DOCSLIB.ORG

May 2019 CUT.Indd

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
May 2019 CUT.Indd ELECTION BIOS ELECTION BIOS Biographical material of candidates for union office Election: andidates for election to union tion, each political caucus of the union offices are provided with the op- is provided with free space for a one- M ay 17, C portunity to submit biographical half page advertisement, which also is information to be published in the last printed exactly as it is submitted. Each 2019 edition of the Union newspaper prior slate’s advertisement runs concurrent- to the date of the election. All informa- ly with the biography of its presidential tion is printed as it is received. In addi- candidate. FOR VICE PRESIDENT Dame, and Concordia University, and the University of Illinois Chicago and FOR TRUSTEE CANDIDATE lives on Chicago’s south side with her master’s degree from Northern Illinois NAME husband and three children. University. I taught bilingual education NAME BIOGRAPHIES: Stacy Davis Gates at Nightingale Elementary School for Jackson Potter seven years and served as a bilingual SCHOOL SCHOOL CAUCUS OF FOR FINANCIAL SECRETARY speech-language pathologist for nine CTU Back of the Yards College Prep RANK-AND-FILE NAME years, two of which were in Cicero JOB CATEGORY School District 99. JOB CATEGORY EDUCATORS (CORE) High School History Teacher (on Maria Moreno High School Teacher Leave); CTU VP SCHOOL CANDIDATE FOR CTU FOR RECORDING SECRETARY FOR PRESIDENT CANDIDATE FOR Trustee Vice-President of Chicago Teachers JOB CATEGORY NAME CTU MEMBER SINCE Speech Language Pathologist on leave NAME Union Christel Williams-Hayes 2003 Jesse Sharkey CTU MEMBER SINCE CANDIDATE FOR SCHOOL OFFICES HELD Financial Secretary SCHOOL 2004 CTU Trustee, High School Executive Board CTU OFFICES HELD CTU MEMBER SINCE JOB CATEGORY VP, member of the High School Steering JOB CATEGORY Chair of PAC, AFT-IFT Delegate, AFT 2002 School Clerk on loan to CTU as Field Committee, PPC Committee chair PPC Member High School Teacher OFFICES HELD Representative COMMITTEES SERVED ON CANDIDATE FOR COMMITTEES SERVED ON CTU Financial Secretary CANDIDATE FOR High School Steering, PPC PAC-PPC-EBoard CTU President Executive Board Elementary Functional Recording Secretary OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES CTU MEMBER SINCE OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES Vice President CTU MEMBER SINCE Staff Coordinator at the CTU from 1998 Ms. Davis Gates has raised millions Teacher Delegate 1994 2008 to 2018 of dollars to elect classroom teachers OFFICES HELD Citywide Clinician Delegate IFT OFFICES HELD to all levels of local government and OFFICES HELD School Delegate, Committee Chair, PSRP Delegate, District Supervisor, I have been an IFT functional VP on the to challenge school privatizers and CTUF Board Director CTU Vice-President, AFT-IFT Functional Vice President, AFT-IFT Executive Board since 2008 union-busters, most prominently Convention Delegate COMMITTEES SERVED ON Convention Delegate Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his rubber- Rules and Elections Committee, Charter IFT COMMITTEES COMMITTEES SERVED ON stamp City Council in 2015. She has Outreach Committee, Clinicians’ COMMITTEES SERVED ON Union Leadership Institute committee, Rules and Elections, High School also spearheaded successful statewide Steering Committee, Membership PSRP and Social Revenue/ TIF Committee and Locals Steering Committee, Charter legislative campaigns to pass the Organizing Committee Committee, Latino Caucus Policy OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES Organizing strongest charter school accountability Committee, Executive Committee. Organized 2012 Strike, Led and OTHER IFT ACTIVITIES measures in the country, to restore IFT OFFICES HELD Organized the 3-March, Organized Helped lead workshops at IFT the bargaining rights of Chicago OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES IFT Executive Board, IFT Executive In 2004 I organized with parents Summer Institute, PSRP and Retiree conventions on revenue and creation Public Schools employees, and to fully Committee and teachers to defend the bilingual Committee Liaison of a summer organizing institute for fund public education by ending tax Peoria, University Professionals and IFT COMMITTEES education program in their Gage Park loopholes for the 1%. IFT OFFICES HELD CCCTU local 1600. Personnel Committee neighborhood school. I served as Vice