He also noted what he sees as major CTU accomplishments during his time in leadership, like contracts establishing minimum staffing levels and maximum class sizes for schools, as well as a law changing the CPS board from appointed to elected. Ive been doing it for a long time, and its time to do something different.. 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). I will return to where my journey began: the classroom. But I dont want her to play the lawyer in all this. 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 mother passed away in October of 2020, followed by a brutal school reopening campaign and Karen's death in February of 2021. 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. Gates has not officially announced her intention to run for the CTU presidency. All Rights Reserved. In Chicago, district officials have ordered all pre-K through eighth grade teachers without approved medical exceptions back into buildings this month, regardless of their familys health conditions, and threatened those who do not return with dismissal. The reopening, he said, would not work if the district simply continues to dictate to us, and admitted the city was not willing to commit to a public health metric for reopening, like a threshold COVID-19 positivity rate. Jesse Sharkey won't seek reelection as head of 25,000-member Chicago Teachers Union The former social studies teacher will step away from CTU leadership when his fourth term ends June 30 and . All it would take is a state Senate confirmation and Gov. Sharkey and a group of teacher union comrades decided tospend their summer vacation in Venezuela. The challengers said Sharkey has been too quick to resort to labor actions that have disrupted the district. Davis Gates said that if she is elected the unions next leader, she will let membership input inform her agenda and priorities. Her voice cracked as she talked about Sharkeys decision to step down. Sharkey was first elected vice president in 2010, when Karen Lewis was elected CTUs president. When talking recently about trying to convince the union to go back to work, Lightfoot seemed bone-tired, frazzled, weakened. In the eyes of many around our city, and our country, we succeeded.I have been extremely fortunate to work alongside brilliant minds in Karen, Vice President Stacy Davis Gates, Financial Secretary Maria Moreno, Recording Secretary Christel Williams-Hayes, CTU Chief of Staff Jennifer Johnson, Grievance Director Zeidre Foster, Organizing Director Rebecca Martinez and a host of rank-and-file leaders. 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. She said she hears the concerns of teachers who are fearful for their health, just as I understand the concerns and fears of the day care workers, the factory workers, the health care workers, the grocery store and construction and transit and sanitation and other workers whose jobs do not allow them to work remotely and stay at home.. Copyright 2023 California Policy Center. The Heartland Institute offers free email subscriptions to all of its newsletters and monthly public policy newspapers. 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. Subscribe to The TRiiBEs newsletter to retrieve weekly updates on our latest stories, events, and And Mayor Lori Lightfoot? 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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say its safe to open public schools, that children are being hurt by not being in class. Lee Sharkey was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1945. General Meetings will be hybrid. I think its time for me to do something different, Sharkey explained. Sharkey plans to finish his term through June and return to teaching. If she does not, she will find us to be an implacable foe.. He is very, very, very far-left and he is the lead labor representative of an organization with a $7.7B budget, funded mostly by property . Rahm would arrive the next year. By Matt Harvey and Tiffany Walden. On Dec. 28, he penned a letter urging state senators to revive a bill during the lame-duck session set to start Friday. Jesse Sharkey won't be seeking re-election for a fifth term as president of the Chicago Teachers Union, he said Wednesday. Jesse Sharkey (center) and his wife Julie Fain are seen in a family photo on a trip to Disneyland in 2020. Oh, to be sure, some may fall into that category, but for many others, it is nothing more than a call to advance Bolshevik bushwa. CHICAGO Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey announced Wednesday night that he will not seek re-election this summer for a fifth term. And they will stress that is the fault of the U.S., of course. 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. Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey speaks at Uplift Community High School in the Uptown neighborhood on January 12, 2021. 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. 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. Still, he expressed confidence about the CTU's future without his leadership. Receive news updates and information on the fight against the unsafe reopening of schools. Under these conditions, there is immense opposition among educators and parents to the deadly reopening policy. Chambers deserves better. The Abood decision has been overturned and its mourners are beside themselves. 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. All rights reserved. In addition to poolside selfies from her Caribbean vacation, Chambers posted messages about the restaurant meals she was looking forward to in Old San Juan, the tourist section of the impoverished islands capital. She added, In order to show my contrition, and not to be a distraction, I will deactivate all of my social media accounts and step back from the Chicago Teachers Union executive board.. 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. 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. ", MORE ON PATCH: CTU Loses Credibility Blaming Push For Reopening School On Racism, While the fearmongering propaganda and Twitter hypocrisy are important to note, they shouldn't distract from the fact that CTU bosses never say exactly why the school system's detailed safety protocols remain wholly unacceptable for a slow rollout for socially distant in-person learning. At a press conference Tuesday, CTU President Sharkey said nothing about the districts threats to fire teachers for unexcused absences. You may also receive occasional messages from sponsors. 