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CTU rank-and-file vote to approve tentative agreement
TA represents where CPS should have started months ago, not where agreement landed, as rank-and-file organize safety committees with power to enforce mitigation standards in schools. CHICAGO, Feb. 10, 2021 — Rank-and-file Chicago Teachers Union members voted tonight...
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We’ll continue to teach remotely, safely until we have agreement for safe return
There is no agreement with Chicago Public Schools on comprehensive testing for students and staff, remote teaching for educators with family members at risk, improvements to remote learning or phased reopening tied to vaccinations as Mayor Lightfoot remains intent on...
CTU educators struggle to protect medically vulnerable family members as CPS continues to reject remote work accommodations
At bargaining, CPS suggests cancer could more compelling than hypertension in any requests — then denies accommodation to member caring for elderly parent being treated for cancer. 7:00 a.m. TODAY, Fri., Jan. 28: press conference — CTU rank and file members denied...
CTU calls for mediation to broker agreement on safe path to returning to schools
Teachers, clinicians, PSRPs, librarians and other staff want to return to welcoming and thriving schools, but that can’t happen until we put the health and safety precautions of our educators, our students and the larger community first.
CTU educators to mayor: land agreement on health metric, testing, vaccinations, safe path to reopening schools
CTU rank and file will gather at vaccine supersite Malcolm X College, as City's Black and Brown neighborhoods struggle to access vaccine and CPS lock-out of educators looms. 6:30 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 26: press conference — CTU rank and file members, vaccine supersite...
CTU educators respond to Biden call for safety in school reopening plans
Educators struggle to access vaccines, as mayor's hand-picked school board still insists on forcing 10,000 more unvaccinated workers to teach in-person by Feb. 1. 4:30 p.m., TODAY, Monday, Jan. 25: press conference — CTU rank and file members, officers on Biden...
CPS forces false choice on educators between lock-outs or safety for them and loved ones
As lock-outs continue, CPS has yet to vaccinate 1,500 health care professionals eligible for vaccine in December, as mayor's hand-picked school board still insists on forcing 10,000 more unvaccinated educators to teach in-person by Feb. 1. 6:30 a.m., Monday, Jan....
CTU rank-and-file votes to save lives, continue to teach safely and remotely
Educators call on Mayor Lightfoot and CPS to adopt CDC health metric, agree to rigorous testing and allow educators to return as they're vaccinated, among other concerns. CHICAGO, Jan. 24, 2021—In an unprecedented remote electronic vote, 71 percent of Chicago Teachers...
CTU members on charter operators landing responsible safety standards, while CPS continues to bungle safety in pandemic
CTU health expert Dr. Vin Gupta outlines grave dangers in CPS reopening scheme, as District digs in on forcing 10,000 more educators into unsafe buildings on 1/25 — the same day those workers become eligible for vaccine. 7 a.m. Friday, Jan. 22: press conference — CTU...
New medical consultant to provide educator guidance on safe return to schools
Mayor Lightfoot and CPS remain intent on forcing an additional 10,000 educators and support staff back into unsafe buildings on Monday, Jan. 25.
CTU delegates pass resolution authorizing Jan. 25 remote learning continuation
“Our members are resolved to continue working, teaching their students and doing so safely,” President Sharkey said. “Only the mayor can force a strike, and if it comes to that, that’s her choice. We choose safety.”
Administrative Transfer Window
Teachers will be able to transfer schools for Spring 2021 without principal permission between November 22, 2020 and January 6, 2021.
