Report on the November 2019 meeting of the Chicago Teachers Union House of DelegatesSalary schedules, sick days, strike make-up days, and the vote on the tentative agreement were discussed during the November 12, 2019, meeting of the Chicago Chicago Teachers Union House of Delegates. The meeting started on . . . | |
Media Watch: Sickening outrage in Chicago Sun-Times editorial regarding policy it says "make sense"The Chicago Sun-Times editorial board was so outraged about the CTU contract's provision regarding teachers banking unused sick days that it called teachers "pathetic."
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Stories about Substance editor George N. Schmidt on Oct. 2018 Substance homepageDozens of stories about editor George N. Schmidt, who died on Sept. 17, 2018, are published on the October 2018 Substance News homepage. Stories about George’s personal life appear on the left column of . . . | |  |
House of Delegates votes to suspend strikeIn order to vote on the tentative agreement, another special meeting of the Chicago Teachers Union House of Delegates was called on October 30, 2019. The meeting started about 6:04 p.m. This special meeting was . . . | |
Strike ends! Was it a win for teachers?[The following story was first published on Jim Vail's website Second City Teachers, which may be accessed here.]
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Report of CTU's special meeting of the House of DelegatesA special meeting of the Chicago Teachers Union House of Delegates was called on October 29, 2019, to update the membership on the status of negotiations. It started at 6:19 p.m. CTU officers Christel Williams . . . | |
Reality check from an Chicago high school English teacher who works tirelessly and deserves every penny paid[Editor's note: This excellent piece was originally published on Facebook and is used here with Neha Jotwani's permission. Any other union members are welcome to submit their writing to Substance. Email me at sharongriffinschmidt@gmail.com or . . . | |  |
Are You My Mayor?Lindblom, Back of the Yards, Kim Walls and a delegate named Yvette McCaskill put together a TIF action today which included a reading of "Are You My Mayor." It was splendid. A video by Danya . . . | |  |
Report on the special, emergency meeting of the Chicago Teachers Union House of Delegates on October 16, 2019The pre-meeting Question and Answer period began at 4:15 p.m. I was outside the CTU building for the entire time of the pre-meeting Question and Answer period tending to other duties and was not present . . . | |  |
More than the pending strike happening in Chicago: Theater in the Parks festival on Oct. 14My group Generations from the Goodman is participating in the Theater in Our Parks Festival. We our doing a performance on Gun Violence. There will be workshops starting at 10 a.m. at The Theater on . . . | |  |
Report on the meeting of the CTU House of Delegates on October 2, 2019The pre-meeting Question and Answer period began at 4:15 p.m A delegate said that classes were overfull, especially Special Ed classes. He has gone through the school’s PPC and gotten nowhere and has subsequently filed . . . | |
Missing George with manyOn the one-year anniversary of George’s death this year, I didn’t cry. I was too busy teaching freshmen and juniors at Steinmetz High School, interviewing people for my story about the Chicago student climate strike . . . | |  |
CTU sets strike date – Oct. 17RESOLVED, a strike by members of the Chicago Teachers Union shall commence at 12:01 a.m. on October 17, 2019, if no tentative agreement has then been achieved. The strike shall be limited to all unresolved . . . | |  |
Teacher preps threat a ploy to get us nothing?[Jim's report was originally published at his blog, Second City Teachers.]
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CTU delegates urge members to vote yes on strike authorizationIn hopes for a strong "yes" vote on Sept. 24 - Sept. 26, I sent the following email to the union members, following our afterschool meeting on Sept. 11.
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Students to strike over climate crisis on Friday, Sept. 20; protest rally begins at 11 a.m. in Grant ParkHundreds of Chicago public school students will join an international school strike to raise awareness of the climate crisis on Friday, Sept. 20. They'll meet at Grant Park at 11 a.m. at the intersection of . . . | |  |
Strike authorization vote set at September meeting of the CTU House of DelegatesWhile many topics were addressed at the Sept. 4, Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) House of Delegates meeting, the strike authorization vote was most important. In his report, President Jesse Sharkey stressed the need for a . . . | |  |
Parents 4 Teachers expresses solidarity with CTU in contract fightI spoke at the CTU members meeting and rally on August 20 on behalf of ParentsFor Teachers to express solidarity with teachers in their contract fight. Here is what I said:
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