", 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. Sharkey served as vice president of the union under Karen Lewis from 2010 to 2014 before she stepped down due to illness. All it would take is a state Senate confirmation and Gov. Feb 02 2022 Feb 02 2022. I will return to where my journey began: the classroom," Sharkey said. to flourish. In October 2014, he became acting President of the CTU after Karen Lewis stepped down as President due to illness. 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. 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. New York man planning vacation to Sydney, Australia accidently books flight to . 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. 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. He is backing his second-in-command, Stacy Davis Gates, in a May union leadership election. He will return to the classroom as an educator. Delegates will vote whether to have both a delegates training and a House of Delegates meeting in March or just one or the other. 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. 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. 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. 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. And she noted Sharkey himself might choose to run. 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. Californian should Sharkey plans to finish his term through June and return to teaching. Christel is our soul, and Maria is our heart. 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). Here in L.A., the United Teachers of Los Angeles is also talking socialist red. Her last manuscript,I Will not Name It Except to Say,is forthcoming in spring, 2021, from Tupelo Press. It comes amid several personal issues for Sharkey, the report said: His mother died in October 2020, his CTU predecessor and . Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey speaks at Uplift Community High School in the Uptown neighborhood on January 12, 2021. Asked to comment on that possibility, Sharkey chuckled and said, I am going to have more time, stressing that for now he is looking forward to a return to the classroom but plans to remain active in advocacy. She was a graduate of Brandeis University and the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. 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. The actor, 38, sat down with Variety reporters for a . CTU president Jesse Sharkey, not running for re-election, refocuses on classroom. 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. He then said the CTU made three additional offers to the city on a return-to-work plan to sell to teachers, including a delayed start of classes until teachers receive a first dose of the vaccine, with an extension of the school year into the summer; the return of only those teachers and students who volunteer to do in-person learning; or the resumption of in-person learning with mass testing of all teachers and students, all representing unacceptable public health risks. After handing trillions to the major corporations, both parties plan to gut public education and other vital services. It was tough., Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. Her voice cracked as she talked about Sharkeys decision to step down. Lee Sharkey passed away Oct. 18, after a brief battle with cancer. Sharkey, 52, became acting president in 2014 while Lewis battled brain cancer. 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. I grew up on a dirt road in rural Maine, raised by a single mother who was an elementary school teacher and editor of a poetry journal. Elections for the CTU president and other elected union leadership are coming up in May. After 12 years as one of the primary faces of the Chicago Teachers Union, Jesse Sharkey is returning to the classroom. It takes its toll. back to the people. In reality, she is a card-carrying member of the dreaded 1 percent class. This is despite a citywide infection rate of over 10 percent. Nick Blumberg | February 8, 2022 8:29 pm. And look at where we are. 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. "It was shocking for many - our enemies, especially - to see teachers take the lead. That is why educators must take matters into their own hands by joining the national network of Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committees, which are organized independently of the corporatist unions, to protect their lives. Puerto Rico has had 127,000 people contract COVID-19 and 1,200 deaths. CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey will not run for reelection, he announced to the CTU House of Delegates Wednesday. "Thankfully, my family is negative," he tweeted Wednesday . Sharkey stressed the standoff had nothing to do with his decision to step down. 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. What was the point of the CTU dance video? Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey speaks at Uplift Community High School in the Uptown neighborhood on January 12, 2021. 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. 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? 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, the statement said. Privacy Policy. I dont think theres any reason for me to say anything further.. Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas are in a runoff to be Chicagos next mayor. The Heartland Institute offers free email subscriptions to all of its newsletters and monthly public policy newspapers. Heres how they answered a Chalkbeat questionnaire. My wife, Julie, has stood beside me and experienced all the stress and heartache that I have felt in nearly two decades of this work. We will have a nurse and a social worker in every school by 2024. 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. Sign up and receive our latest news in your inbox. To fight for this, we urge teachers to get more information and join the Socialist Equality Party. 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. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say its safe to open public schools, that children are being hurt by not being in class. 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. Because it is time. Photos: Northwestern loses to Penn State 68-65 in overtime, Nick Niego is back as Brother Rice stuns St. Rita. 