Chicago Teachers Union, firefighters to hold solidarity rally Monday for new contracts
The union and Chicago Public Schools appear close to a new deal but have hit some bumps in the final stretch of negotiations.
Chicago Teachers Union joins forces with city’s firefighters to secure labor contracts
The Chicago Teachers Union said on Friday that it’s joining forces with Fire Fighters Local Union 2 to push for a deal on ...
Chicago Public Schools budget vote to be postponed until union contract is settled
Tense negotiations have been going on for months over pension payments for Chicago Public Schools employees and raises for ...
Teachers union accuses CPS of fostering disruption and chaos in not agreeing to key compromises
The union is now "barreling toward an escalated conflict," sources said. The teachers union can take a strike vote at any ...
Chicago firefighters union, CTU hold rally, as both call for contract deals
There was a show of solidarity Monday morning, as members of the Chicago Teachers Unions said they're getting closer to ...
Opinion
Editorial: Kudos to the seven Chicago school board members courageously upholding fiscal sanity
Elections have consequences. That cliche often is used at the national level, but nowhere is it more apt right now than at the Chicago Board of Education. When Chicago voters elected school board ...
Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools near contract agreement, but hurdles remain
The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) appear to be close to a deal on a new contract, but they’ve ...
CPS, Chicago Teachers Union say contract deal close, but not yet reached
Negotiations continued in earnest Friday to reach a compromise on a new contract for the Chicago Teachers Union, with CTU's ...
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Vallas: Johnson will hand Chicago Teachers Union its demands, regardless of cost
As the Chicago Teachers Union continues negotiating with the former employee it got elected mayor, expect the union to get ...
Tense City Hall meeting on CTU contract, CPS budget vote ends with ‘handful of issues’ still unresolved
Mayor Brandon Johnson gathered CPS and CTU leaders ahead of a critical vote to amend the school district’s budget to pay for ...
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson tries to broker compromise on teachers union contract
Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Board of Education President Sean Harden called the meeting productive, while CTU ...
Some CPS teachers claim REACH evaluation system disproportionately targets Black educators
Critics point to the evaluation system as cause for a decline in the number of Black teachers in Chicago Public Schools.