Instituto schools in Chicago send new offer to Chicago Teachers Union as strike continues
Members say they want better pay and staffing levels and sanctuary protections for immigrant students and employees.
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Members say they want better pay and staffing levels and sanctuary protections for immigrant students and employees.
The Chicago Teachers Union points to progress at the bargaining table overnight, but not enough to keep staff off the picket lines.
Around 200 new migrant children are enrolled at Cameron Elementary alone.
In a letter to union members, CTU President Stacy Davis Gates admitted her son attends a Catholic high school.
The critics note that Gates has a history of speaking out against private schools, school vouchers, and school choice programs.
It will allow students and their families to say goodbye to summer and get the help they need for the school year.
The event will allow students and their families to say goodbye to summer and get the help they need for the school year.
Details will be finalized over the summer.
When CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov spoke with Johnson on Friday, it had been one day since some members of the Chicago Teachers Union filed an unfair labor practice complaint having to do with his campaign funding.
A Chicago Public Schools teacher is facing multiple charges after a confrontation with police outside the home of Mayor Lori Lightfoot last week.
They say money from member dues was funneled into a political action committee.
They say money from member dues was funneled into a Political Action Committee.
Brandon Johnson, a finalist for mayor, is a veteran Chicago Teachers Union organizer himself. Gates talks with CBS 2's Marissa Perlman.
On Wednesday, members of the Chicago Teachers Union came together to call for the district to do more to help incoming refugee students.
The Chicago Teachers Union says it will drop off thousands of signatures at City Hall at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
The Chicago Teachers Union says it will drop off thousands of signatures at City Hall at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
It is a move that critics are calling “deeply problematic.” CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Teachers at McClellan Elementary School said they brought in their own tests to check chipped paint in the school, and it tested positive for lead.
Parents and teachers in Bridgeport are speaking up on Monday, after they say dangerous lead levels were found in some classrooms.
Around 1,500 workers across seven campuses will walk off the job if they can't reach an agreement with the school system by Nov. 2.
The street in front of the Chicago Teachers Union headquarters on the Near West Side will be renamed for Karen Lewis.
"Everybody in this room knows you all need a new mayor," Davis Gates said. "But it won't be me."
The union's incumbent vice president, Gates won 56 percent of the vote in what was one of the most hotly contested union elections in years.
The teachers' union has said the CPS decision to end its mask mandate is a "clear violation" of a COVID-19 safety agreement.
The Chicago Teachers Union has filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the state of Illinois over the Chicago Public Schools' decision to end its mask mandate next week.
The robot belonging to Coco Robotics was spotted by a CBS News Chicago viewer near North Avenue and Halsted Street in Old Town on Tuesday afternoon.
For Women's History Month, CBS News Chicago is highlighting some of the women in city government who work in the field when big events happen.
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily unfreeze approximately $2 billion in funding for the Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line Extension and Red & Purple Line Modernization projects.
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday said he was not aware of a hostile work environment complaint two of his top aides filed months before he fired them last week.
CBS News Chicago learned that she was hired at the school in Mundelein in 2023, which was after DCFS found credible evidence that Servant had injured her children as a form of discipline.
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday said he was not aware of a hostile work environment complaint two of his top aides filed months before he fired them last week.
Delta is temporarily halting specialty services for members of Congress, citing strain on its resources during the partial government shutdown.
President Trump has long railed against mail-in voting, but used the method this month in a Florida election, public records indicate.
Democrats are pushing for reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement as the Senate appeared to be closing in on a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
The City Council in Aurora, Illinois, is likely to lay down the hammer on data centers.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias this weekend issued a warning about a surge in text messages that falsely claim to come from his office or the DMV within it.
Tenants at a South Loop luxury high-rise that has been plagued with problems like broken elevators are vowing to fight five-day eviction notices.
It's become an annual March Madness tradition at CBS Chicago, pitting our city's best eateries in direct competition in a foodie bracket challenge. We did pizza, we've done Italian beef, we've done Chicago dogs. This year, we're taking flight with wings.
For Cook County residents hoping to lower their property tax bills, applications are open for exemptions.
Officials in the north Chicago suburb of Wilmette issued a warning Tuesday about scammers who are impersonating representatives of village departments.
Ending domestic violence is the goal of groups and advocates all over the world, and some experts in Chicago say it is time to become less reactive and more proactive when it comes to the people causing harm.
