Chicago Teachers Union
Recent News About Chicago Teachers Union
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Substitute teacher who opted out of Chicago Teachers Union saw no benefit in membership
According to a substitute teacher for the Chicago Public Schools, opting out of the teachers' union was no big deal.
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CTU-backed tax proposals are 'fringe lunacy,' says Wirepoints founder
A trio of taxes pushed by a coalition of activists and unions is nothing short of insanity, said the founder of an online news outlet during a recent interview.
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CTU following Los Angeles teachers' lead on demands, charter schools
Their contract is up at the end of June but Chicago teachers through their union, CTU, have already presented Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the school district with a list of demands.
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Wirepoints president calls CTU's proposal 'irresponsible'
Chicago Teachers Union's first contract proposal, delivered earlier this week to the city's mayor, asking—among other things—for a 5 percent pay raise, is "irresponsible," the president of an online news outlet said during a recent interview.
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Wirepoints founder Glennon disputes teacher union's Sharkey on city's financial state
Mark Glennon, founder of the website Wirepoints, disagrees with Jesse Sharkey, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, about the city facing a financial crisis.
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Sanctuary provision included in new Acero teacher contract
A provision in a tentative contract reached between the Acero charter school network and the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) will prohibit the school from collecting and distributing information about the immigration status of students, teachers and families, and restricts access by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to schools except by court order, a CTU lawyer told the Associated Press. The contract, which ended a four-day strike, also includes raises for teachers and staff annually over the next four years and a shorter school year and school day.
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Chicago Teachers Union educators at charter schools vote to authorize strike
Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) educators at charter schools have voted to authorize a strike as they negotiate a contract with Acero, the largest unionized network of charter schools in Chicago, according to In These Times.
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Top Dems gather in Chicago to see U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, but she’s a no-show
Chicago Democrat machine royalty converged at the Chicago Hilton Grand Ballroom for a cocktail reception that was supposed to feature U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-California) as the “special guest.”
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Janus fallout threatens money, members of teachers' unions
A potential result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision this year in the Janus case could leave teachers' unions looking for additional money and members.
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Manhattan Institute scholar: Fathers, not more programs, are what’s needed for Chicago schools
The administration, not the kids, will be the big winner from a new $10 million pilot program aimed at Chicago’s most vulnerable public schools, according to Heather MacDonald, a Manhattan Institute scholar who has written extensively on the nation’s public schools.
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Pritzker reportedly met by jeers at teachers union event
J.B. Pritzker must have expected a friendly audience at a question-and-answer session at the Chicago Teachers Union headquarters recently.
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Chicago Teachers Union's 'voucher' label on new scholarships called erroneous
Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) President Karen Lewis has called the tax credit scholarship program created by recent education funding reform a “voucher program,” a characterization that lacks nuance, according to the Better Government Association (BGA).
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Millionaire father-in-law appears to help keep Socialist Sharkey afloat
The Socialist credentials of Jesse Sharkey, the vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), are well-established. An article published last year on the World Socialist Web Site regarding teacher contracts referred to him as “a leading member of the International Socialist Organization (ISO).”
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Chicago Teachers Union accused of fighting for itself, not schoolchildren
The Chicago Teachers Union and the gubernatorial candidates it controls are fighting a bipartisan school funding compromise that strives to do something good for all the state's schools, the Illinois Republican Party contended in a recent press release.
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Hughes calls for ouster of CTU President Karen Lewis
Chicago Teachers Union members need to turn their long-time President Karen Lewis out of office, a radio show co-host said during a recent broadcast.
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"A private concern in such shape would be called 'broke'"
That's an actuary describing the Chicago Teacher's Pension Fund 86 years ago, when it was one-sixteenth as broke as it is today.
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CTU Chief Lewis: Teachers aren't to blame for pension fund woes
Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis said Wednesday that the teachers pension fund has serious financial problems, but that teachers aren't to blame.
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'Privilege tax' bills described as Illinois exit signs
Rather than bring in more money for the state, a pair of bills would probably drive more businesses out of Illinois, the founder of a financial website says.
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Chess coach expelled from Chicago Teachers Union for missing April one-day strike
A Chicago math teacher and chess coach expelled from the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) for skipping an organized strike in April fears he may have to pay an even steeper price.