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The Chicago Teachers Union ( CTU) is a labor union that represents teachers, paraprofessionals, and clinicians in the Chicago public school system. The union has consistently fought for improved pay, benefits, and job security for its members, and it has resisted efforts to vary teacher pay based on performance evaluations.
The strike began on October 17, 2019, when both unions failed to reach a contract agreement with Chicago Public Schools over compensation, benefits, staffing, wrap-around services such as counselors, nurses, and librarians, and caps on class sizes. [2] [3] On October 31, the strike officially ended when the mayor and the Chicago Teachers Union ...
Occupation. History teacher, labor leader. Stacy Davis Gates (born December 25, 1976) is an American labor leader and educator. She is president of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU). In May 2022, she was elected president of the union after previously serving as vice president under Jesse Sharkey. [1]
CHICAGO - The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is facing mounting criticism over its latest demands. A leaked copy of the union's proposal for a new collective bargaining agreement revealed over 700 ...
April 29, 2024 at 2:56 PM. CHICAGO - Formal contract negotiations began Monday between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools. The CTU says the last three rounds of contract talks ...
April 16, 2024 at 6:08 PM. CHICAGO - The Chicago Teachers Union officially released its contract demands Tuesday morning. The announcement comes more than a month after a leaked version of the ...
Karen Lewis ( née Jennings; [2] [3] July 20, 1953 – February 7, 2021) [4] [5] [6] was an American educator and labor leader who served as president of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), Chicago's division of the American Federation of Teachers, from 2010 to 2014. For nearly 20 years before becoming president of the teachers union, she was a ...
Chicago has scrapped classes for days in a confusing standoff with the teachers' union over COVID-19 safety measures in the nation's third-largest school district. From remote instruction to ...