right to elect their school board. CHICAGO, Jan. 11, 2020—The Chicago...
By CTU Communications | May 22, 2019 | Movement, News, Press Release
File under: AFT: American Federation of Teachers, Contract, CTU, CTU contract, Jesse Sharkey, Lori Lightfoot, mayor, Randi Weingarten, Strike
5PM TODAY, Wed., May 22: ‘Keep the Promise’ Rally for a Fair Contract Thompson Center, 100 W. Randolph St., Chicago ‘Keep the Promise’ rally calls on City Hall to prioritize education equity platform that anchored mayoral, aldermanic races....By Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff | March 1, 2018 | ACTS, News
File under: AFT: American Federation of Teachers, Bruce Rauner, Charter, ChiACTS, ChiArts: Chicago High School for the Arts, Chris Baehrend, CTU-ACTS, Dan Montgomery, Donald Trump, IFT, Jesse Sharkey, Randi Weingarten
CHICAGO—Today, academic teachers and paraprofessionals from The Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts) voted to join the Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff, the charter school local that has recently merged with the Chicago Teachers Union. Educators...