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Why we fight, how we win: CTU statement on moratorium on 606 developments
Let this action serve as the beginning of a positive trend that halts the exodus of families from Chicago, and allows our schools to develop programs that support every child’s chance to succeed.
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January 2020 CTU Endorsements for Illinois March 17, 2020 Election
The CTU House of Delegates voted at its January 8, 2020 House of Delegates meeting to make 10 endorsements for the March 17, 2020 election in addition to the seven endorsements it made at its December meeting.
Displaced Black educators call on CPS to settle civil rights lawsuits
Black educators will hold a press conference today to discuss the Union’s pending federal class-action lawsuits against Chicago Public Schools that challenge the district’s 2011 layoffs and school turnaround actions from 2006 to present.
School closings—district, charter or otherwise—are bad for children
The proposed closure of Chicago Virtual and Frazier Preparatory Academy charter schools is an admission of failure by the district, and a continued attack on the lives of the city’s Black and Brown children.
CTU addresses the Chicago Public Schools 2020-2021 school closing plan
So this is how a school—one with more than 40 years of history that includes a state champion girls basketball team, multiple city champion debate teams, a featured role in the video for a single on a Grammy-nominated album and myriad positive impacts on thousands of students and families’ lives—officially ends?
Nine CTU members due in court for arrests at Sterling Bay/Lincoln Yards strike action
Wednesday, Nov. 27, 1 p.m.: Preliminary hearing for nine CTU members Cook County Criminal Court, 3150 W. Flournoy St., Chicago Members will hold a press availability immediately after court. CHICAGO, Nov. 27, 2019—Nine Chicago Teachers Union members are due in Cook...
CTU statement on Chicago City Council passage of mayor’s austerity budget
We should be expecting more from those whom the people elected to lead, but sadly, we have come to expect less from all levels of city government. Today was no exception.
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...
CTU members at Passages unanimously vote to accept tentative agreement
New contract cements protections for immigrant and special education students, raises wage floor and rights for educators to levels in CPS district-run schools. CHICAGO, Nov. 8, 2019—Chicago Teachers Union members at Passages charter school voted unanimously today to...
Falling school enrollment driven by push-out of working class Black and Latinx families
City Hall has power to reverse hostility to needs of ordinary residents—and must muster political will to support real equity and economic justice. CHICAGO, November 8, 2019—Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey issued the following statement today in...
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.
Delegates & School Leaders Training
Saturday, January 18
CTU schools—both district-run and charter—have new contracts. Every one of us must organize to make the most of them. Delegates, picket captains, PPC members, PPLC and LSC representatives are all strongly encouraged to come together at this school leaders training.