President, Executive Board, and IFT OFFICES HELD the District Supervisor for Midway AFT ACTIVITIES AFT OFFICES Co-Chair of the PSRP Constituency IFT Executive Board Member Network 1 during the 2012 strike. I I have played a leading role as CTU AFT Executive Council Committee IFT COMMITTEES participated in the fight to oppose the liaison for the Alliance to Reclaim Our IFT COMMITTEES AFT COMMITTEES turnaround of Marquette Elementary Schools, the national community/union PAC and P-20 PSRP Constituency and Scholarship AFT Program and Policy Committee, School and abusive policies of network coalition with the NEA , SEIU and AFT AFT COMMITTEES AFT Committee on Political Education administrators. During our contract OTHER IFT ACTIVITIES designed to defend public education AFT PPC fight I participated in the 2016 Bank Organizing the Bi-Annual PSRP CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR of America action in support of school Constituency Conference Executive Board Chicago Federation I was a delegate for one term Delegate funding. As Financial Secretary I led the of Labor AFT OFFICES, COMMITTEES, ACTIVITIES re-card effort of 23,000 members, the CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES PSRP PPC, AFT Summer Organizing CIVIC AND/OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES alignment of CTU election procedures I have played a leading role in In 2017, Ms. Davis Gates was elected Institute assigned to Houston, TX Prior to being elected to CTU leadership with Title IV, LMRDA regulations and sustaining our relationship with Chair of United Working Families, an with Karen Lewis in 2010, Jesse taught merger of CTU with Local 4343. PERSONAL INFORMATION community organizations in the independent political organization by and social studies at Senn and CVCA, I’m a 56-year-old mother and Grassroots Education Movement IFT OFFICES HELD where he also coached chess and for working class people. She serves as grandmother who raised three girls IFT Executive Board Vice President PERSONAL INFORMATION worked with community and activist a board member for ACRE, The Action against all odds on the west side. I was The CORE slate is a reflection of the groups such as the Kenwood Oakland Center on Race & the Economy, which IFT COMMITTEES raised by a single mother who retired fighting spirit of our union. We have Community Organization and the works at the intersection of racial justice IFT Executive Committee as a School Clerk. My children and I fought off the most sustained and Campaign to End the Death Penalty. and Wall Street accountability. are products of CPS; I graduated from IFT Special Education Committee vicious attack on our union in history. PERSONAL INFORMATION John Marshall HS and proudly serve its PERSONAL INFORMATION We have frozen charter expansion, Davis Gates is on leave from the AFT ACTIVITIES Alumni Committee. Jesse received his bachelor’s and AFT Convention Delegate school closings, established evaluation classroom, where she taught social master’s degrees from Brown appeals, and first maternity/paternity studies for over a decade at Englewood, CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR University where he studied history leave policies along with stabilizing the Clemente, and Mason Community Delegate and education. He currently lives in district’s finances. Links High School. She attended Saint Rogers Park with his wife and two PERSONAL INFORMATION children who attend CPS schools. Mary’s College, University of Notre I earned my bachelor’s degree from 8 May 2019 ∕ Chicago Union Teacher ELECTION BIOS ELECTION BIOS FIGHTING FOR THE SCHOOLS WE ALL DESERVE Some CORE accomplishments: Fought against and stopped VOTE school closings and turnarounds • Stopped charter growth • Led to the greatest density of charter unionization in the country • Established CPS’ fi rst-ever maternity leave and short-term disability program • Won the greatest TIF surplus for schools in Chicago’s history • Restored the Pension levy to stabilize our retirement security • Led the fi rst run-off in a mayoral election ever • Secured a funding formula that has fi nally put the district on the path to fi nancial stability • Restored $28 million in SPED funding and won an ISBE monitor over CPS • Won rights to challenge discipline and vote down excessive tests for fi rst time • Secured hundreds of new PSRP positions to lower class size in K-2 for the fi rst time in 24 years VOTE MAY 17 Join us as we move forward