Chicago Teachers Union

News 01/04/22, 21:30

Following the winter break in the United States, about 3,200 schools remain closed despite the national crisis over children's mental health. Last month U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy and the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Children's Hospital Association, a children's mental health ...

News 12/07/20, 19:32

The Chicago teachers union should apologize after posting a controversial message on its official Twitter account on Sunday, claiming that "the drive to reopen schools is rooted in sexism, racism, and misogyny. The Chicago teachers' union's tweet confronted all scientific evidence about the harm being done to children by the regulations ...

U.S. 12/09/18, 18:31

The nation's first teachers' strike against a charter school operator will end after their union and management struck a tentative deal Sunday that includes protections for students and immigrant families living in the country illegally.The Chicago Teachers Union said more than 500 teachers will return to classes Monday at Acero's ...

U.S. 12/08/18, 10:39

A Chicago charter school network is seeking help in halting a teachers' strike for much of the past week.Educators with Acero charter schools strike outside the Veterans Memorial Charter School Campus, Tuesday, Dec. (Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)From left to right, Kathryn Schoedel, a teacher at Ziumbo Elementary School, Lindsay ...

U.S. 12/04/18, 11:48

Union leaders say teachers employed by a Chicago charter school network are staging the first strike at any of the privately run, taxpayer-funded schools in the U.S.Educators with Acero charter schools strike outside the Veterans Memorial Charter School Campus, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, in Chicago. Hundreds of teachers have gone ...