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. 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. "We are part of a movement, and as an educator at heart, I view myself as a leader in that movement," Sharkey said. The installation of Chambers, former ISO leader and now-CTU President Jesse Sharkey, and other middle class pseudo-left elements has done nothing to change the anti-working class character of the CTU. It comes amid several personal issues for Sharkey, the report said: His mother died in October 2020, his CTU predecessor and . Mark Konkol, recipient of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting, wrote and produced the Peabody Award-winning series, "Time: The Kalief Browder Story." 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. By Larry Sand. Then Lightfoot trounced Preckwinkle in every ward and embarrassed Sharkey. Where Karen gave us the infrastructure, the confidence, the boldness, the idea that these things could happen, Jesse helped to see those things through. There has been no in-person school for almost a year. 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. 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. If you value Chalkbeat, consider making a donation. Lightfoot could say that theyre in violation of their contract, that they broke it by authorizing what amounts to an illegal strike. A new report from Gov. J.B. Pritzker Announces Compromise on Paid Leave For Vaccinated School Employees, In Close Vote, Rank-and-File Teachers Approve Safety Deal With Chicago Public Schools, As Students Return to Chicago Schools, Tension Remains Between City, Teachers Over Testing, Students Set to Return to Classroom as Chicago Teachers Suspend Labor Action, Venus and Jupiter Will Be Side by Side in Wednesdays Night Sky. He served as the unions top leader multiple times while Lewis dealt with health struggles, and was elected to the presidency in 2019. To fight for this, we urge teachers to get more information and join the Socialist Equality Party. We urge you to send us your contact information todayand make plans to attend this important meeting. 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. 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. Instead, be thankful the high school teacher pushed fearmongering propaganda about the reopening of public schools during the coronavirus crisis while visiting a buddy in Puerto Rico for the holidays. On October 9, when Chicago Teachers Union vice president Jesse Sharkey stepped to a podium to announce that the fiery Karen Lewis was suffering . Listen to The Chicago Way podcast with John Kass and Jeff Carlin at www.wgnradio.com/category/wgn-plus/thechicagoway. Ald. 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. To get paid, they have to show up. Union leadership expressed dissatisfaction with Mayor Lori Lightfoot's earlier refusal to add ten paid teaching days . It was shocking for many - our enemies, especially - to see teachers take the lead. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. 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. Sharkey acknowledged the difficulties of the job, both politically and personally. Attempting to get over the millions of dollars they spent backing losers in the November election, Americas teachers unions are on a mission to find new bogeymen. Both have deep experience in public education, but differ on many key challenges facing the school district. Sharkey and a group of teacher union comrades decided to spend their summer vacation in Venezuela. For example, AFT president Randi Weingarten, a long-time class warrior, strongly supported the Tax the Rich Bus Tour. two tumultuous decades of involvement in union leadership, a recent standoff over COVID safety protocols, a two-week strike during 2019 contract talks. Shouldnt Chicago just get it over with now and make Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey the mayor? We had a Board of Education that had really developed a unilateral way of dealing with teachers and parents a series of mayors, Daley, Rahm, Lightfoot, who werent interested in bargaining or negotiating with us at all. 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. Someone sent me CTU's action timeline for this month, which includes recommending teachers ditch school and "continue to work remotely," plans for a "special meeting" of the house of delegates and "escalated workplace actions" slated for Jan. 25. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune). He was a producer, writer and narrator for the "Chicagoland" docu-series on CNN, and a consulting producer on the Showtime documentary, "16 Shots. And hes the one acting like the mayor of Chicago. 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.". Many have placed the blame on Lightfoot. In a lengthy statement, Sharkey thanked . 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. CTU President Jesse Sharkey, right, announced on Feb. 2, 2022 that he won't seek re-election in CTU elections in May. Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey says he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is resting at home with mild symptoms. The choice between unions becoming more ecumenical or more radical has been made. 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. The hysterical reaction to the recent Supreme Court decision in the Janus v. AFSCME case, which frees public employees in 22 states from having to pay any money to a union as a condition of employment, has Chicken Little nodding in solidarity. He did throw his support behind CTU Vice President Stacy Davis Gates, whom he praised as our unions most effective spokesperson, our unions best strategist., 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. Lindblom interim principals contract is postponed again, During sit-in, Jones College Prep students pressure administration to restore trust following Nazi costume incident. Teachers went on strike for two weeks in 2019 before reaching a deal for salary increases and class-size limits. Teachers confront a political battle against the Democratic Party, which no less than the Republican Party speaks for Wall Street. 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. 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. The Chicago Teachers Union did not budge during its 11-day strike. To make matters worse, public health experts believe the new, more virulent strain of the virus, which spreads particularly fast among young people, is already in Chicago, sparking the latest surge in cases. And they get paid anyway. Jupiter and Venus appear to 'kiss' in the sky, Belvidere Jeep assembly plant shut down indefinitely, Chicago Weather: Cloudy and much cooler Thursday. 