Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey speaks at Uplift Community High School in the Uptown neighborhood on January 12, 2021. What was the point of the CTU dance video? 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. 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. CHICAGO, Oct. 19, 2020The Chicago Teachers Union is saddened to announce the passing of President Jesse Sharkey's mother, Lee, at age 75. Without her, more-reasonable people might've been duped into believing CTU's planned theatrics Monday when a handful of teachers taught online students in freezing temperatures rather than going inside empty classrooms because doing so made them "afraid for our lives. And they will stress that is the fault of the U.S., of course. We hope that the new mayor makes good on her promises to transform our public schools, said Sharkey after winning reelection as the unions boss. Copyright 2023 WLS-TV. This is the same modus operandi used by teacher unions in New York City, Washington D.C. and other cities to reopen dangerous schools. Photos: Northwestern loses to Penn State 68-65 in overtime, Nick Niego is back as Brother Rice stuns St. Rita. In a lengthy statement, Sharkey thanked . I want her to lead, demand those children get back into school. @CTULocal1 prez, dad of two, married to @juliefain. And while he thinks the challenges of COVID-19 have prompted CTU leaders to take tough stances, he says the need to stand firm predates the pandemic. The Windy Citys teachers union is on the verge of yet another strike. Both have deep experience in public education, but differ on many key challenges facing the school district. You cant always get to the school board meeting. Jesse Sharkey, Larry Sand, Measure EE, Randi Weingarten, teachers union, United Teachers of Los Angeles. 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. CTU's goal is a "negotiated agreement" that it can't get because, after dozens of meetings, CPS officials refuse to negotiate by "hiding behind" state law, Sharkey's letter says. All rights reserved. Most hypocritically, she will tell you that its just a coincidence that she abandoned New York City in 2012 for East Hampton, a very wealthy community on Long Islands south shore, thusavoiding paying $30,000 in city income taxes. "Everything about what they are doing is wrong," CTU Vice President Stacy Davis Gates once said in a statement. Union leadership expressed dissatisfaction with Mayor Lori Lightfoot's earlier refusal to add ten paid teaching days . But I dont want her to play the lawyer in all this. At least they're more upfront about their socialism in Chicago, where teacher union president Jesse Sharkey was a leading member of the revolutionary International Socialist Organization until the group's dissolution earlier this year. Describing himself as more of a pragmatic, traditional trade unionist, he once said he worried about following on the heels of the charismatic Lewis. And CTU President Jesse Sharkey crossed the line. But now, CTA is facing Coca Cola, Teach For America, Walmart and banks are the latest targets of Big Labor. But he says thats due to the CTUs highly democratic nature. It was their way or the highway. Sharkey, 52, became acting president in 2014 while Lewis battled brain cancer. He is backing his second-in-command, Stacy Davis Gates, in a May union leadership election. The incident revealed the essence of the CTU, which falsely claims to represent more than 30,000 educators in the nations third-largest school district. Chicago Teachers Union affiliations include the Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL), the Illinois State Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (ISFL-CIO), the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT), and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). He dictates terms. Chambers deserves better. The right-wing campaign, however, has failed to undermine support for teachers who are struggling, along with parents, with inadequate resources for online learning, the dangers of the pandemic and the indifference of school and city officials. A stress fracture in his shin. and European sanctions.. Some parents and union members have aired concerns that the CTU has become too combative or political, and Sharkeys caucus is facing a challenge in the upcoming union election. Find the Zoom link and other relevant information on the AFT Black Caucus, Chicago Chapter website, specifically the[]. March 17, 2021 / 5:12 PM / CBS Chicago CHICAGO (CBS) -- Time. "We are part of a movement, and as an educator at heart, I view myself as a leader in that movement," Sharkey said. And now theyve just threatened an illegal strike, and yet their paychecks, with raises, are still coming. He also noted last years move by the state legislature to phase in an elected school board in Chicago a shift for which the union lobbied aggressively and which Lightfoot vocally opposed. Here in L.A., the United Teachers of Los Angeles is also talking socialist red. Sharkey was first elected vice president in 2010, when Karen Lewis was elected CTUs president. Jesse Sharkey will be returning his full attention to the classroom after announcing he will not seek re-election as CTU president. Sharkey will have served four terms in CTU leadership when he leaves his position in June 2022. Where Karen gave us the infrastructure, the confidence, the boldness, the idea that these things could happen, Jesse helped to see those things through. Yet teachers are getting paid. After 12 years as one of the primary faces of the Chicago Teachers Union, Jesse Sharkey is returning to the classroom. 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. By Matt Harvey and Tiffany Walden. She was a graduate of Brandeis University and the Warren Wilson College MFA . What the unionistas dont get or refuse to acknowledge is that the rich already pay their fair share and then some. But, he said, pointing to the 2019 contract and successful lobbying to remove limitations to CTUs bargaining power at the state legislature, it was under Jesse Sharkeys leadership as president that the union fulfilled the goals that had been set.. (Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune), Jesse Sharkey was mentored by and served as vice president under the late former CTU President Karen Lewis. And look at where we are. Listen to The Chicago Way podcast with John Kass and Jeff Carlin at www.wgnradio.com/category/wgn-plus/thechicagoway. 