Chicago Indymedia

02/16/2020

http://chicago.indymedia.org/node/84407

Chicago Indymedia collective member and longtime political activist Richard "Dick" Reilly passed away on February 11, 2020.

10/16/2019

"“I have to tell the people of Chicago ... that we have not achieved enough in these negotiations to say we are done fighting,” Chicago Teachers Union president Jesse Sharkey said at a news conference Tuesday night at the union’s Near West Side headquarters."

The head of the union says the union’s bargaining team is recommending that teachers walk out starting Thursday.

10/12/2019

President Donald Trump, a frequent Chicago critic, plans to hit the city for a fundraiser and likely a speech to a police chiefs convention.

10/10/2019

The Chicago Teachers Union and SEIU Local 73 are on the verge of a strike. Their demands are focused on improving conditions in classrooms — and they’re willing to walk off the job to make it happen.

09/26/2019

"I would rather teach and be in the classroom but I’m ready to strike — for every single one of my students, for all my future students and my two sons in CPS."

I would rather teach and be in the classroom but I’m ready to strike — for every single one of my students, for all my future students and my two sons in CPS.

09/23/2019

“The teachers’ demands — including smaller class sizes and the hiring of additional school nurses, librarians and social workers — are similar to those that have echoed across the country in the last two years amid a wave of teacher activism not seen in the U.S. in decades.”

“We’re actually asking for real demands," a Chicago special education teacher said. "Real demands that will change things.”

09/14/2019

Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73 NEED YOUR CREATIVE ART-DESIGN SUPPORT! Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and SEIU 73 is holding a community Art Build for public education in early October: Friday, October 4, 5:00pm-10:00pm; Saturday, October 5, 10:00...

07/12/2019

On Saturday, July 13th at 11am, we will take the streets at Daley Plaza and march against the criminalization, detention, and deportation of immigrants and demand an end to concentration camps on American soil.

Daley Plaza
50 W Washington, Chicago IL
Saturday July 13th, 11am

Stand on the right side of history.

On Saturday, July 13th at 11am, we will take the streets at Daley Plaza and march against the criminalization, detention, and deportation of immigrants and demand an end to concentration camps on American soil.

Daley Plaza
50 W Washington, Chicago IL
Saturday July 13th, 11am

Join us as we stand on the right side of history.

07/11/2019

Join fellow Chicago labor activists, TDU members, and our allies to support Teamsters for a Democratic Union and the movement for grassroots, progressive unionism.

06/22/2019

As activists canvass the neighborhoods informing immigrants of their rights, one alderman said the threat of sweeps "creates a culture of fear."

05/17/2019

Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.) is hosting a fundraiser for Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) Thursday, June 6, at the Chicago Cut Steakhouse in Chicago.

"At a time when we need every pro-choice voice we can get, this is reprehensible for a leader in the Democratic Party."

04/03/2019

The Chicago Teachers Union and SEIU Local 73 will continue to fight for an elected, representative school board and progressive revenue for the schools our students deserve.

03/12/2019

Any attack on the right to a retirement with dignity is wrong – whether it’s at a school like ChiArts, which is training the next generation of artists or a world class institution like the CSO, where our students aspire to perform one day, says CTU. CHICAGO, March 11, 2019—Chicago Teachers Un...

03/12/2019

The striking CSO union musicians FB page. :

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03/12/2019

If you're in downtown Chicago, drop by their picket line and show them some love.

A union negotiator said one of the top concerns is the proposed elimination of a defined benefit pension plan.

02/18/2019

A tentative contract agreement was hammered out early Monday morning, ending Chicago’s second and longest charter school teachers walkout.

02/18/2019

Breaking: CHICAGO—After nine days on the picket lines, striking CTU teachers and paraprofessionals have reached a tentative agreement with CICS management that protects counselors and social workers, limits class sizes, and raises teacher and paraprofessional pay up to CPS standards.

4PM Tuesday, 2/19: CICS quarterly public board meeting 11 E. Adams St., Chicago. AFT President Randi Weingarten, CTU, allies to attend. Parents, educators plan to join AFT president Randi Weingarten Tuesday to demand reforms at CICS quarterly board meeting, as elected officials advance legislation t...

02/14/2019

Teachers blocked entrances and elevators in a prominent Loop high-rise. They also sent a complaint letter to the Illinois attorney general.