in our contract campaign to put a social worker, nurse and librarian in every school, win the ability to bank sick days, lower our class sizes, and win pay and benefi t improvements. CANDIDATE FOR committee, communications committee involved in 2011 after my school was set FOR AREA VICE PRESIDENT NAME Trustee up for failure. I increased my involvement OTHER CTU ACTIVITIES James Cavallero throughout the years because I believe it NAME CTU MEMBER SINCE Member of bargaining team for two SCHOOL 1990s contracts is critical for classroom teachers to be at Alexandra Gonzalez the forefront of our fi ghts. Chicago Academy High School SCHOOL OFFICES HELD PERSONAL INFORMATION JOB CATEGORY CTU Trustee, School Delegate, AFT-IFT A 32-year teaching veteran, Michelle Telpochcalli Elementary School High School Special Education Teacher Delegate, EBoard Gunderson is a national advocate for NAME JOB CATEGORY
Load more

Recommended publications
  • From Rubber Stamp to a Divided City Council Chicago City Council Report #11 June 12, 2019 – April 24, 2020
    From Rubber Stamp to a Divided City Council Chicago City Council Report #11 June 12, 2019 – April 24, 2020 Authored By: Dick Simpson Marco Rosaire Rossi Thomas J. Gradel University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Political Science April 28, 2020 The Chicago Municipal Elections of 2019 sent earthquake-like tremors through the Chicago political landscape. The biggest shock waves caused a major upset in the race for Mayor. Chicago voters rejected Toni Preckwinkle, President of the Cook County Board President and Chair of the Cook County Democratic Party. Instead they overwhelmingly elected former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot to be their new Mayor. Lightfoot is a black lesbian woman and was a partner in a major downtown law firm. While Lightfoot had been appointed head of the Police Board, she had never previously run for any political office. More startling was the fact that Lightfoot received 74 % of the vote and won all 50 Chicago's wards. In the same elections, Chicago voters shook up and rearranged the Chicago City Council. seven incumbent Aldermen lost their seats in either the initial or run-off elections. A total of 12 new council members were victorious and were sworn in on May 20, 2019 along with the new Mayor. The new aldermen included five Socialists, five women, three African Americans, five Latinos, two council members who identified as LGBT, and one conservative Democrat who formally identified as an Independent. Before, the victory parties and swearing-in ceremonies were completed, politically interested members of the general public, politicians, and the news media began speculating about how the relationship between the new Mayor and the new city council would play out.
    [Show full text]
  • Joint Committee on Accountable Co-Governance Report
    Joint Committee on Accountable Co-Governance Membership Report APPROVED WEDS APR 14 On December 20, 2020, the United Working Families membership commissioned a joint committee of elected officials, party committee, and election committee members to engage in a process by which we would take up accountable co-governance. We engaged in this process after a 2020 budget vote resulted in 4 UWF Alders voting ‘yes’ when party lines were drawn and these electeds were asked by UWF to vote ‘no’. We held 6 meetings from February to April and a majority of participants were present at every meeting. We named why we were there using some of the following phrases: “we share the same north star,” “we cannot let rich and powerful special interests win,” “build power for grassroots folks,” “we need to learn how to co-govern,” “what we are doing here is a model for the country,” and “we learn and grow from accountability.” Our task was to engage in honest discussions that would identify lessons learned from the 2020 budget vote, acknowledge the harm that was caused by this vote, make commitments to change behavior, and create internal accountability processes with clear expectations moving forward that can help us maneuver situations such as this, as they are likely to happen again. We acknowledge that this process did not result in all of the answers we originally sought. We are committed to this undertaking and see this as a moment of growth and improvement. This report includes a summary of our six meetings intended for our members to review, discuss, and to vote on the recommended next steps.
