How to respond to Telework denials, health screener affidavits, and more: a FAQ for CTU members
In an attempt to intimidate educators out of exercising their rights, CPS management has sent new communications changing policies and denying legitimate requests. Below you will find guidance on responding to some of the most common situations that members are experiencing as the mayor recklessly pushes forward with a plan rejected by the vast majority of educators, parents, and principals.
Tues. 6:30A: Principals and teachers ring alarm about serious safety dangers for in-person learning
Over 50 Chicago neighborhoods at double digit positivity as educators report unclean buildings, and Black and Brown parents continue to reject in-person learning for their children. 6:30 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 5 — Press conference, Chicago Principals & Administrators...
California dreaming
CPS has refused to bargain with the CTU over remote learning or return to in-person school, but educators in Los Angeles have been properly engaged by their school management. Maybe it’s because Los Angeles has an elected school board. Or, maybe, officials there realize you cannot run a school system without the workers.
Parents to CPS: Improve remote learning until virus under control
Polling memo shows overwhelming concern about reopening, as evidence grows of school transmissions in Illinois and across nation. Click this link to watch today’s CTU/SEIU press conference. CHICAGO, Nov. 9, 2020—Chicago voters remain deeply concerned about the...
CTU files injunction seeking transparency, contractual oversight in alleged CPS ventilation assessments
The Union, as a collective bargaining representative, has a right under contract and the law to access worksites to assess the safety conditions under which its members are required to work. LINK to ULP here.
Mayor Lightfoot and CPS: No compliance, no plan and no shame
CPS and the mayor have provided no detailed plan on how they intend to resume in-person instruction for the second quarter. CPS also has refused to commit to bargaining with our union over its decision on when and how to resume in-person instruction.
New CTU campaign calls for investments in remote learning, building safety
As parents, students and educators await Chicago Public Schools’ plans for the second quarter of the school year, the Chicago Teachers Union today launched the first in a series of digital advertisements focusing on the needs of the city’s school communities in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
After arbitration loss, CPS now illegally threatening educators for exercising rights
The district is straight up lying to our people in hopes of intimidating them out of exercising their rights. This is the same divide and conquer tactic it tried when forcing members back into buildings in late August.
CTU to CPS: Listen to stakeholders and plan for safety in buildings, better remote learning
“Challenging an arbitrator’s binding ruling does not get us where we need to be,” said CTU VP Stacy Davis Gates. “We have a long way to go and the clock is ticking.”
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4:30 pm
House of Delegates meeting
House of Delegates meeting
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Spring Break (Paid Vacation)
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4:30 pm
House of Delegates meeting
House of Delegates meeting
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End of 3rd Quarter
End of 3rd Quarter
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School Improvement Day (100% Tea...
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Elementary Report Card Pickup
Elementary Report Card Pickup
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High School Report Card Pickup
High School Report Card Pickup
Apr 22 all-day
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