A new Iowa law bans local nondiscrimination protections on the basis of gender identity after the state became the first in the U.S. to roll back its civil rights code last year.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday announced a $1.5 billion investment from biotherapeutics company CSL for a new plasma therapy manufacturing plant in Kanakee.
When a doctor was told there was no cure for his daughter's condition, he was motivated to transform not only her health, but the lives of thousands of others.
The flagship Ann Sather restaurant on Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community will be moving later this year, a restaurant representative said Tuesday.
Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen threw some shade at former teammate Michael Jordan in a new pop commercial.
The City Council in Aurora, Illinois, is likely to lay down the hammer on data centers.
Hundreds of workers were locked out of the BP refinery in Whiting, Indiana, on Thursday after contract negotiations failed to produce a deal ahead of a midnight deadline.
The artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency industries have suffered a setback as they try to reshape the midterm elections and establish themselves as power players in American politics.
Chicago-native John Mulaney announced a new stop at the Wisconsin State Fair this summer.
Following a ribbon-cutting attended by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Saturday, people were let inside the new space, at 5035 N. Broadway right off Argyle Street, for a special open house.
Chuck Norris' family said his death at 86 was sudden, but did not share any details on the cause.
ABC has canceled its already filmed season of "The Bachelorette" starring Taylor Frankie Paul after video surfaced of a 2023 incident in which she was charged with assault.
Acclaimed Chicago bar and music venue The Hideout has been sold to a performer and former employee, but the owners said it will carry on as the same beloved place that visitors have always known.
Ghebry Figueroa, 37, of Prospect Heights, was charged on Tuesday with knowingly operating a motor vehicle while revoked and causing great bodily harm to another, and operating a commercial motor vehicle while disqualified.
Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon is tracking a potential severe storm for late day Thursday into the early overnight.
Chicago police are conducting a hate crime investigation after someone wrote a racist threat on the window of a Hyde Park theater run by Black women.
Hall of Famer Frank Thomas is suing the Chicago White Sox, accusing the team of selling merchandise with his name and jersey number without his permission.
Sen. Lewis (R-24th) pledged to meet with DCFS Director Heidi Mueller after CBS News Chicago raised concerns about transparency in this case.
An Indiana woman is charged in a triple homicide that killed three members of the same family in unincorporated Crete.
Police initially said that 33 people on the bus were hurt in the crash, but that number has since risen to 41 people injured.
A 67-year-old man was killed Tuesday afternoon in a shooting on Chicago's Near West Side.
Hall of Famer Frank Thomas is suing the Chicago White Sox, accusing the team of selling merchandise with his name and jersey number without his permission.
The robot belonging to Coco Robotics was spotted by a CBS News Chicago viewer near North Avenue and Halsted Street in Old Town on Tuesday afternoon.
CBS News Chicago learned that she was hired at the school in Mundelein in 2023, which was after DCFS found credible evidence that Servant had injured her children as a form of discipline.
United Steel Workers union representatives said that some workers had already had their access cards deactivated.
Have you ever walked into a business with no employees? You may soon; autonomous businesses are becoming more popular.
Streets were left pooled with rainwater, and homes flooded after Sunday night's storms. Residents say there is one clear solution
Attorneys for the family of a woman killed in a crash during a high-speed police chase in 2017 say officers involved failed to activate their body cameras or turned them off during the pursuit.
Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen threw some shade at former teammate Michael Jordan in a new pop commercial.
The Bulls (29-42) led by as many as 22 points after scoring a season-high 41 points in the first quarter.
Tickets to a pair of Blackhawks games in Germany next season will go on sale on Friday.
Chicago's win was the team's first of the season after losing 4-0 to Angel City FC last weekend.
Bedard scored his team-leading 29th goal, and Nick Lardis connected as the Blackhawks lost their second straight.
A 67-year-old man was killed Tuesday afternoon in a shooting on Chicago's Near West Side.
Burglars crashed into the renowned Golden Apple Grille and Breakfast House in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood early Monday morning, while the 24-hour restaurant was open.
A man was detained until trial Monday on charges in the death of a Chicago firefighter who died fighting a blaze in the city's Rogers Park neighborhood.
The man charged in the murder of Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman last week missed his first court appearance on Monday, because he was being treated for tuberculosis, prosecutors said.
Police in London are investigating a suspected antisemitic hate crime after vehicles belonging to a Jewish ambulance service were set on fire early Monday morning.