    [Show full text]
  • Chicago Teachers Against Austerity
    What Makes Hope Possible A Book Review of Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity Review by Amy B. Shuffelton (Loyola University Chicago) trike for America is an informative account of the skeptical of the David- and- Goliath narrative will note that 2012 Chicago teacher’s strike. In this concise and Uetricht’s sources confirm rather than complicate his account, but thought- provoking book, Uetricht (2014) told the story those inclined to say that this was a case of David nailing Goliath of the strike’s genesis, its motivations, its dynamics, and its (short- will appreciate his explanation of how David pulled it off. term,S of course) effects on the city of Chicago. Uetricht’s political Uetricht’s (2014) story began with the political organizing that commitments are explicit throughout. The story as he told it is of an made the strike possible, and throughout the book he emphasized embattled and misused sector of the working class standing up for the implications of this for those committed to democratic change. itself to the neoliberal interests that dominate Chicago politics. The Before the CTU closed down CPS for seven days in September Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) rallied around a commitment to 2012, the Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE), elected to equitable funding for schools and to fair working conditions for union leadership in 2010, had dedicated years to coalition building. teachers, in the face of collaboration between political and business As Uetricht reported, the strike came as something of a surprise. interests to shift massive amounts of money to private enterprise.
    [Show full text]
  • NB 103Web.Pdf
    RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION Elected Directors OF CHICAGO 2009 - 2010 2011 20 East Jackson Boulevard - Suite 1500 Veronica Chemers Nathaniel Blackman Chicago, IL 60604-2235 John W, Craig Roy Coleman http://www.RTAC.org Ruby J. Ford Robert V. Cunningham Raphael A. Juss Sharye Garmony-Miller email: [email protected] Rita M. Naughton John J. Garvey webmaster: [email protected] Vera M. Paul David T. Peterson News Bulletin Circulation: 10, 601 Louise Ponce Mary Sharon Reilly Executive Committee: Helen Wooten Richard Tryba VAUGHN J. BARBER, Ex-Officio Board Members President Past Presidents: STEVEN A. KAILES, Mae M. Hunter Ned L. McCray First Vice President Helen P. Johnson Edward A. O’Farrell MARCELLA L. MORRISON, Robert C. Konen Ethel Philpott Second Vice President Arthur R. Lehne Walter Pilditch JAMES F. WARD, Zygmunt K. Sokolnicki James F. Ward Secretary ARTHUR E. KEEGAN, Robert F. Bures, Executive Director Treasurer Rosemary Tirio, Editor ETHEL PHILPOTT, Annual Membership $30; Lifetime Membership $200; Immediate Past President Free from age 85 and up RTAC SERVICE DIRECTORY RTAC Office (HOURS: 10 AM to 3 p.m. school days)..............................................................312-939-3327 RTAC Fax Line...........................................................................................................................312-939-0145 CRTAF Aid Fund........................................................................................................................312-939-3364 Chicago Teachers Pension Fund (203 N LaSalle
    [Show full text]
  • Mayor Rahm Emanuel Has a Reported $9 Million to Spend on His Re-Election Bid
    Vol. XXVI Number 1 FALL 2014 The race for City Hall Mayor Rahm Emanuel has a reported $9 million to spend on his re-election bid. Is it enough to win, especially among black Chicagoans catalyst-chicago.org anxious about schools and jobs? A Publication of the Community Renewal Society From the Editor A campaign for good schools and jobs By Lorraine Forte ments on Cottage Grove are being revi- White households with an income Editor-in-Chief talized, small businesses have popped of $100,000 a year now outnumber up—a coffee shop here, a clothing store black households by a 6-to-1 ratio. ive months from now, Chicago there—and pothole-riddled streets have Responding to these and other num- voters will go to the polls to been repaved. But perceptions die hard. bers, the mayor’s office points to success choose whether to send Mayor Consider the citywide statistics be- stories such as Chicago Neighborhoods Rahm Emanuel back to City low, compiled with the help of The Chi- Now, projected to target $2.9 billion al- FHall for another term. It’s no secret cago Reporter from city, Chicago Public together to projects in seven communi- that Emanuel is not popular right now Schools and federal data: ties that include predominantly black among Chicagoans. But whether or not Bronzeville, Pullman and Englewood. Chicago has the highest black unem- another candidate can ride the wave of Whatever the statistics, one thing is ployment rate among the nation’s five discontent into the mayor’s office is still largest cities—25 percent, compared clear: There is plenty yet to be done to a big question mark.
