Raises and retroactive pay this Friday
Members will receive both their contractual raise and retroactive paycheck this Friday, February 14.
Update on retroactive pay, veteran pay and outstanding strike issues
After fighting on picket lines for 11 days—six of them unpaid—we still had to fight Chicago Public Schools for wages and benefits already earned. Here is where we stand as we enter Winter Break.
2019-24 Contract Ratification Vote Totals
The tentative agreement reached on October 31 between the Board of Education and the Chicago Teachers Union was ratified by the entire membership in a vote of 80.75% in favor and 19.25% against. View raw totals and school-by-school breakdown of the vote here.
Chicago teachers went on strike to do right by kids, but we’re not done fighting yet
Chicagoans must have the right to elect their school board. Teachers must have the right to bargain on staffing and class size.
CTU members vote overwhelmingly to accept tentative agreement with CPS
New contract includes historic language to cut class sizes, put nurse and social worker in every school. CHICAGO, Nov. 15, 2019—Chicago Teachers Union members voted today to accept the tentative agreement they won in the wake of their historic eleven day strike. With...
What we’ve accomplished and what comes next
It’s important to note that most of the wins in our new tentative agreement — especially the substantial raise for PSRPs, the enforceable class size limits, and more than 750 new staffing positions — were not on the bargaining table on the day that we decided to go on strike.
Educators return to classrooms as Chicago Teachers Union ends historic 11-day strike
Today, we return to classrooms with real and lasting change for our students and the people of this city.
We return to schools tomorrow. Five makeup days this year.
We have a tentative agreement and will return to schools on Friday, Nov. 1. The final issue—our return-to-work terms—was resolved as we reached an agreement today with the mayor and Chicago Public Schools to make up five days of student instruction.
Chicago Teachers Union reaches Tentative Agreement for new contract with Chicago Public Schools
The Chicago Teachers Union yesterday reached a Tentative Agreement for a new contract with Chicago Public Schools. Regrettably, the same can’t be said about instructional make-up days for students.
Bargaining / Strike Update: TA today, when Lori relents our strike will end.
Delegates voted 364 to 242, with four abstentions, to accept the revised tentative agreement on the condition that Mayor Lightfoot agree to make up the days lost in the strike. Some major elements of the Tentative Agreement include…
