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CTU day of action calls on mayor to step up school safety as Union offers more free vax
Parent flyering, walk-ins, testing events, more to mark actions into next week as CTU members continue to call on Lightfoot's CPS team to land safety agreement for testing, contact tracing, school vax, health metric — and adequate staffing in desperately understaffed...
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Mayor Lightfoot stalls on school ventilation inspections as COVID cases, quarantines rise
COVID quarantines in CPS schools rose by 400 percent over three-day span beginning August 30, as the mayor's CPS team lags on reporting cases — while rejecting most safety protocols from last school year. CHICAGO, Sept. 9, 2021 — Safety in Chicago public school...
CTU, SEIU to CPS: Step up safety or we’ll step up resistance to dangerous conditions
Overcrowding, lack of testing, AC breakdowns, other mitigation failures will drive needless infections and preventable harm, while Lightfoot drags on landing safety agreements with SEIU, CTU. 7:00 a.m. Thursday, September 2: Press conference at with CTU, SEIU Local 73...
CTU educators: We won’t be bullied against teaching the truth about Chicago, U.S. history
Despite persistent concerns about safety and stability, and only about 25% of new safety agreement landed as delta surges, educators eager to return to school communities to teach honest history. 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 28: Press availability at "Teach Truth"...
CTU lands vital school safety committees, but Mayor’s CPS team drags on settling full safety agreement
Educators eager to return to school communities — but flag ongoing concerns about safety and stability, with only about 25% of new safety agreement completed as delta variant drives Chicago caseload to nearly 500 cases/day. 7:00 a.m. Monday, August 23: Press...
Mayor’s CPS team drags on safety guarantees as delta spreads and clerks return to schools
CPS continues to insist on rolling back last year’s health and safety protocols even as the delta variant is filling hospitals around the country with children at the highest rate since the pandemic began and Chicago cases top 400/day — last year's cut-off for remote...
More safety commitments needed following CPS vaccination mandate
District’s response to Union’s August 10 proposal for vaccination mandate for teachers and staff will establish employee vaccination policy, but CPS must do more to provide safety and recovery to school communities.
CPS walks back promise to test all for COVID on eve of CTU bargaining forum
Mayor's CPS team refuses to bargain Wednesday, after demanding that the Union bargain daily. 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 11: Open bargaining update, La Villita Church, 2300 S. Millard, Chicago. This event will also be livestreamed to the CTU's Facebook page;...
CTU statement on Gov. Pritzker’s statewide mask mandate
If both the science and the directives state that layered mitigation will keep school communities more safe, then this is what districts — including our own — must do to keep children 12 and under, and their families, safe.
Elected school board is an historic achievement for Chicago’s students, families and school communities
In a victory for democracy, students, families and educators will now have the voice they have long been denied for a quarter of a century by failed mayoral control of our schools.
Mayor Lightfoot is sitting on $4 billion for Chicago and our schools
CTU leaders, City Council members, rank-and-file educators and community partners are holding an informational picket and press conference at 8:45 a.m. tomorrow at the Chicago Board of Education to present budget concerns around school staffing, capital improvements and long-term district sustainability.
CTU Speaks! Podcast
Our podcast, CTU Speaks! is hosted by Andrea Parker and Jim Staros. We’ll chat about our union, enforcing our contract, and our fight for the schools our students and educators deserve.