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. This May, the CTU can start building stronger relationships with community stakeholders and city leaders so we can deliver more for CTU members and better serve Chicagos students.. 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. 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. "It is this discretion that is at the core of our concerns with Chicago's pandemic response," Sharkey wrote. Zoom links will be provided in the week leading to the meeting. Hes the boss and his people are still getting paid. It takes its toll. The other (left) shoe has dropped. The Maine native and father of two taught social studies at Senn High School and Chicago Vocational Career Academy before being elected vice president of the union in 2010 alongside President Karen Lewis. It was tough., Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. J.B. Pritzker's signature to give CTU the power to demand negotiations and ultimately call a strike over issues such as shorter school days, staffing and class-size requirements that state law leaves up to the school system's discretion. Sign up for our morning newsletter to get all of our stories delivered to your mailbox each weekday. His time in leadership has been marked by multiple strikes, a contentious relationship with City Hall and a protracted pandemic. Jesse Lee Sofferthe talent behind Chicago P.D.'s former Det. 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. 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. Sharkey said he never planned to serve more than a decade in union leadership. Im not a lawyer. The two are shown at a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Clergy Breakfast in Chicago in 2015. A lot of the things that motivated me to run, I think weve achieved.. A broken ankle. #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left;width:100%;font-weight:normal;}, Beyond Chicago from the Air with Geoffrey Baer, The Great Chicago Fire: A Chicago Stories Special, Stacy Davis Gates Wins Election to Become Next CTU President, Jesse Sharkey, President of Chicago Teachers Union, Not Running For Reelection, Gov. Im sure others will say that cant be done, yet isnt that what you pay lawyers for? Pre-meeting Q&A session will begin at 4:15 p.m. 2023 Chicago Teachers Union. "We should return to work in the schools pending one thing - and that one thing is a return-to-work agreement," CTU President. Sharkey said it will be up to CORE to determine its leadership slate for the May election. My youngest son, now an underclassman in high school, was a toddler when I first took office. We will have a nurse and a social worker in every school by 2024. Our original works in journalism and documentary, alongside creative writing and video, "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. CTU president Jesse Sharkey, not running for re-election, refocuses on classroom. Since then, the unions engaged in multiple actions, including as recently as this winter during a debate over COVID-19 safety protocols. The top two candidates to be Chicagos next mayor are headed to a runoff election. 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. The fight to close unsafe schools and defend lives must be combined with a political struggle against both corporate-controlled parties and a socialist alternative to the capitalist profit system. Heres how they answered a Chalkbeat questionnaire. Jesse Sharkey (born 1970) is an American former schoolteacher and labor leader in Chicago. Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey who led the union through the 2019 teachers strike and last month's work stoppage for more COVID-19 protections announced Wednesday that he. 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. There are things Lightfoot could do to show whos boss. Delegates will vote whether to have both a delegates training and a House of Delegates meeting in March or just one or the other. CHICAGO Please stop making threats against Chicago Teachers Union executive board member Sarah Chambers. 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. The actor, 38, sat down with Variety reporters for a . 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. The bill has languished in the Senate since 2019, a source told me, at the request of former Mayor Rahm Emanuel. . After 12 years as one of the primary faces of the Chicago Teachers Union, Jesse Sharkey is returning to the classroom. And now come the fun death threats DMs," Chambers posted on her now-deleted Twitter account. 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. He officially succeeded Lewis in 2018 and his Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE) won reelection in 2019. 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. ", 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. Find the Zoom link and other relevant information on the AFT Black Caucus, Chicago Chapter website, specifically the[]. While feigning opposition to Lightfoots plans, the CTU has opposed any strike action, leaving teachers to fight on their own. Like the CTU, the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), the Oakland Education Association (OEA) and other unions have betrayed strikes, collaborated in the attacks on teachers and public education, and colluded in the murderous back-to-school policy. First victim: Coca Cola. Your Support of Heartland will allow us to continue to educate others about our work. At least theyre more upfront about their socialism in Chicago, where teacher union president Jesse Sharkey was aleading memberof the revolutionary International Socialist Organization until the groups dissolution earlier this year. On December 31, Chicago news station WGN published social media posts by Chicago Teachers Union Area Vice President Sarah Chambers enjoying a vacation in Puerto Rico just days before thousands of. J.B Pritzkers Childrens Behavioral Transformation Initiative makes 12 recommendations for how the state can support families and children in need of mental health services. 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. 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. CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey will not run for reelection, he announced to the CTU House of Delegates Wednesday. 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