Potential CTU strike about boosting power of nation’s teachers’ unions

By Mailee Smith

01/30/2021

The Chicago Teachers Union prided itself as the vanguard for a rash of nationwide teacher strikes following its 2012 walkout. It’s using the same playbook in 2021.

TAGS: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, strike

Union votes to defy Chicago school reopening plans, boosting potential for another strike

By Mailee Smith

01/25/2021

Students are scheduled to return to classrooms Feb. 1 for the first time in 10 months. The union is threatening that.

TAGS: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, strike

Four things to know about Chicago teachers striking over COVID-19

By Mailee Smith

01/22/2021

Most of CPS’s 340,000 students haven’t been in a classroom for 10 months, and a brewing CTU strike could keep them out even longer.

TAGS: COVID-19, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, strike

Returning to school: What Illinois parents, teachers, school boards need to know

By Mailee Smith

01/08/2021

Illinois students are returning to school, but some unions are scaring teachers about their safety in the classroom. The science doesn’t support those fears, and the law may put teachers at odds with union demands.

TAGS: COVID-19, government unions, public schools, teachers

Chicago teachers refusing to return to school face discipline, up to firing

By Mailee Smith

01/08/2021

The Chicago Teachers Union is encouraging Chicago Public School teachers to “take action” against the school district, but the union’s agenda risks teachers’ jobs without backing by science or law.

TAGS: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

CTU is out on strike: 6 things you need to know

By Mailee Smith

10/21/2019

The Chicago Teachers Union went on strike despite an offer that would boost average pay to nearly $100,000. Here’s who is getting hurt and the true costs of the strike.

TAGS: Chicago, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Lori Lightfoot, municipal pensions, pension guarantee, pensions, property taxes, strike, taxes, teacher salaries

Illinois law makes teacher strikes easiest in Chicago out of 10 largest U.S. school districts

By Mailee Smith

10/18/2019

Teacher strikes are illegal in 8 of the top 10 largest school districts in the nation. Maybe that’s why the Chicago Teachers Union is on strike for the third time in seven years.

TAGS: Chicago, collective bargaining, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, labor, strike

CTU votes to authorize strike: 6 things you need to know

By Mailee Smith

09/27/2019

Members of the Chicago Teachers Union have voted to authorize a strike, which could come as early as Oct. 7. Here are six things you should know.

TAGS: Chicago, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Jesse Sharkey, labor, strike

Teacher strike easiest in Chicago among 10 largest U.S. school districts

By Mailee Smith

09/24/2019

Teacher strikes are illegal in 8 of the top 10 largest school districts in the nation. Maybe that’s why a third Chicago Teachers Union strike in seven years looms.

TAGS: Chicago, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, strike

Chicago Teachers Union president threatens strike

07/22/2019

The Chicago Teachers Union is threatening to strike, as negotiations with the city begin to stretch into the coming school year. It would be the union’s third strike in seven years.

TAGS: Chicago, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Jesse Sharkey, Lori Lightfoot, municipal pensions, pension guarantee, pensions, teacher salaries

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Potential CTU strike about boosting power of nation’s teachers’ unions

Union votes to defy Chicago school reopening plans, boosting potential for another strike

Four things to know about Chicago teachers striking over COVID-19

Returning to school: What Illinois parents, teachers, school boards need to know

Chicago teachers refusing to return to school face discipline, up to firing

CTU is out on strike: 6 things you need to know

Illinois law makes teacher strikes easiest in Chicago out of 10 largest U.S. school districts

CTU votes to authorize strike: 6 things you need to know

Teacher strike easiest in Chicago among 10 largest U.S. school districts

Chicago Teachers Union president threatens strike

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