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Latest Press Release
CTU to strike charter operator CICS on Feb. 5 if no agreement reached
+ Charter CEO earns nearly ten times what low-wage paraprofessionals earn, while CICS-controlled management operations cry poor as top bosses hoards tens of millions in public dollars for insider investments and management 'fees'. See full livestream of press...
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Arne Duncan knows nothing of real student needs
CTU blasts former U.S. education secretary for arguing Los Angeles teachers’ should back off demands in face of ‘lack of resources’ in state with fifth largest economy in the world. CHICAGO, January 15, 2019—Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey issued the...
CTU delivers contract proposals built on demand for schools Chicago students deserve
Mayor must reverse ‘separate and unequal’ school policies, end chronic neglect of South, West side public schools, and adequately staff school nurses, clinicians, ESL services, other vital education resources. Watch video of the livestreamed press conference. CHICAGO,...
Tuesday, Jan. 15: CTU to submit contract proposals built on demand to create schools Chicago students deserve
Press conference: 10:30 AM, Tuesday, January 15 Mayor’s office, 5th floor, City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St. As 33,000 LA educators strike for smaller classes, more staff, CTU calls on mayor to end separate and unequal treatment of South, West side public schools and end...
CTU to Chico: Don’t expand separate and unequal school system
Instead of expanding selective enrollment, end two-tier education and make every neighborhood school a well-resourced, sustainable community school. CHICAGO, January 10, 2019—Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey released the following statement today in...
CTU to Daley: Hands off LSCs, the only remaining bedrock of democracy in our schools
Daley's proposal to gut LSCs is an assault on last vestiges of Harold Washington's commitment to grassroots democracy in our schools. CHICAGO, January 10, 2019—Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey released the following statement today in response to mayoral...
#FactCheck: The truth behind Gery Chico’s ‘friendship’ with Chicago’s public school teachers
Mayoral candidate Chico claimed to have a good working relationship with teachers when he was handpicked by Richard M. Daley to head the Board of Ed, but a closer look at his record shows destructive school policies and profits for his outside interests at the expense...
Bill Daley has no right to meddle in public education policy
As a lifelong representative of the one percent, mayoral candidate Daley would simply extend incumbent Rahm Emanuel's deplorable education policies, charges CTU. CHICAGO, January 8, 2018—Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey released the following statement...
Poll: Voters embrace CTU agenda, demand policies built on equity
Voters overwhelmingly support CTU demands for more resources, revenue for neighborhood public schools, as Preckwinkle leads among likely voters.
New Year’s greetings from the officers of the Chicago Teachers Union
The New Year holiday is grounded in reflection and hope. As a union of dedicated rank and file members, we’ve made enormous strides in the effort to bring public school students the educations they deserve and yet we still have further go. We’ve put critical issues on...
CTU pushes CPS to delay implementation of Aspen
Union succeeds in pressing CPS, Board of Education to delay premature deployment of new database after raising alarms about inadequate training, poor implementation and data fields that gathered massive amounts of immigration data for school administrators with poor...
Spring Transfer Window
Teachers can transfer schools without principal permission between Nov. 18, 2018 and Jan. 2, 2019.
