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Advocates press CPS to maintain funding for charter schools

December 24, 2018 at 10:59 a.m.

With uncertainty still surrounding the next Chicago Public Schools budget because of contract talks with teachers, dozens of charter school advocates Monday packed an auditorium inside a LEARN charter school...

Chicago Teachers Union: It’s not just about the money

May 16, 2019 at 11:07 a.m.

In rejecting an arbitrator's report Wednesday that recommended a healthy pay hike, the Chicago Teachers Union indicated it will push for a deal that gives members greater job security and...

Chicago Teachers Union: It’s not just about the money

December 24, 2018 at 9:46 a.m.

In rejecting an arbitrator's report Wednesday that recommended a healthy pay hike, the Chicago Teachers Union indicated it will push for a deal that gives members greater job security and...

CPS, teachers union reject arbitrator’s report

December 24, 2018 at 9:53 a.m.

In rejecting an arbitrator's report Wednesday that recommended a healthy pay hike, the Chicago Teachers Union indicated it will push for a deal that gives members greater job security and...

Arbitrator scolds CPS, teachers union for stubbornness as threat of strike looms

December 24, 2018 at 9:43 a.m.

After nine months of contentious negotiations, Chicago Public Schools and the teachers union have barely budged from their initial positions and remain miles apart on salary as the possibility of...

Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) president Karen Lewis addresses reporters at the CTU headquarters at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago on Monday. The CTU revealed nearly 90 percent of it eligible members voted to give their labor organization the authority to call a strike should contract negotiations reach an impasse, according to their press release.

Arbitrator’s report will help CTU bring back issues they wanted to discuss at negotiations

May 16, 2019 at 11:06 a.m.

An arbitrator's recommendation that Chicago teachers get raises starting at nearly 15 percent gives union officials additional leverage and could embolden them to press harder on nonmonetary issues, said experts...

Arbitrator’s report will help CTU bring back issues they wanted to discuss at negotiations

December 24, 2018 at 9:37 a.m.

An arbitrator's recommendation that Chicago teachers get raises starting at nearly 15 percent gives union officials additional leverage and could embolden them to press harder on nonmonetary issues, said experts...

Arbitrator’s report will help CTU bring back issues they wanted to discuss at negotiations

December 24, 2018 at 10:55 a.m.

An arbitrator's recommendation that Chicago teachers get raises starting at nearly 15 percent gives union officials additional leverage and could embolden them to press harder on nonmonetary issues, said experts...

CPS, teachers union set to reject arbitrator’s report

December 24, 2018 at 9:30 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools and the teachers union this week are both expected to reject an arbitrator's long-awaited fact-finding report, which recommends a double-digit salary hike that both sides agree could...

CPS says 26 employees lied get their kids free or reduced-price lunches

December 24, 2018 at 9:21 a.m.

Twenty principals and assistant principals are among 26 current and former Chicago Public Schools employees who provided false income information on applications to get their children into the federal free...

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