    [Show full text]
  • Student Handbook
    Latino Youth High School Parent and Student Handbook 2017-2018 Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Letter from the Director ...................................................................................................................................................... 3 Mission and Vision Statements ................................................................................................................................................ 4 Mission Statement of Pilsen Wellness Center ...................................................................................................................... 4 Vision Statement of Pilsen Wellness Center ........................................................................................................................ 4 Mission Statement of Latino Youth High School ................................................................................................................ 4 Vision Statement of Latino Youth High School ................................................................................................................... 4 General Information ................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Staff Directory ....................................................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • 18-0124-Ex1 5
    18-0124-EX1 5. Transfer from George Westinghouse High School to Education General - City Wide 20180046075 Rationale: FY17 School payment for the purchase of ventra cards between 2/1/2017 -6/30/2017 Transfer From: Transfer To: 53071 George Westinghouse High School 12670 Education General - City Wide 124 School Special Income Fund 124 School Special Income Fund 53405 Commodities - Supplies 57915 Miscellaneous - Contingent Projects 290003 Miscellaneous General Charges 600005 Special Income Fund 124 - Contingency 002239 Internal Accounts Book Transfers 002239 Internal Accounts Book Transfers Amount: $1,000 6. Transfer from Early College and Career - City Wide to Al Raby High School 20180046597 Rationale: Transfer funds for printing services. Transfer From: Transfer To: 13727 Early College and Career - City Wide 46471 Al Raby High School 369 Title I - School Improvement Carl Perkins 369 Title I - School Improvement Carl Perkins 54520 Services - Printing 54520 Services - Printing 212041 Guidance 212041 Guidance 322022 Career & Technical Educ. Improvement Grant (Ctei) 322022 Career & Technical Educ. Improvement Grant (Ctei) Fy18 Fy18 Amount: $1,000 7. Transfer from Facility Opers & Maint - City Wide to George Henry Corliss High School 20180046675 Rationale: CPS 7132510. FURNISH LABOR, MATERIALS & EQUIPMENT TO PERFORM A COMBUSTION ANALYSIS-CALIBRATE BURNER, REPLACE & TEST FOULED PARTS: FLAME ROD, WIRE, IGNITOR, CABLE, ETC... ON RTUs 18, 16, 14 & 20 Transfer From: Transfer To: 11880 Facility Opers & Maint - City Wide 46391 George Henry Corliss High School 230 Public Building Commission O & M 230 Public Building Commission O & M 56105 Services - Repair Contracts 56105 Services - Repair Contracts 254033 O&M South 254033 O&M South 000000 Default Value 000000 Default Value Amount: $1,000 8.
    [Show full text]
  • Cta Student Ventra Card Distribution Schoools*
    CTA STUDENT VENTRA CARD DISTRIBUTION SCHOOOLS* In addition to all Chicago Public Schools, the following schools may issue Student Ventra Cards only to their enrolled students: 1 Academy of Scholastic Achievement 38 Chicago International Charter Schools - 2 Ace Tech Charter High School Quest 3 Ada S. McKinley Lakeside Academy High 39 Chicago Jesuit Academy School 40 Chicago Math & Science Academy 4 Alain Locke Charter School 41 Chicago Talent Development High School 5 Alcuin Montessori School 42 Chicago Tech Academy 6 Amandla Charter School 43 Chicago Virtual Charter School 7 Argo Community High School 44 Chicago Waldorf School 8 ASN Preparatory Institute 45 Children Of Peace School 9 Aspira - Antonia Pantoja High School 46 Christ the King College Prep 10 Aspira - Early College High School 47 Christ the King Lutheran School 11 Aspira - Haugan Middle School 48 Community Christian Alternative Academy 12 Aspira Mirta Ramirez Computer Science High 49 Community School District 300 School 50 Community Youth Development Institute 13 Austin Career Education Center 51 Cornerstone Academy 14 Baker Demonstration School 52 Courtenay Elementary Language Arts 15 Banner Academy Center 16 Banner Learning School 53 Cristo Rey Jesuit High School 17 Betty Shabazz International Charter School 54 Delta/Summit Learning Center 18 Bloom Township High School - Dist 206 55 District 300 19 Brickton Montessori School 56 Dodge Renaissance Academy 20 Bronzeville Lighthouse Charter School 57 Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School 21 Brother Rice High School 58 Dwight D.
