Or, Omicrons peaking. Please settle up and move on., Says Gates: Im disappointed that in 2022 we still believe that Black people are a monolith and one-dimensional. In January, shortly after teachers and students returned to their classrooms, students staged a massive walkout to protest a lack of safety mitigations during a record-setting surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. There are lots of ways in which they dont really want to be there, Sharkey says. As an elementary bilingual education teacher, she served as a delegate, district supervisor and strike coordinator. It made me feel like a failure, says Gates. We felt like the system was being sabotaged by the people who were in charge of it, and the union was the one institution that had both the interest and the ability to do something about that. It seems pretty dangerous. Email Monica Trevino at Mtrevino@ift-aft.org. Photo: Colin Boyle/Associated Press I think thats why I go so hard, why Im so clear about my leadership. The American Federation of Teachers is a union of professionals that champions fairness; democracy; economic opportunity; and high-quality public education, healthcare and public services for our students, their families and our communities. When the . CTU is a local union of the American Federation of Teachers, the countrys second-largest national teachers union. *negotiated* salary schedules in public education means I know that my experience and education is valued the same for me as it is for my colleagues. In the fall of 2019, she helped to lead a 15-day strike and to negotiate an historic contract that provides for smaller class sizes, ensures a nurse and social worker in every Chicago public school, secures sanctuary protections for immigrant families, and supports students and families experiencing homelessness. Ms. Gates, outstanding articulation of concise and pointed perspectives given on WCPT 820 AM on 10/18. I was hurt. Karen LewisChicago Teachers Union / PresidentKaren Lewis was an American educator and labor leader who served as president of the Chicago Teachers Union, Chicagos division of the American Federation of Teachers, from 2010 to 2014. She has raised millions of dollars to elect classroom teachers to all levels of local government, and challenge school privatizers and union busters. South Side of Chicago . She also serves as a board member for ACRE, The Action Center on Race & the Economy, a nexus for organizations working at the intersection of racial justice and Wall Street accountability.Ms. Some notable people were looking on. Fusco, Chris, The Watchdogs: How Chicago Teachers Union spends its money, Chicago Sun-Times, January 30, 2017. I would like to thank you for taking a stand,and expressing your thoughts and how to respond to the republican party. Youd see these kids going to school-closing hearings, singing, performing, saying, Please dont close our school. Ms. Davis Gates has also spearheaded statewide legislative campaigns to pass the strongest charter school accountability measures in the country, push for the restoration of the bargaining rights of Chicago Public Schools employees, and fully fund public education by ending tax loopholes for the 1 percent. Expenses: $32,111,159 A few minutes past 6 p.m., with the board meeting streaming on her iPhone, Gates walked through the refurbished warehouse in West Town that serves as the unions headquarters and into the Jacqueline B. Vaughn Hall, named for first African American woman to lead the CTU. Neither side backs down from the fight. While the CTU mission is, ostensibly, to improve public education, most of the identified purposes of the CTU are related to improving compensation and protecting the job security of union members, as well as growing the union. In Gatess office at CTU headquarters, a Notorious SDG print with her likeness hangs above her deska riff on those Notorious RBG prints that were ubiquitous for a while. Subscribe for free today! [24], The Foundation was founded in 1969 when it received the Fewkes Tower a 29-story high rise building in Chicago from the Chicago Teachers Union, which had built the tower in 1963 to provide affordable housing to retired teachers. That the work stoppages rob students of crucial instructional time. Stacy Davis Gates EDITOR'S NOTE, OCTOBER 30, 2019: The profile below was first published on August 2, 2019. While at the CTU, Ms. Davis Gates has been the architect of bold political and legislative campaigns for the schools and city that all Chicagoans deserve. It felt demoralizing. Teacher Unionism, The Labor and Working Class History Association, May 23, 2014. And she did go on the trip. Why are we negotiating safety? Gates asks. Unless, that is, she is somehow beaten out in the May 20 election by a dissenting caucus of Chicago Public Schools employees called Members First. As a teacher and union delegate at Englewood High School, Jackson fought school closings when former CEO Arne Duncan called the school a culture of failure and started a phase-out in 2005. They led every meeting with school-based discussions of billionaires, banks and racism., The union started partnering with community organizations known largely for fighting gentrificationthe Pilsen Alliance, Logan Square Neighborhood Alliance, Kenwood-Oakland Community Organizationto attend school board meetings and host community forums on school closures. It felt like people were still begging American institutions to see our humanity. The Chicago Teachers Unions heir apparent sees herself as a righteous champion of not just educators but of students. In the year prior, CTU had lost $4 million. In 2020, the city was running an $838 million budget deficit, and Chicagos school system bonds have been rated below investment-grade in recent years. Accessed June 02, 2020. Leone, Hannah, Chicago teacher who crossed the picket line during the strike is now suing the teachers union over dues payments, Chicago Tribune, May 07, 2020. So I want you to stay encouraged, Chicago Teachers Union. Chicago Tribune, August 20, 2019. And theyre not paying attention to a Chicago where you have two Black women who have leadership and influence who think differently. CTU members lost $33 million in pay around $1,672.65 each with not much to show for it. I aint said live yet. Evaluation of New District Teachers Without Tenure. 