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(The Center Square) – The Chicago Teachers Union is moving quickly to finalize a new contract with Chicago Public Schools. CPS and CTU have been without a contract since June 30, when the ...
Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates speaks before a march to demand that police officers be removed from schools in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. June 24, 2020.
The Chicago Teachers Union’s contract expired in June, and bargaining has been ongoing for months — ramping up recently as both sides make public their frustrations with negotiations.
The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is a labor union that represents teachers, paraprofessionals, and clinicians in the Chicago public school system. The union has advocated for improved pay, benefits, and job security for its members, and it has opposed efforts to vary teacher pay based on performance evaluations.
The 2019 Chicago Public Schools strike was a labor dispute between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union (which represents the school district's teachers and some of the paraprofessional and school related personnel) and the Service Employees International Union Local 73 (which represents the district's support staff and a majority of the paraprofessional and school related ...
Davis Gates began her career teaching history in 2004 at Englewood Technical Prep Academy High School, a public school on the south side of Chicago, Illinois. [5] In 2008, the school was closed as part of a series of closures led by the CEO of Chicago Public Schools (CPS), Arne Duncan, Davis Gates attributes this as the moment she was "radicalized."
The American Federation of Teachers, 1916–1961: A History of the Movement. Urbana, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1975. ISBN 0-8093-0708-1 online; Gaffney, Dennis. Teachers United: The Rise of New York State United Teachers. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 2007. ISBN 0-7914-7191-8; Gordon, Jane Anna.
Chicago Public Schools’ decision to lift its mask mandate has survived an initial challenge by the Chicago Teachers Union. The mask-optional rule will remain in place after a state labor board ...