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.But I am. Then Lightfoot trounced Preckwinkle in every ward and embarrassed Sharkey. While Sharkey and the other CTU members declined to give any predictions as to who might run for president or who theyd want to see take on the role in particular, Sharkey was emphatic in his praise of Gates as a union leader. I will serve until June 2022, but will not seek re-election as president of the Chicago Teachers Union.I am immensely proud of our union's work, and the commitment that our educators bring to their classrooms every day. I will do so with fondness for my time in leadership, because I had the joy and privilege of representing educators who care.I am confident in the future of our union because I know the human quality of our members - how much love they bring to this profession and their schools every day, and how much they value the humanity of our students and school communities.I thank them for electing me to lead, and for everything they have given to me, the labor movement, our school communities, our union and our city. 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. He served as the unions top leader multiple times while Lewis dealt with health struggles, and was elected to the presidency in 2019. Reflecting on his time in union leadership, Sharkey said he has no regrets and wouldnt point to anything he would do differently. He has been one of the most dynamic, dependable and stable leaders that this city has ever had.. When talking recently about trying to convince the union to go back to work, Lightfoot seemed bone-tired, frazzled, weakened. Who knows? We will have a nurse and a social worker in every school by 2024. Still, he expressed confidence about the CTU's future without his leadership. Sharkey said he will continue to be a member of the CTU, which he joined in 1998. Our union mourns the passing of President Sharkeys mother, Lee Sharkey, Main Writers & Publishers Alliances scholarship fund, Evaluation of New District Teachers Without Tenure. I deeply regret my actions and I fully understand why many are upset, her Facebook said. She acts tough with aldermen, but not the CTU. The challengers said Sharkey has been too quick to resort to labor actions that have disrupted the district. Lightfoot gave them a rich contract after a strike in 2019. Under these conditions, there is immense opposition among educators and parents to the deadly reopening policy. 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???". CHICAGO Please stop making threats against Chicago Teachers Union executive board member Sarah Chambers. But he added: "We're going to have to assess this thing as we go along." Negotiations with Chicago Public Schools leadership were set to resume at 1:30 p.m., Sharkey said. CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey will not run for reelection, he announced to the CTU House of Delegates Wednesday. When she ran for mayor, I admired many things about her, and still do. More than half of the 2,100 teachers and 40 percent of the support staff instructed to return to work Monday did not return, according to district officials. back to the people. 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. My youngest son, now an underclassman in high school, was a toddler when I first took office. She should be hailed as a hero for giving Chicagoans another reminder that the teachers union leaders remain a group of out-of-touch phonies and hypocrites using the coronavirus crisis to gain political might. In a brief statement Wednesday evening, Mary Esposito-Usterbowski, a school psychologist and Members First president candidate, said the union needs new leadership. 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. Among Union officers, Stacy is to me what I was to Karen: a steady force that I have leaned on during the most turbulent of times. Rahm would arrive the next year. All Rights Reserved. She was a graduate of Brandeis University and the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. Yeah, there have been some conflicts for contracts, (but) those contracts have really set a bar and moved new resources into our schools and if it was difficult for those changes to sink through to the people on the other side of the table, I dont apologize for it.. 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. We urge you to attend an online meetingon Thursday at 7 p.m. CST to form an Illinois Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee. Lightfoot could say that theyre in violation of their contract, that they broke it by authorizing what amounts to an illegal strike. 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. They balked at naming names for potential vice president candidates. The choice between unions becoming more ecumenical or more radical has been made. If you value Chalkbeat, consider making a donation. Could it be hiring 400 additional janitors and a team of independent state-certified environmental specialists to conduct air quality checks isn't a good idea? As a former member and longtime critic of that union, I certainly had no quibble with his selection. Nick Blumberg | February 8, 2022 8:29 pm. Ive depended on his leadership, she said. 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. The announcement came during a Zoom press conference on Wednesday morning where Sharkey, Vice President Stacy Davis Gates and a select few CTU officers shared their thoughts on Sharkeys time as president with a few members of the media. Hes already the boss. We are part of a movement, and as an educator at heart, I view myself as a leader in that movement. After handing trillions to the major corporations, both parties plan to gut public education and other vital services. 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CHICAGO Jesse Sharkey, the president of the Chicago Teachers Union, will step down at the end of his term this summer after two tumultuous decades of involvement in union leadership that saw the organization become a political powerhouse. CTU and CPS initially failed to secure a safety agreement for this school year, and the district canceled classes for five days after the unions rank-and-file members voted not to work in person during Januarys coronavirus surge. Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson, who wants to open schools, was interviewed Thursday on WBEZs Reset program as negotiations with the union continue. Toolkit: Understanding School Bonds Every election cycle, school districts throughout California put school bond measures on the local ballot. 