    [Show full text]
  • Action Civics Showcase
    16th annual Action Civics showcase Bridgeport MAY Art Center 10:30AM to 6:30PM 22 2018 DEMOCRACY IS A VERB WELCOME to the 16th annual Mikva Challenge ASPEN TRACK SCHOOLS Mason Elementary Action Civics Aspen Track Sullivan High School Northside College Prep showcase The Aspen Institute and Mikva Challenge have launched a partnership that brings the best of our Juarez Community Academy High School collective youth activism work together in a single This has been an exciting year for Action initiative: The Aspen Track of Mikva Challenge. Curie Metropolitan High School Civics in the city of Chicago. Together, Mikva and Aspen have empowered teams of Chicago high school students to design solutions to CCA Academy High School Association House Over 2,500 youth at some of the most critical issues in their communities. The result? Innovative, relevant, powerful youth-driven High School 70 Chicago high schools completed solutions to catalyze real-world action and impact. Phillips Academy over 100 youth action projects. High School We are delighted to welcome eleven youth teams to Jones College Prep In the pages to follow, you will find brief our Action Civics Showcase this morning to formally Hancock College Prep SCHEDULE descriptions of some of the amazing present their projects before a panel of distinguished Gage Park High School actions students have taken this year. The judges. Judges will evaluate presentations on a variety aspen track work you will see today proves once again of criteria and choose one team to win an all-expenses paid trip to Washington, DC in November to attend the inaugural National Youth Convening, where they will be competition that students not only have a diverse array able to share and learn with other youth leaders from around the country.
    [Show full text]
  • Nues Herald-Spectator
    Your local source since 1951. - Thursday, January 2, 2014 AW&ArPC»CIS company ACHICAGO SUN-TIMEScorn publication niles.suntimes.com $1 I Nues Herald-Spectator ATHEIST CASH COULD GO TO FOOD PANTRY (C GO FOOD FUTURES: WHAT'S ON THE MENU FOR 2014 MOMMY» NEW YEAR, NEW YOU WITH THESE The minorityvs.the.mayor HOME SPA RECIPES Two village trustees take issue with Przybylo's leadership style i PAGE 6 All rights reserved Nues Herald-Spectator © 2014 'Sun-Times Media I Your guide to the weekend and beyond 930C-$'1L0911 S31IN ISNOL)tD P) 0969 Isla 3DW:N.Lti 5t0099frfrTE 6ro-.jo-iOOOQOO 2 THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 2014 A PIONEER PRESS PUBLICATION NIL Paid Advertisement Take Advantage of Local Utility Rebates Before Funds RunOut CHICAGO, IL - Local utility companies have made tion around your home. rebate funds available to consumers when insulating and There are many reasons why the foam product is air sealing their home. Chicagoland homeowners are better: encouraged to act quickly and take advantage of these . With an R-Value of 5. per inch, USA Premium funds while they last. For qualified customers financing Foam Insulation provides the highest R-value in a may also be available. Retrofit stud wall application. Brian Carlisle noticed several drafty areas in his 55- . Four inches of insulationactsas a two-hour year-old, 2-story brick Georgian home. He didn't think firewall as it is resistant to flames and will not there was much that could be done to insulate his brick burn. walls and was resigned to another cold Chicago winter.
