Chicago Teachers Union

The Chicago Teachers Union is suing the U.S. Department of Education, President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and the Chicago Board of Education over regulations on special education via remote learning that the union says are “impossible” for teachers to fulfill.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Dr. Janice Jackson said Monday that schools won’t reopen until health professionals determine students can safely return, noting that Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s goal of reopening schools in the fall is “aspirational.” In an interview Monday morning on MSNBC, Jackson said CPS leaders are doing everything in their power to make sure schools are safe and...

An adamant Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot stated Monday that the city isn’t reopening the collective bargaining agreement it forged last fall with the Chicago Teacher’s Union amid the coronavirus pandemic. While the mayor says the Chicago Public Schools and CTU remain in communication regarding discussions to reopen schools, the union asserts that’s not the case. Union representatives claimed the...

As the first week of online learning begins from home, the Chicago Public School system is working to provide computers and electronic devices to students. However, the Chicago Teachers Union says access to adequate tools and internet continues to be an issue for many families. NBC 5 Chris Coffey reports.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is looking at contingency childcare plans for Chicago first responders and hospital workers as schools and day cares remain closed for weeks and the coronavirus cases continue to rise. Among those proposals, described as a “last resort” by a mayoral spokeswoman, is free childcare for those workers administered by Chicago Public School teachers who volunteer their…

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot gave a passionate speech pleading with city residents to stay home.

The Chicago Teachers Union spent almost $1.5 million on political activity including lobbying, in the months leading up to a two-week strike in the fall, according to a published report.

Hundreds of students at one Chicago elementary school reportedly called out sick on Thursday, one of the make-up days following October’s Chicago Teachers Union Strike, according to a parent. Jennifer Schaefer, the parent of a daughter who attends Lincoln Elementary in the city’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, said she called the school Thursday and learned 400 students had called out...

A fraction of teachers and school support employees crossed picket lines during the Chicago Public Schools strike earlier this year, according to a published report. Of approximately 32,500 total union employees, 582 employees went to work during the 11-day strike in October, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The newspaper cited records obtained under Illinois public records laws. An average of 93…

The Chicago Board of Education has approved deals with teachers and support staff that ends labor strife that included an 11-day strike. Chicago teachers last week approved the five-year contract deal that includes pay raises, $35 million to enforce limits on class sizes and a pledge to supply each school with a nurse and a social worker.

Chicago teachers on Friday approved the contract deal that ended an 11-day strike and includes pay raises, $35 million to enforce limits on class sizes and a pledge to supply each school with a nurse and a social worker.

Chicago teachers are voting on the tentative contract deal that suspended an 11-day strike. More than half of the Chicago Teachers Union’s elected delegates backed the agreement on Oct. 30, suspending the strike and letting classes resume.

Chicago teachers are voting on the tentative contract deal that suspended an 11-day strike. Sandra Torres reports.

After Chicago Public Schools student athletes watched the Chicago Teacher’s Union strike go on for weeks and then having the IHSA strike policy leaving their state playoff dreams up in the air, the Illinois Appellate court said Thursday that CPS runners will be able to take part in Saturday’s meet.

The Illinois High School Association on Monday appealed a judge’s decision allowing Chicago Public Schools student-athletes to take part in cross country meets, according to court records.

A judge’s ruling allowed CPS runners to participate in sectionals, but now the IHSA is challenging that ruling and trying to keep CPS runners from the state meet. NBC 5’s Christian Farr has more. 

A budget expert told NBC 5 that he believed taxpayers should be concerned about the agreement reached by the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools to end the more than two week-long strike.

As part of their agreement with the Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Public Schools officials have announced proposed dates for the five instructional days that will need to be made up after the union’s strike.

A judge granted an emergency injunction on Friday evening, which allowed Chicago Public Schools cross country student-athletes to automatically advance to sectional races, nearly a week after a separate judge denied their request to compete in a regional tournament.