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I hope Letter to Al invites others into a world too little explored in contemporary literature.. Sharkeys Caucus of Rank-and-File Educators will have the final say on whether Davis Gates will lead its slate in the upcoming election, union officials said. As a former member and longtime critic of that union, I certainly had no quibble with his selection. They are aligned with Biden, who has rejected any lockdowns and insisted that all schools be open over the next few months so the parents of schoolchildren can be sent back to work to produce corporate profit. This is something Ive been thinking about for a couple of months and would have made the announcement earlier, but for the fact that there was the omicron surge, and we were in this dispute with the board about a safety agreement back in December and January, Sharkey told reporters. During Sharkeys tenure as vice president, the CTU launched a strike in 2012 its first in 25 years. Using the account name Sarah4Justice, Chambers, who was there along with CTU grievance coordinator Sara Echevarria, created posts oblivious to these conditions, not to mention the struggle of Puerto Rican teachers against the impact of hurricanes, earthquakes and savage austerity. She was a graduate of Brandeis University and the Warren Wilson College MFA . delayed students return to the classroom, phase in an elected school board in Chicago, Chicago Charter School Operations: Student Recruitment Workshop, Announcing Erikson Institutes Reimagined Masters in Early Childhood Education with Triple Endorsements, Teaching about the Asian American Experience: A Primer. And remote instruction really isnt school. I am also mad at him because were already in an election cycle and I dont want this to be politicized because Jesse doesnt deserve that, she added. Those protocols are strikingly similar to what American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten called for in an op-ed in The Hill offering a "blueprint to safely open schools.". He will return to the classroom as an educator. We will have a nurse and a social worker in every school by 2024. The top two candidates to be Chicagos next mayor are headed to a runoff election. My personal start came in 2004, when Chicago Public Schools - under mayoral control and led by CEO Arne Duncan - sought to close dozens of traditional neighborhood schools as part of its Renaissance 2010 plan.My school, Senn High School, was slated to be turned into a military academy. We believe every Gates listed fine arts education funding, sports funding, and an end to using standardized testing as the single defining metric for students educational progress as some of her primary goals for the union moving forward. Soon-to-be 2023 Chicago mayoral candidate Duncan was the U.S. Secretary of Education, and also the architect of Renaissance 2010, which allowed a wave of privatizers and education reformers to close nearly 100 traditional neighborhood schools while opening 100 charter schools.We had seen the joy of teaching fall under attack by moneyed interests and corporate hacks, and we wanted to protect schools and honor classrooms by making our union more responsive and more effective. CTU President Jesse Sharkey and Vice President Stacy Davis Gates share a hug after announcing on Oct. 30, 2019, that they'd reached a tentative deal with Mayor Lori LIghtfoot to end the two-week teachers strike. "Our union will remain a force, and our dogged defense of public schools and the willingness to speak truth to power are not going anywhere. Acrimonious negotiations over COVID safety and remote learning last school year again brought school to a halt and delayed students return to the classroom, ultimately yielding a reopening agreement that has been held up as a national model. Some educators and parents have argued that the COVID protocols agreement the union negotiated with the district amid the recent cancellation of classes did not move the needle enough to justify the potential loss of four days of pay for educators who chose not to report to school buildings in person. Those were pretty big aspirations, I guess, but I never imagined life would unfold the way it did. Who talks like that? Asked about rumors that shes mulling a run for mayor, Davis Gates said the speculation has focused on the wrong officer. She noted other former CTU officials are politically active, and the union has helped raise up allies such as aldermen Byron Sigcho-Lopez and Jeanette Taylor. A lot of the things that motivated me to run, I think weve achieved.. Many of them are in unions. Sharkey said he will continue to be a member of the CTU, which he joined in 1998. And they will stress that is the fault of the U.S., of course. Because my poem concerns the effects of dementia on my marriage, the award has a strong personal significance for me, she said. Chambers social media posts further undermined the already tattered credibility of the CTU, which continues to posture as an opponent of Lightfoots forced reopening even as it blocks collective action by teachers against the murderous policy. Im not a lawyer. With raises. [Students] have something to say! Commonsense Chicagoans need people like Chambers who didn't realize it was a bad idea to tweet a cheesecake selfie poolside from a COVID-19 hot spot the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says everybody should avoid on the same day she decried the dangers of teaching in socially distant classrooms. Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey speaks at Uplift Community High School in the Uptown neighborhood on January 12, 2021. Her sense of humor, her smarts. And hes the one acting like the mayor of Chicago. She also wants to promote more arts and music programming in schools and challenge the high-stakes, high-pressure application process to selective enrollment and other competitive high school programs. There's what CTU leaders say publicly, and what they're really up to. Meanwhile, CTU boss Jesse Sharkey is quietly leveraging the coronavirus crisis to improve the union's future bargaining power. The TRiiBE is a digital media platform that is reshaping the narrative of Black Chicago and giving ownership Chambers' vacation photos made the local TV news, and word of her hypocrisy spread like a pandemic across the globe. Rahm would arrive the next year. And look at where we are. She was a graduate of Brandeis University and the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. CHICAGO Please stop making threats against Chicago Teachers Union executive board member Sarah Chambers. Davis Gates said that if she is elected the unions next leader, she will let membership input inform her agenda and priorities. For her out-of-touch tweet, Chambers gained unwanted viral attention after a Chicago news junkie retweeted Chambers' post with a legitimate question: "Are CTU Field rep director Sara Echevarria and CTU executive board member Sarah Chambers violating Chicago travel order while screaming CPS is trying to kill us???". November 18, 2014, 2:48 pm. If you value Chalkbeat, consider making a donation. Our original works in journalism and documentary, alongside creative writing and video, During the Illinois spring legislative session, Chalkbeat Chicago will watch education issues that relate to funding, early childhood education, students with disabilities, support for school-aged migrants, mental health, and literacy. Brian Hopkins, who called her out for her failure to stop the downtown looting that led to flight to the suburbs. Photo: Chris Strong. When she ran for mayor, I admired many things about her, and still do. Members First, a coalition of fed-up rank-and-file Chicago Teachers Union members, launched a campaign to oust union boss Jesse Sharkey (center) and vice president Stacy Davis Gates (left). But they dont work online. 07/24/2018. "Movements have to change as people change, with new leaders and new vision stepping to the fore.". Photo courtesy of Sharkey [Facebook]. Jesse Sharkey, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, spoke in August 2019 at a press conference amid tense contract talks with the district. I suppose you could say that theres been remote learning in its place, but on the South and West sides where kids are being left behind, many students are not engaged online, as Jackson has acknowledged. Again, time to #NEA/AFTexit. The two are shown at a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Clergy Breakfast in Chicago in 2015. Find the Zoom link and other relevant information on the AFT Black Caucus, Chicago Chapter website, specifically the[]. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune). Yet teachers are getting paid. We'll probably never know because the CTU officials continually make vague proclamations about what's wrong with the Chicago public school plan without evidence to back it up. But here I am, and I am forever grateful. Follow along with our newsletter. Her unions latest tax filing shows that she earned over$500,000 in total compensationin 2016. CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey will not run for reelection, he announced to the CTU House of Delegates Wednesday. Gates has not officially announced her intention to run for the CTU presidency. . Here in L.A., the United Teachers of Los Angeles is also talking socialist red. By Matt Harvey and Tiffany Walden. It was tough., Down to Business: Helping children learn to communicate empowers whole family, speech-language pathologist says, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. After handing trillions to the major corporations, both parties plan to gut public education and other vital services. Corporate and far-right news media predictably seized upon Chambers posts to try to smear teachers by equating them with the complacent and corrupt CTU officials. Ive depended on his leadership, she said. Jesse Sharkey's decision was reported Wednesday by FOX 32 of Chicago. I understand that was insensitive and wrong of me to go on this trip for winter break and for me to share photos of it at a time when thousands of my union sisters and brothersand the families we serveare refraining from travel or making only essential plans outside of the home. To prevent the reopening of schools, Chicago educators must organize independently of the CTU through the formation of an Illinois Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee, which will unite educators, parents, students and the broader working class, to prepare strike action to close all schools and nonessential workplaces. It takes its toll. Watch David Norths remarks commemorating 25 years of the World Socialist Web Site and donate today. She could go to federal court and seek an injunction against CTU and force them back to work on behalf of the children who need them. Because it is time," Sharkey said. The Red for Ed movement is becoming redder by the day. Davis Gates commended Sharkey for his leadership, especially following Lewis death last year. He led us through that, Davis Gates told reporters. A membership vote on a resolution to stop teaching in person until the omicron surge subsided or the district agreed to more stringent protocols was held on a Wednesday evening, with families waiting until 11 p.m. to find out the outcome. But we knew there was power in our rank and file, and that bread and butter unionism, despite being the foundation of traditional labor, wasn't enough," Sharkey said in a statement. 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She said CPS is trying to make things safe, establishing the same precautionary measures used by more than 100 Chicago private schools that have been open, and 2,000 day care centers that have been open since June. In a brief statement Wednesday evening, Mary Esposito-Usterbowski, a school psychologist and Members First president candidate, said the union needs new leadership. Still, he expressed confidence about the CTU's future without his leadership. "Jesse Sharkey's announcement is an acknowledgment that now is the time to bring new leadership to our union. With nearly all precincts reporting, former Chicago schools CEO Paul Vallas and teachers union organizer Brandon Johnson are headed to a runoff to be Chicagos next mayor on April 4. Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) President Jesse Sharkey will resign from his role at the helm of the union when his fourth term ends in late June. Her last manuscript,I Will not Name It Except to Say,is forthcoming in spring, 2021, from Tupelo Press. See the CPS Calendar page for more dates and information. On Sunday, Chicago resident Arnold Herrera, a 19-year-old with no prior health problems, died of the disease. In fact, most CTU members are eligible for 3% raises this year and automatic promotions based on seniority, even though theyre not in school. Infection rates are closer to 20 percent in working class neighborhoods where low-wage workers are forced to work, rely on mass transit and live in large, multigenerational households. In his statement, Sharkey called efforts to reopen schools a "brutal school reopening campaign" that followed his mother's October 2020 death. She moved to central Maine in 1970, where she raised her son, Jesse, farmed and ran a small letterpress, and worked as a visiting poet in Maine schools. Community organizations in places like Brighton Park, Kenwood-Oakland, Pilsen and Logan Square, many of whom were doing this work long before our union, have grown even stronger.This country was built on the labor and sacrifice of women, and our sisters Stacy, Maria and Christel are ready to fight even harder for classrooms and communities with smart, bold and dependable leadership. She is the author ofWalking Backwards(Tupelo, 2016),Calendars of Fire(Tupelo, 2013), and five earlier books of poems, as well as a number of chapbooks. Shes that kid being bullied in the schoolyard by Sharkey and his pals. And they need space and nurturing and affirmation, Gates said. From 2010 to 2014, he was the Vice President of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU). back to the people. Jupiter and Venus appear to 'kiss' in the sky, Belvidere Jeep assembly plant shut down indefinitely, Chicago Weather: Cloudy and much cooler Thursday. Sharkey acknowledged the difficulties of the job, both politically and personally. The choice between unions becoming more ecumenical or more radical has been made. Photos: Northwestern loses to Penn State 68-65 in overtime, Nick Niego is back as Brother Rice stuns St. Rita. For example, AFT president Randi Weingarten, a long-time class warrior, strongly supported the Tax the Rich Bus Tour. I never planned on a decade-plus of union leadership, because I do not think that is the goal of movement work. Sharkey and a group of teacher union comrades decided tospend their summer vacation in Venezuela. They can ignore the data. She instilled in her son the importance of compassion, a strong sense of justice and a commitment to the greater good. Copyright 2023 WLS-TV. Hes already the boss. Mary Esposito-Usterbowski, the presidential candidate on the Members First slate, released a statement saying Sharkeys announcement is an acknowledgment that now is the time to bring new leadership to our union. Delegates will vote whether to have both a delegates training and a House of Delegates meeting in March or just one or the other. Sharkey said it will be up to CORE to determine its leadership slate for the May election. But Sharkey and Davis Gates also have come under fire from a group of educators calling themselves the Members First Caucus, who planned to challenge them in the May election. The Windy Citys teachers union is on the verge of yet another strike. Heres how they answered 10 important education questions. The caucus faces another challenge from the Members First Caucus, which has criticized CTU leaders for putting their own careers ahead of the needs of the unions 25,000 members and relying on work stoppages instead of collaborating with City Hall and Chicago Public Schools officials to achieve better working conditions. He said he has been mulling the decision to not seek reelection for several months, noting that an all-encompassing role has taken a toll, and becoming entrenched in the top position would go against the unions spirit. @CTULocal1 prez, dad of two, married to @juliefain. Long coveted by CTU bosses, House Bill 2275 would eliminate a provision in state law that limits what school officials are required to negotiate with the union. Hopkins was right. This past January brought five days of canceled classes in a bruising clash with Lightfoot over coronavirus protocols, which resulted in an agreement members narrowly approved and some criticized as falling short. He served as the union's top leader multiple times while Lewis dealt with health . And when we lost Karen, he held our hands, and he reassured us that we were still going to get where we needed to get. In a lengthy statement, Sharkey thanked . She acts tough with aldermen, but not the CTU. This is despite a citywide infection rate of over 10 percent. Chalkbeat is a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to providing the information families and educators need, but this kind of work isnt possible without your help. "It is this discretion that is at the core of our concerns with Chicago's pandemic response," Sharkey wrote. According to the right-wing gutter press, teachers opposition to a return to in-person learning is not driven by concern for the well-being of educators, children and their parents, but a desire for more time off. Lee Sharkey was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1945. CTU boss Jesse Sharkey is quietly leveraging the coronavirus crisis to lobby state senators to pass a bill that would improve the union's future bargaining power. Since then, the unions engaged in multiple actions, including as recently as this winter during a debate over COVID-19 safety protocols. Thats what we expect to happen.. As part of the new deal, the district agreed to provide students and staff members KN95 masks; abide by metrics that would temporarily