    [Show full text]
  • August 4, 2021 the Honorable Lori Lightfoot Mayor City of Chicago 121
    Jesse Sharkey President Stacy Davis Gates Vice President Christel Williams-Hayes Recording Secretary Maria Moreno August 4, 2021 Financial Secretary Affiliations The Honorable Lori Lightfoot American Federation of Teachers, Illinois Mayor Federation of Teachers, City of Chicago American Federation of 121 N. LaSalle Street, 5th Floor Labor – Congress of Chicago, Illinois 60602 Industrial Organizations, Illinois Federation of Labor – Congress of Dr. Jose Torres Industrial Organizations, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chicago Federation of Labor, Industrial Chicago Public Schools Union Council 42 West Madison Street Chicago, Illinois 60602 Mr. Maurice Swinney Interim Chief Education Officer Chicago Public Schools 42 West Madison Street Chicago, Illinois 60602 Mr. Miguel del Valle President Chicago Board of Education 1 N. Dearborn St., #950 Chicago, IL 60602 Members of the Chicago Board of Education Chicago Board of Education 1 N. Dearborn St., #950 Chicago, IL 60602 Chicago Public Schools Bargaining Team Chicago Public Schools 42 West Madison Street Chicago, IL 60602 Dear Mayor Lightfoot, Dr. Torres, Mr. Swinney, President del Valle, Board of Education Members and CPS Bargaining Team: As we prepare for the start of the 2021-2022 school year, it is imperative that we acknowledge the changing dynamics of the COVID-19 virus and the importance of engagement with Chicago Public Schools families and communities. Since presenting our comprehensive proposal to Dr. Torres and the Chicago Board of Education on July 8, 2021, Chicago Teachers Union officers, counsel and rank-and- file educators have held a series of bargaining sessions with senior CPS management and legal representatives. We have made incremental progress, but with less than 30 days until the August 30, 2021, return to classes for our students, we must ensure that all stakeholders in our district are clear on plans and proposals for maximum safety in the upcoming year.
    [Show full text]
  • City of Chicago Or2020-124 Office of the City Clerk Document Tracking Sheet
    City of Chicago Or2020-124 Office of the City Clerk Document Tracking Sheet Meeting Date: 4/22/2020 Sponsor(s): Ramirez-Rosa (35) Taylor (20) Sigcho-Lopez (25) La Spata (1) Rodriguez (22) Maldonado (26) Reboyras (30) Cardona, Jr. (31) Rodriguez Sanchez (33) Martin (47) Type: Order Title: Call for Chicago Budget Director to identify COVID-19 impacted special events, outdoor activities and festivals and draft ordinance amending 2020 Annual Appropriation Ordinance to reappropriate funds for these events to Chicago's COVID-19 Housing Assistance Grant Committee(s) Assignment: Committee on Budget and Government Operations Committee on Budget & Government Operations ORDER WHEREAS, COVID-19 has taken the lives, of more than 508 Chicagoans as of April 19, 2020;and WHEREAS, Black Chicagoans account for approximately 30% of Chicago's population, but 60% of Chicago's COVID-19,deaths, illustrating COVID-19's disproportionate impact on working poor Black Chicagoans; and WHEREAS, a recent report found that the 10 Illinois ZIP codes with the fastest growing number of COVID-19 cases are majority Latino, illustrating COVID-19's disproportionate impact on working poor Latino Chicagoans; and WHEREAS, continuing to curb the community spread of COVID-19 in Chicago may necessitate the cancellation of summer and fall 2020 special events, outdoor activities, and festivals; Now therefore, it is ORDERED; 1. That the Budget Director, in consultation with the City Comptroller, Public Health Commissioner, and Cultural Affairs and Special Events Commissioner, shall conduct a detailed review of the 2020 annual appropriation ordinance to identify line items for special events, outdoor activities and festivals that are likely to be impacted as a result of COVID-19 and social distancing requirements.
    [Show full text]