Oct26
Date Change for Vote on the TA
CTU leadership has decided to postpone the vote on the Tentative Agreement for two days in order to ensure that all members have an opportunity to read a printed copy of the TA in hand and the entire weekend to review it before making an informed vote.
Oct22
Entire 2016–19 Tentative Agreement w/ Salaries
The final unified tentative agreement with preliminary salary schedules is available for download and review here.
Oct19
Q&A; on Step Increases in the New TA
The new Tentative Agreement includes provisions for members to move up a “double step” in SY 16—17. Here are answers to some of the questions you or other members may have.
Oct19
Q&A; on Retirement Incentive in the New TA
The Board is offering both teachers and paraprofessionals an incentive to retire at the end of this school year in June 2017. Here are answers to some of the questions you or other members may have.
Oct18
The Challenge of Teaching in a Racially and Politically Polarized Time
On Oct. 25, join a panel of educators and explore ways to approach teaching about the election, immigration, race & policing; engage students in meaningful discussion on civic responsibility; and create safe and respectful classroom spaces.
- Sep29 CTU issues Board of Ed 10-day notice of intent to strike Strike would be the third work stoppage by Chicago public school educators since Mayor Rahm Emanuel took office in 2011
- Sep26 Teachers vote 95 percent to authorize strike to resolve contract dispute CTU House of Delegates to meet Wednesday to discuss possible strike date
- Sep22 Strike authorization vote in second-day; teachers decry 20 percent reduction in school counselors, nurses and psychologists when violence is at an all-time high
- Aug22 New CTU report reveals rampant and unaccountable outsourcing is impoverishing and undermining Chicago’s public schools “Outsourced: How CPS Sells its Own Governance to the Highest Bidder,” comes as CPS claims to have insufficient funds for providing students much-needed classroom services, but continues to dole out millions to for-profit corporations.
- Aug09 CTU President Karen Lewis warns of inevitable strike should CPS enforce cuts to wages and benefits of public school educators 'We have been bargaining in good faith since the middle of last year and we have yet to come to an agreement. At some point a line has to be drawn in the sand.'
- Jul20 CTU joins teachers’ unions across U.S. in unanimous passage of resolution at American Federation of Teachers national convention to broaden scope of Every Student Succeeds Act
Rank and file CTU educators are informing the public about the issues affecting our schools in a series of online videos that amplify their voices.