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. Jesse Sharkey, the president of the Chicago Teachers Union, will step down at the end of his term this summer after two tumultuous decades of involvement in union leadershipthat saw the. Ald. The CTU has been a trailblazer for the career opportunities of other left union reformers in Los Angeles, New York and other cities. We expect students and staff to be in school on Monday, she said. But Weingarten talks one way and lives another. Columns are opinion content that reflect the views of the writers. Her sense of humor, her smarts. He will return to the classroom as an educator. If she does, she will find us to be a steadfast ally. It has been more than a decade since the CORE (Caucus of Rank-and-File Educators) faction, made up of members of the defunct International Socialist Organization (ISO), the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and other pseudo-left groups, took over the CTU based on rhetoric about social justice unionism and union democracy. Chambers, a longtime co-chair of CORE, calls herself a socialist, traveled to Venezuela in 2019 with a delegation of Chicago teachers, and is regularly interviewed in Labor Notes and Jacobin, the semi-official publication of the DSA. have the opportunity The entire nation saw what happened when downtown and the Near North Side were hit with that second wave of looting that she should have stopped. She instilled in her son the importance of compassion, a strong sense of justice and a commitment to the greater good. We urge you to send us your contact information todayand make plans to attend this important meeting. The Chicago Teachers Union did not budge during its 11-day strike. Sharkey's full statement:I am not sure I would have believed anyone had they told me I would be where I am today back in 2010, when I was elected vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union. We wanted members' rights to be respected, but soon realized that the forces working against educators were not just a reform movement, but a deform movement that used the turnaround model, charter proliferation and layoffs of Black educators as a pathway to a school district accountable not to people, but to profit.We were in a battle for the soul of public education, as Karen, Financial Secretary Kristine Mayle, Recording Secretary Michael Brunson and I took office at the end of Mayor Richard M. Daley's term. 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. Please talk to any and every teacher you know about this, and remind them that as a result of theJanusruling, they no longer have to fund a bunch of socialist activists masquerading as educators. And remote instruction really isnt school. Sharkey and a group of teacher union comrades decided to spend their summer vacation in Venezuela. 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). Gates has not officially announced her intention to run for the CTU presidency. I never planned on a decade-plus of union leadership, because I do not think that is the goal of movement work. Photo courtesy of Sharkey [Facebook]. Hopkins was right. Thats what we expect to happen.. Zoom links will be provided in the week leading to the meeting. Davis Gates commended Sharkey for his leadership, especially following Lewis death last year. We have students recognizing the power of their voice, and their action, to fight for the schools and the city they deserve. Visit the CPS calendar page for other dates and to download a PDF calendar. All educators, school workers, parents and students who support this initiative should join our Facebook groupand contact us today to establish local rank-and-file committees in your school and neighborhood. 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. A broken ankle. Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas are in a runoff to be Chicagos next mayor. 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. I will return to where my journey began: the classroom. The right-wing effort to equate teachers with the CTU is as grotesquely false as the claims by Chambers and the rest of the CTU leaders that membership controls the union. In reality, the Chambers incident is only the latest example of the enormous class gulf that exists between the CTU and rank-and-file teachers. Shes that kid being bullied in the schoolyard by Sharkey and his pals. Since she was elected, shes gone out of her way to pick fights with certain aldermen and other political straw dogs who couldnt hurt her. Sharkey, Davis Gates, and other top officers met with reporters virtually Wednesday morning to discuss the announcement, embargoed until Sharkey could share the news with rank-and-file members at an evening meeting. Its a difficult job, Im told, and Ive been doing it a long time. It takes its toll. Delegates will vote whether to have both a delegates training and a House of Delegates meeting in March or just one or the other. But here I am, and I am forever grateful. 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. CTU President Jesse Sharkey, right, announced on Feb. 2, 2022 that he won't seek re-election in CTU elections in May. Interestingly, there is no specific plan to improve on the districts76.6percentgraduation rate or address the fact thatless than half of the 2019 Los Angeles Unified School District graduating class will be eligible to attend one of the states public universities. 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. Sharkey served as vice president of the union under Karen Lewis from 2010 to 2014 before she stepped down due to illness. It comes amid several personal issues for Sharkey, the report said: His mother died in October 2020, his CTU predecessor and . (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune). Heres how they answered 10 important education questions. 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AFSCME, Jesse Sharkey, Larry Sand, LAUSD, Mike Antonucci, National Education Association, Randi Weingarten, seiu, stare decisis, teachers union, United Teachers of Los Angeles, TAGS:American Federation of Teachers, Bruce Rauner, California Teachers Association, Chicago public schools, Chicago Teachers Union, International Socialist Organization, Jesse Sharkey, Karen Lewis, Larry Sand, pension pick-up, Rahm Emanuel, Teach For America, teacher pay, teachers union, Troy Senik, TAGS:American Federation of Teachers, Eric Owens, Janet Napolitano, Jesse Sharkey, Larry Sand, National Education Association, Teach For America, teachers union, university of california. Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey says he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is resting at home with mild symptoms. Meanwhile, CTU boss Jesse Sharkey is quietly leveraging the coronavirus crisis to improve the union's future bargaining power. 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