Chicago’s public school teachers have overwhelmed their four -year labor contracts to raise the average salary more than $ 114,000 per year.
Chicago teachers’ association leaders announced that 85%of CTU members participated in the election on Monday and 97%of people who voted for voting rights in the provisional agreement participated in the election.
Stacy Davis Gates CTU chairman cited the democratic process of the union and thanked the members for strong participation.
“On Thursday and Friday, they voted to an overwhelming and historical level to ratify this contract (temporary contract) according to this agreement,” Gates said.
The Labor Policy Chief and Faculty Lawyer of the Illinois Policy Institute, MAILEEE SMITH, said the CTU spent several years in promoting this kind of large -scale contracts, and taxpayers will pay this.
“They raised funds [Chicago Mayor Brandon] Johnson has entered the office to make a sweet transaction and is $ 1.5 billion in taxpayers’ backs. ”SMITH told the Center Square.
Maria Moreno CTU Finance Minister said that the election was conducted by paper votes in over 500 CPS schools and central areas. Moreno said the result has shown historical support and union.
Moreno said, “This means to take care of your school, which means seeing what we win comes in the vote.
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In order to throw the ballot paper, voters had to identify and identify the state issuance and evidence for the CTU membership.
The Chicago Education Committee can formalize labor contracts at the next meeting, which is scheduled for April 24. The average salary of CPS teachers rises to $ 114,429 before the transaction expires.
Allied leaders aimed to criticize both the Washington DC Republican and the Chicago Democratic Party at a CTU press conference on Monday.
Bob Litte, Chairman of the Chicago Labor Union, said Donald Trump and US Minister of Education Linda Mcmahon are dismantling the education infrastructure.
Reiter said, “And what it means is that we can no longer rely on the Ministry of Education to lead us nationwide.
Gates asked if Chicago was worried about the possibility of losing education from federal taxpayers due to government efficiency and changes in the Ministry of Education.
“I will tell you why I’m not worried about why I don’t worry. Paul Vallas, Arne Duncan, and Rahm Emanuel have already done in Chicago.
Gates said, “Think about everything we are fighting: school deadline, school privatization, women’s dismissal, especially black women.”
Gates criticized Duncan and Emmanuel several times at a press conference.
Duncan served as CPS CEO and became the US Minister of Education under President Barack Obama. Emanuel was a US parliamentary and President Obama before working as a Chicago Mayor from 2011 to 2019.
Vallas is a former CPS CEO who lost its market leak in 2023 to Brandon Johnson.
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When the Board of Education approves the contract, Pedro Martinez, the CEO of the Public School of Chicago, said the board of directors must pass the amendment to raise funds in the first year of the contract.
Martinez said that the agreement provides teachers with the largest annual impressions for 13 years and allows school districts to add hundreds of additional employees.
The CPS currently spends about $ 20,000 per year for taxpayer funds per year.
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