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. A broken ankle. CTU President Jesse Sharkey Had Hand In Writing CPS Letter Announcing High School Return Date -- So Why Did CTU Go On To Slam It? I was just a kid who wanted to change the world. . He called Davis Gates the unions most effective spokesperson and most effective strategist, voicing confidence that their caucus will back her as union president candidate. Ald. Zoom links will be provided in the week leading to the meeting. 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. Hopkins has a penchant for letting his mouth run before he actually gets the facts, Lightfoot said. 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. Subscribe to The TRiiBEs newsletter to retrieve weekly updates on our latest stories, events, and Because my poem concerns the effects of dementia on my marriage, the award has a strong personal significance for me, she said. From 2010 to 2014, he was the Vice President of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU). 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 . (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune). Our original works in journalism and documentary, alongside creative writing and video, "Jesse Sharkey's announcement is an acknowledgment that now is the time to bring new leadership to our union. It was shocking for many - our enemies, especially - to see teachers take the lead. As second-in-command to the late president Karen Lewis, Sharkey took the helm of the union during a resurgent period of flexing its political power. 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. In the run-up to the Janus decision . I deeply regret my actions and I fully understand why many are upset, her Facebook said. 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. (Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune), Jesse Sharkey was mentored by and served as vice president under the late former CTU President Karen Lewis. But I dont want her to play the lawyer in all this. 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. In addition to President Sharkey, she is survived by Bersbach, daughter-in-law Julie Fain and grandsons Leo and Caleb. Sharkey said he will return to the classroom in the fall, though when asked about a possible mayoral run, he did not rule out that possibility. 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. And CTU President Jesse Sharkey crossed the line. The TRiiBE is a digital media platform that is reshaping the narrative of Black Chicago and giving ownership Current hero: John Brown We urge you to attend an online meetingon Thursday at 7 p.m. CST to form an Illinois Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee. Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey says he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is resting at home with mild symptoms. Im not a lawyer. Smooth and cool., Photos: Northwestern loses to Penn State 68-65 in overtime, Nick Niego is back as Brother Rice stuns St. Rita. She credited Lewis and Sharkey with presiding over a resurgence in morale and purpose: They gave us our dignity back.. The top two candidates to be Chicagos next mayor are headed to a runoff election. have the opportunity Follow whats happening in Chicago schools in our newsletter, delivered every weekday. Lifes a beach under the basket for Lemonts Miles Beachum. He led us through that, Davis Gates told reporters. After serving out the term as acting president starting in October 2014, Sharkey was re-elected president in 2019. There's what CTU leaders say publicly, and what they're really up to. Teachers went on strike for two weeks in 2019 before reaching a deal for salary increases and class-size limits. @CTULocal1 prez, dad of two, married to @juliefain. Again, time to #NEA/AFTexit. The district said principals have asked for expanded camera coverage on their campuses. [Originally Published at the California Policy Center]. She could announce that shes not going to pay teachers if they dont show up to school. Chambers' vacation photos made the local TV news, and word of her hypocrisy spread like a pandemic across the globe. He took over the top job in 2018 from Lewis, who died last year after a battle with brain cancer. (She was) fearless, willing to lift up the voice of the voiceless, someone who stood for Black Chicago, who stood against racism in our schools, who stood for a vision of public education. Jesse Sharkey won't be seeking re-election for a fifth term as president of the Chicago Teachers Union, he said Wednesday. Im sure these teachers will come back to school in two weeks and regale their students about the glories of Venezuelan socialism where90 percent of the people live in poverty,the inflation rate is an astonishing 282,973andcivil rights have been abolished. 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. 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. General Meetings will be hybrid. Hes already the boss. 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. 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. 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.. Sharkey said Wednesday that lively debate within the union speaks to its democratic spirit and called pushback after the school shutdown in January a mainstream media backlash.. Teacher and poet raised her son to be compassionate and committed to the greater good. 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. Still, he expressed confidence about the CTU's future without his leadership. ", 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. She instilled in her son the importance of compassion, a strong sense of justice and a commitment to the greater good. Jesse Sharkey, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, spoke in August 2019 at a press conference amid tense contract talks with the district. CHICAGO Please stop making threats against Chicago Teachers Union executive board member Sarah Chambers. First victim: Coca Cola. 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 want her to stop taking slaps from Sharkey as if shes helpless. 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. Chalkbeat Chicagos reporters will be there to report the news you need. and Terms of Service apply. 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. A broken ankle. 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. My mother passed away in October of 2020, followed by a brutal school reopening campaign and Karen's death in February of 2021. 