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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...
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3P, Sun. 10/27: Famed civil rights leader Rev. Wm. Barber II to rally with striking CTU rank and file members
As founder of Moral Mondays movement, co-founder of Poor People’s Campaign, Barber’s interfaith activism has brought together some of most important movements for justice in 21st century.
Victory in Passages strike, as charter operator agrees to demands that CPS rejects for striking CTU district educators
STRIKE SCHEDULE: Saturday and Sunday, October 26-7 10:00 a.m., TODAY, Saturday, 10/26/19: Labor and Community Solidarity Rally! Family-friendly rally, celebration and show of solidarity for striking CTU and SEIU Local 73 workers, cosponsored by the Chicago Federation...
10/25 CTU strike schedule/bargaining update: No agreement yet, but real progress at bargaining table
STRIKE SCHEDULE: TODAY, Friday, October 25 6:30 a.m.: Picket lines go up at all 500+ CPS district-run schools, PLUS Passages Charter strike picket line at 1643 W Bryn Mawr 7:30 a.m./SPANISH Language: CTU President Jesse Sharkey, CTU officer Maria Moreno. Lane Tech,...
CTU Passages charter strikers to protest charter operator greed at high-rent fundraiser
6:00 p.m.: Picket/press conference, Passages charter teachers at charter operator's 'gala' fundraiser, 825 W. Erie Charter CEO makes same $250,00 salary to run one school as CPS CEO makes to run over 500, in naked example of operator self-enrichment at expense of...
CTU Art teachers hold street teach-in on TIF scam, with new children’s book “Are You My Mayor?”
STRIKE SCHEDULE: Today, Thursday, October 24 12:15 p.m.: Press response to CPS/mayor on bargaining from rank and file social workers and special education staff 1:15 p.m.: Storybook street TIF teach-in, featuring children's book "Are You My Mayor?". This action...
CTU special ed teachers to respond to mayor’s refusal to negotiate for better schools
12:15 p.m. TODAY: CTU bargaining update Malcolm X College, 1900 W. Jackson, Chicago CHICAGO, Oct. 24, 2019—Striking CTU special education teachers and support staff will hold a press conference to respond to the mayor's refusal to bargain for better schools at 12:15...
CTU Thurs. strike schedule/bargaining update: Mayor opposes relief for overcrowded classes, staffing crisis
STRIKE SCHEDULE: Today, Thursday, October 24 6:30 a.m.: Picket lines go up at all 500+ CPS district-run schools, PLUS Passages Charter strike picket line at 1643 W Bryn Mawr 7:00 a.m./SPANISH Language: CTU President Jesse Sharkey; CTU officer Maria Moreno; Sara...
Bargaining Update: Sea of Red and Purple Drowns Out Mayor’s Austerity Talk; Leads to progress on “not sexy” aspects of the contract
More than 30,000 members of CTU, SEIU Local 73 and our allies and supporters rallied downtown. In bargaining, we’ve now achieved 80 tentative agreements with the Board over issues that are important to our members, but involve minutiae of teaching that only particular members will appreciate in relation to their own work lives.
Sharkey on Lightfoot budget: more austerity, less justice—and no relief for CPS students
7:00 p.m. TODAY, Wednesday, Oct. 23: Town Hall with CTU paraprofessionals and Local 73 workers who are paid poverty wages. St. Benedict African Catholic Church, 340 W 66th Street (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) 6:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 24: Picket lines go up at all 500+...
Strike schedule, 10/23; CPS stalls bargaining again, as coaches make impassioned plea for resources
6:30 a.m. TODAY: Passages Charter School strike, day two picket line, 1643 W Bryn Mawr Feeder march/West & Northwest side schools with CTU President Jesse Sharkey: Sears Tower, 311 S Wacker Park 9:00 a.m. TODAY: strikers, allies rally: City Hall, 121 North LaSalle...
CTU Speaks! Podcast
Our new podcast, CTU Speaks! is hosted by rank-and-file CTU members Andrea Parker and Jim Staros. We’ll chat about our union, enforcing our new contract, and our fight for the schools our children and educators deserve.
