CHICAGO (WLS) There is still no deal between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union as of Sunday evening as the district instructs all students to continue remote learning for Monday.
Both sides claimed they were waiting on the other to start negotiations Sunday but did agree on their willingness to continue talks throughout the night. We ve been waiting all day [Sunday] for in-person negotiations to begin. We ve been waiting on the CTU, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said. We re waiting for them to come back right now, she said that we could do this on all night long, said Stacy Davis Gates, Vice President of the Chicago Teachers Union.
CHICAGO (WLS) There is still no deal between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union as of Friday night as the district tries to reopen in-person learning for some kindergarten through 8th grade students on Monday.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said that while the district and union leadership agree on some items of contention in principle, but that union leadership has refused to put those agreements in writing and instead has added more items to the negotiating table that are not related to the public safety issues related to reopening some classrooms during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The mayor said that CPS is still planning to open in-person learning for the students who signed up for it on Monday, and that she expects CPS teachers to show up to their classrooms to each those students. If they do not, she said she would be forced to take further action but did not specify what that action would be.
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CHICAGO (WLS) Chicago Public School officials said they will start providing COVID-19 vaccine to educators in mid-February.
The announcement came as the Chicago Teachers Union told their members not to return to their classrooms on Monday.
Chicago teachers are voting on a measure to allow all union members to only work remotely.
The Chicago Teachers Union House of Delegates passed a resolution allowing all members to only work remotely. Many teachers have been refusing to return to the classroom over COVID-19 concerns.