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. 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. He said he made this decision before the strife with City Hall that led to classes being canceled for five days last month and before a group within the union launched a campaign to unseat Sharkey and other officers on May 20. 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. That was not a time that I needed to be distracting people in the city or the membership., Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey rallies members and supporters on the first day of the teachers strike on Oct. 17, 2019. 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Sharkey said CTU leadership has set a target date of Jan. 18 for a return to in-class instruction. Candidates have taken aim at Vallas, arguing he helped create Chicago schools current financial problems and laid the groundwork that led to the eventual closing of Black and Latino schools. For example, AFT president Randi Weingarten, a long-time class warrior, strongly supported the Tax the Rich Bus Tour. 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. 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. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. 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.. Heres how they answered 10 important education questions. 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. 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). (Teresa Crawford/ AP) CHICAGO. They can strike illegally. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune). He officially succeeded Lewis in 2018 and his Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE) won reelection in 2019. During his tenure, clashes with Lightfoot led to three school shutdowns in the past three years, starting with a two-week strike during 2019 contract talks when the union pressed for an ambitious slate of proposals, including smaller class sizes, that went well beyond salary and benefits issues. I think if our community stays strong and our organizing stays strong, then her legacy will be assured going into the future.. There are things Lightfoot could do to show whos boss. They dont have to show up to work. Under these conditions, there is immense opposition among educators and parents to the deadly reopening policy. Copyright 2023 WLS-TV. 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. But he says thats due to the CTUs highly democratic nature. [Students] have something to say! Who calls himself either a steadfast ally or an implacable foe? Brian Hopkins, who called her out for her failure to stop the downtown looting that led to flight to the suburbs. 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. Sharkey acknowledged the difficulties of the job, both politically and personally. 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. 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. Hopkins was right. capture the multifaceted essence of the Black experience in pursuit of truth and liberation. 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. There has been no in-person school for almost a year. 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.". Ive depended on his leadership, she said. Chicago 2023 mayoral election: Former schools chief, teachers union organizer headed to runoff, In a tight mayoral race, Paul Vallas legacy as Chicago schools first CEO comes into focus, Gov. Lightfoot could say that theyre in violation of their contract, that they broke it by authorizing what amounts to an illegal strike. 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. CHICAGO Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey announced Wednesday night that he will not seek re-election this summer for a fifth term. Sharkey's google-able credentials are well established. "It wasn't enough then, and it isn't enough now as we face right-wing forces that want to break our union, ban books, end anti-racist curriculum and unmask children during a pandemic.". Gates has not officially announced her intention to run for the CTU presidency. As a former member and longtime critic of that union, I certainly had no quibble with his selection. Pre-meeting Q&A session will begin at 4:15 p.m. 2023 Chicago Teachers Union. 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. Movements have to change as people change, with new leaders and new vision stepping to the fore.I will not be leaving the movement, the labor struggle or this union. She was a graduate of Brandeis University and the Warren Wilson College MFA . But here I am, and I am forever grateful. We urge you to send us your contact information todayand make plans to attend this important meeting. At a time when most U.S. citizens havebenefited from the Trump tax cuts, the American Federation of Teachers joined up with a motley assemblage of leftwing organizations over the summer on what was billed as the Tax the Rich Bus Tour. The road show, which lasted 35 days and ended just last week, was replete with the usual tropes including demands that the rich and corporations pay their fair share and other socialist-inspired class warfare twaddle. Shes that kid being bullied in the schoolyard by Sharkey and his pals. All rights reserved. The CTU is an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers and the Illinois Federation of Teachers and is the third-largest teachers local in the United States. Lee was also politically active in Jewish and anti-war organizations. He dictates terms. We will also be hosting a national call-in meeting at 1 p.m. EST this Saturday, January 9. 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. You dont get bargaining rights, an elected school board, a moratorium on school closures, a strong charter educator division without him. Describing himself as more of a pragmatic, traditional trade unionist, he once said he worried about following on the heels of the charismatic Lewis. A lot of the things that motivated me to run, I think weve achieved.. He did note the union failed in its push to avert Mayor Rahm Emanuels 2013 closures of 50 schools on the South and West sides that disproportionately affected Black students and educators. 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. 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