Chicago Teachers Union

Chicago Teachers Union demands vaccines before returning to class

January 29, 2021 10:33am CST

The Chicago Teachers Union was pushing Friday for its members to be vaccinated before being required to return to classrooms, one of the key sticking points in its ongoing labor dispute with the city’s public schools over a planned Feb. 1 reopening date for K-8 students. 

CPS says remote learning will continue Thursday as CTU directs members to remain at home

January 27, 2021 7:53pm CST

CPS is asking parents to keep their children at home for remote learning on Thursday as CTU continues to direct their members who support pre-k and cluster programs to remain at home.

Chicago Public Schools reopening hits snag as battle with CTU escalates

January 26, 2021 9:54pm CST

Chicago ditched plans Tuesday for thousands of teachers to report to schools this week ahead of students after the teachers union said its members wouldn’t comply and were prepared to picket over coronavirus safety concerns.

CPS teachers discuss COVID-19 fears about returning to classrooms

January 25, 2021 11:32am CST

On the day thousands of Chicago teachers were originally required to return to their classrooms, members of the Chicago Teachers Union held a news conference to detail their experiences with COVID-19 and the difficulties they’ve faced in negotiating with Chicago Public Schools.

Chicago teachers vote to teach from home, defying district

January 24, 2021 5:49pm CST

The Chicago Teachers Union said Sunday that its members voted to defy an order to return to the classroom before they are vaccinated against the coronavirus, setting up a showdown with district officials who have said such a move would amount to an illegal strike.

Some charter schools, teachers agree on reopening plans; CTU wonders why CPS cannot do the same

January 22, 2021 10:43am CST

Teachers working for some charter school operators have reached agreements about reopening schools while the Chicago Teachers Union continues to negotiate with Chicago Public Schools.

Chicago teachers begin vote to defy order to return to class

January 21, 2021 7:10pm CST

Chicago teachers began voting Thursday to defy orders to report for in-person class next week ahead of elementary students’ return, actions the nation’s third-largest school district said could lead to “an illegal strike.”

CTU delegates approve walkout, sending vote to full union membership

January 20, 2021 9:43pm CST

Delegates with the Chicago Teachers Union have approved a walkout, sending the vote to the full union membership.

CPS teacher lockouts are disruptive for students, parents say

January 14, 2021 9:27am CST

About 6,000 children — all of them preschoolers and children with complex disabilities — were welcomed back in CPS classrooms Monday for the first time in 300 days, along with 1,200 teachers and 1,700 clinicians.

Chicago teachers punished as classroom no-shows protest

January 13, 2021 9:01pm CST

Chicago teachers punished for refusing to show up for the start of in-person classes over COVID-19 concerns, demonstrated Wednesday outside the school board president’s home.

CTU members decry Chicago Public Schools reopening

January 12, 2021 10:53am CST

About 6,000 children returned to Chicago Public Schools classrooms Monday for the first time in 300 days.

Young CPS students begin return to classroom learning

January 11, 2021 12:06pm CST

Chicago Public Schools students began their return to the classroom Monday as school doors opened to thousands of pre-kindergarten and some special education students.