By CTU Communications | February 19, 2020 | _News, _Press Release, Legislative Update
File under: Budget, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Fair Tax, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, Illinois, J.B. Pritzker, Pritzker, Springfield
We look forward to working with Gov. Pritzker and the General Assembly to continue increasing funding to CPS and moving toward real stability and predictability for parents, students and school communities.
By CTU House of Delegates | December 4, 2019 | _News
File under: Aaron Ortiz, Celina Villanueva, Delia Ramirez, Election, Endorsement, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, Lakesia Collins, Nidia Carranza, Rob Martwick, Robert Peters, Springfield
The House of Delegates voted to confirm these recommended endorsements at its December 4, 2019 meeting. More endorsements may be made at a later date.
By CTU Communications | June 3, 2019 | _News, _Press Release
File under: chicago mayor, Elected Representative School Board, Jesse Sharkey, Lightfoot, Springfield
CTU calls on new mayor to ‘Keep the Promise’ for education equity by supporting restoration of labor bargaining rights, elected, representative school board. CHICAGO—The Chicago Teachers Union made some powerful gains in this spring’s Springfield... 
By Kurt Hilgendorf, CTU Political Dept. | May 31, 2019 | Legislative Update
File under: Layoffs, Springfield, Student Based Budget
Contact your state senator and representative. Tell them to explain the new education funding formula to the Mayor Lightfoot. Chicago Public Schools deserve need-based school funding, not “Student Based” budget cuts and layoffs.By CTU Communications | May 29, 2019 | _News, _News Advisory
File under: Collective Bargaining, Elected Representative School Board, HB2267, HB2275, John Cullerton, Springfield
Union lobbying downstate for the restoration of bargaining rights and to bring democracy back to the decision-making process for Chicago’s public schools.
By Kurt Hilgendorf, CTU Political Dept. | May 24, 2019 | _News, Legislative Update
File under: Elected Representative School Board, John Cullerton, Rahm Emanuel, Section 4.5, Springfield
Our contract demands for the schools Chicago’s students deserve resonate with parents and communities across the city. But Chicago Public Schools continues to stall and deny students what we need. HB2275 is the Chicago Teachers Union’s bill to restore Union...By ctu communications | April 27, 2018 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Aramark, Cleanliness, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, HB4776, Jesse Sharkey, Morrill, Rahm Emanuel, Section 4.5, Sodexo, Springfield
CHICAGO, April 27, 2018—Rodent infestation and general building neglect has reached a critical point at Morrill Math & Science Elementary School on the city’s Southwest Side, with teachers and school staff making a plea for assistance in what has become a daily...By Chicago Teachers Union | April 17, 2018 | _Press Release
File under: Budget, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, ISBE: Illinois State Board of Education, Jesse Sharkey, Rahm Emanuel, SBB: Student Based Budgeting, Springfield
“Mayor is again prioritizing paying bond holders who are laughing all the way to the banks they own – while continuing to harm our students by refusing to seek new revenue from those most able to pay,” say teachers. CHICAGO, April 17, 2018 – The new school...By chris geovanis - ctu communications director | April 12, 2018 | _News
File under: Chicago Sun-Times, Class Size, Cleanliness, HB3786, HB4776, HB4800, HB5481, HB5721, Jesse Sharkey, Rahm Emanuel, Section 4.5, Springfield
On Tuesday, a key legislative committee passed a bill that would once again give CTU members the right to bargain over non-salary conditions, from crowded classes to filthy schools. CTU Vice President Jesse Sharkey joined public school allies to testify Tuesday in...By jesse sharkey - ctu vice president | April 4, 2018 | _News
File under: Aramark, Jesse Sharkey, Martin Luther King, Section 4.5, Sodexo, Springfield
I write on a somber occasion – to both mark the loss of and to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Fifty years ago today, an assassin’s bullet cut down one of our nation’s most beloved civil rights leaders. Yet Dr. King’s impact – and his values... 
