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Chicago Public Schools brands collective action to stop in-person learning “illegal” To close schools and fully fund remote learning, Chicago educators have formed the Chicago Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee. This committee is independent of the CTU and Democratic Party and aims to unite educators, parents, students and the broader working class to prepare strike action to close all schools and nonessential workplaces. We call on all Chicago educators, parents and students to join our committee at . On Thursday morning, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Chief Talent Officer Matt Lyons...

Subscribe This afternoon will be sunny and mild with a high near 40 degrees, but temperatures will plunge overnight; the low will be around 17 degrees. Tomorrow will be sunny with a high near 25 degrees. Top story A decision by the Chicago Teachers Union to refuse in-person work and instead continue teaching remotely because of health and safety concerns would constitute an “illegal strike” in the eyes of Chicago Public Schools officials, the district wrote in a letter to all teachers and staff today. Though union leaders have been careful not to call their planned action a strike since t...

Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times A decision by the Chicago Teachers Union to refuse in-person work and instead continue teaching remotely because of health and safety concerns would constitute an “illegal strike” in the eyes of Chicago Public Schools officials, the district wrote in a letter to all teachers and staff on Thursday. Though union leaders have been careful not to call their planned action a strike since teachers intend to keep working from home, CPS human resources chief Matt Lyons said the collective labor action of not returning to schools, as ordered by the district, “is a d...

  "(The reason I became a negotiator) was the challenge of being involved in these high-pressure incidents and resolving situations where people are in crisis. "These are the bread-and-butter jobs for negotiators, when people go into crisis and I think the challenge of working within a team to resolve the situation is quite appealing to me." They bring with them a career and a wealth of life experience, each having their own unique backgrounds that can help resolve some seemingly impossible situations. "We've all got different backgrounds and we've all got different experiences that we ...