By CTU Communications | January 25, 2022 | News
File under: COVID, Evelyn Colon, vaccination
Veteran educator Evelyn Colon is not taking any chances when it comes to COVID-19. Thanks to Union vaccination efforts, she and her family are fully vaccinated.
By CTU Communications | November 12, 2021 | News, Press Release
File under: Black, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, South Side, vaccination
We cannot have any kind of dysfunction from the mayor and her CPS leaders around getting our youngest students vaccinated.
By Jackson Potter | July 23, 2021 | News
File under: COVID, COVID-19, vaccination, vaccinations
Getting students, families vaccinated is key to a safe reopening in the fall.
By CTU Communications | May 3, 2021 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, vaccination
Lightfoot’s vaccine hunger games vaccine system continues to undercut access to shots in Black and Brown students’ neighborhoods, which continue to bear disproportionate COVID burden. 7A TODAY, Tuesday, May 4: Press Conference with rank and file CTU...
By Jesse Sharkey, President | April 19, 2021 | News
File under: ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act, COVID-19, MOA: Memorandum of Agreement on the Resumption of In-Person Instruction, Telework Accommodations, vaccination
Last week, we advised members that you should not respond to the CPS vaccination survey if you believe your response to it will result in and CPS revoking your telework accommodation prior to the beginning of the fourth quarter, in violation of your rights under the “MOA.” We no longer advise this!
By CTU Communications | March 23, 2021 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Lori Lightfoot, vaccination
CHICAGO, March 23, 2021—CTU President Jesse Sharkey issued the following statement in response to a City of Chicago report that 6,000 vaccines meant for Chicago Public Schools teachers and staff were reallocated away from the district: “After listening to the mayor...By Christel Williams-Hayes, Recording Secretary and PSRP for Life | February 3, 2021 | News
File under: COVID-19, PSRPs, vaccination
Our school clerks have been receiving emails letting them know that they are eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations. Once again, your solidarity is moving CPS leadership to do better by our rank-and-file members!
By CTU Communications | January 17, 2021 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID, COVID-19, Martin Luther King, vaccination, vaccine, William E. Hall
The Rev. William E. Hall, pastor of St. James Community Church in Chatham, will be forgoing his COVID-19 vaccine, and instead, offering it to a teacher in Chicago Public Schools at today’s 11:30 a.m. service.