transition a school to remote learning; and increase incentives for substitute teachers. I was just a kid who wanted to change the world. Reflecting on his time in union leadership, Sharkey said he has no regrets and wouldnt point to anything he would do differently. Sharkey said he never planned to serve more than a decade in union leadership. If she does not, she will find us to be an implacable foe.. The two are shown at a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Clergy Breakfast in Chicago in 2015. Whatever the phony rhetoric, when it comes to sending teachers back to infected schools, the CTU and other unions are on the other side of the barricade. Christel is our soul, and Maria is our heart. Read More CHICAGO, IL - OCTOBER 31: Chicago Teachers Union president Jesse Sharkey addresses the media at City Hall after the announcement of a deal to end an 11 day teachers strike on October 31, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. We were a group of educators whose schools were being closed, meeting at protests, public hearings and the Chicago Board of Education in defense of our classrooms and colleagues. We urge you to attend an online meetingon Thursday at 7 p.m. CST to form an Illinois Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee. The next time you hear about the Red for Ed movement, please keep in mind that all too often this is not just a group of teachers trying to advance their profession. And now theyve just threatened an illegal strike, and yet their paychecks, with raises, are still coming. All of what were trying to do as a union is to impact their lives positively. Robert Bruno, an expert in labor relations at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a close observer of the Chicago Teachers Union, said Karen Lewis conceived the unions more expansive, aggressive stance at the bargaining table and beyond. Zoom links will be provided in the week leading to the meeting. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say its safe to open public schools, that children are being hurt by not being in class. All rights reserved. Lightfoot gave them a rich contract after a strike in 2019. Sharkey stressed the standoff had nothing to do with his decision to step down. I think its time for me to do something different, Sharkey explained. After serving out the term as acting president starting in October 2014, Sharkey was re-elected president in 2019. You cant always get to the school board meeting. What was the point of the CTU dance video? We urge all those who want to join this struggle to attend and help build this public meetingon Thursday at 7 p.m. CST to form an Illinois Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee, and to send us your contact informationtoday. International Committee of the Fourth International, Sign up for the WSWS Educators Newsletter, attend and help build this public meeting, regardless of their familys health conditions, Chicago schools press ahead with reopening despite wide opposition among teachers and parents, Illinois high school student dies of COVID-19, Opposition mounts in US over deadly rush to restart in-person schooling. On Dec. 28, he penned a letter urging state senators to revive a bill during the lame-duck session set to start Friday. It is an outfit run by upper-middle-class functionaries who are completely insulated from the disastrous consequences their actions have and continue to produce for rank-and-file teachers and working class families in the city. Puerto Rico has had 127,000 people contract COVID-19 and 1,200 deaths. Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey sits back down after speaking at a Chicago Board of Education meeting in which COVID-19, union matters and various related issues were discussed on Jan. 26, 2022. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune). Its a difficult job, Im told, and Ive been doing it a long time. They can strike illegally. After his CTU tenure officially ends in June, Sharkey said he plans to return to the classroom and continue to be a part of the union as a rank-and-file member. Licking its wounds after missing an opportunity to gouge the citys taxpayers viaMeasure EEin June, the union is back with The New Deal for Public Schools. Inspired by New York socialist Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezs Green New Deal, the UTLA plan is nothing more than a wealth-transfer gimmick which aims to close corporate tax loopholes, provide more green space on campuses, fight the corporate charter industrys influence in politics, and increase investments in adult education, early education, multilingual education, and special education. In other words, tax the rich, spend tons more money, establish more programs and eliminate charter schools. ", There might not be a reason to remind folks that we're dealing with a teachers union led by a white guy that used its Twitter feed to declare a push to reopen schools by Mayor Lori Lightfoot and public schools chief Janice Jackson, both Black women, was "rooted in sexism, racism and misogyny. Heres How to See the Dazzling Duo, Vallas and Johnson Headed to Chicago Mayoral Runoff, Lightfoot Denied Second Term, At Least 2 Tornadoes Briefly Touch Down in Chicago Suburbs, 16-Year-Old Boy Among 3 Killed in Weekend Shootings Across Chicago: Police, Challengers Aim to Block a 2nd Lightfoot Term as Crime, Public Safety Dominate Mayoral and City Council Races. Sharkey and a group of teacher union comrades decided to spend their summer vacation in Venezuela. Who calls himself either a steadfast ally or an implacable foe? In December, Sharkey, the presidents of the UTLA, OEA and other unions penned a love letter to President-elect Joe Biden that covered up his support for forcing teachers back into unsafe schools. If she does, she will find us to be a steadfast ally. Jesse Sharkey, Larry Sand, Measure EE, Randi Weingarten, teachers union, United Teachers of Los Angeles. Term in CTU leadership will be my last the disease, Larry Sand, Measure,! 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