1973: Two strikes, of 12 and 11 days, yield improved salary, benefits, preparation time, supplies, and class sizes. Email Monica Trevino at Mtrevino@ift-aft.org. All rights reserved. More change is coming in May, when the CTU selects its next leader. Gregory, Ted, Why CPS/teacher relations have been so contentious for so long, Crains Chicago Business, October 24, 2019. They are sort of the bedrock constituency of our public schools., Gates tells me she is focused on May 20on winning the top CTU spot and following in the footsteps of Lewis, her friend and role model, who shaped her management style. Gates and her husband, Kevin, have three childrenin second, fifth, and seventh grades. The air crackled with applause. Accessed June 01, 2010. [27], In 2019, CTUF grantees included a mix of progressive activist organizations and community charity organizations like the Action Now Institute, Equip for Equality, Grassroots Collaborative, Rainbows for All Children, and the UIC Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy. If you dont fight for it, you wont receive it.. Stacy Davis Gates has served as the Political and Legislative Director for the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) for the past six years. For more than 75 years the Chicago Teachers Union has fought for the schools Chicagos students deserve. All Rights Reserved. How many members are in the Chicago Teachers Union? Advertisement Key Data Sharkey was first elected vice president in 2010, when Karen Lewis was elected CTUs president. In 2020, the city was running an $838 million budget deficit, and Chicago's school system bonds have been rated below investment-grade in recent years. I have enormous respect for the load Lightfoot and Gates carry, Sive wrote, but were tired, girlfriends. Joshua Cowen and Katharine O. Strunk, How Do Teachers Unions Influence Education Policy? Teachers strikes are not new to this city. She was educated at Saint Marys College, the University of Notre Dame, and Concordia University. Stacy Davis Gates is the President of the Chicago Teachers Union. She attended Saint Marys College, the University of Notre Dame and Concordia University. Issa, Nader, Chicago Teachers Union sues Betsy DeVos, CPS over coronavirus special education requirements, Chicago Sun-Times, May 20, 2020. Accessed June 02, 2020. Gateswho had stepped away from the classroom in 2011 to ramp up her union activities, traveling to Springfield to lobby for the CTUs legislative agenda and serving as the organizations political directorwas elected to fill his post. Our union couldnt be silent on what was happening to the children in the city, the families in the city.. [23], The Chicago Teachers Union also operates a philanthropic organization, the Chicago Teachers Union Foundation (CTUF). [1] American Federation of Teachers, To Form a More Perfect Union. It was a lot of things, Sharkey says about not seeking reelection. Min. [1] Grossman, Ron, As Chicago teachers vote to authorize a strike, a look back at the citys labor history, Chicago Tribune, September 27, 2019. Karen was a curious leader, Gates says. Column: Surprised by CTUs Venezuela Visit? It was the final day of Black History Month and Stacy Davis Gates needed to be in three places at once. The U.S. Department of Education said that CTUs lawsuit was nothing more than political posturing for a headline. [21], In May 2020, the Chicago Teachers Union was sued by a Chicago teacher who was being forced to pay CTU dues despite crossing the picket line during the 2019 strike and withdrawing from CTU membership. The Chicago Teachers Unions monthly executive board meeting was scheduled at the same time as its Jammin for PEACE celebration, which overlapped with a group of Nicholson STEM Academy teachers gathering virtually with their union delegate to talk pedagogy, burnout, and whatever else needed airinga discussion Gates had promised to attend. That figure is composed of merit raises and other specific pools of raises that do not apply to all union members across the board. Whenever I see our sister, you know who I see? Stamps called out. She played in student-staff basketball games. What are the benefits of believing in God? And there was always a segment of my class that was disconnected, that didnt want to hear it or didnt engage fully.. Current. His strongest performance in Chicago came in parts of Mount Greenwood in the 19th Ward, where he garnered nearly 40 percent of the vote. Salary Breakdown (2019) My pawpaw used to watch it, and I watched it with him, she says. While a victory for the teachers union, the concessions came at a significant cost estimated at about $500 million to Chicagos already-shaky financial condition. I remember we were never able to take a book home because they didnt have a book for every student, says Latoyia Kimbrough, a 2005 graduate who now works as in-house legal counsel for CTU. It was all I could do to refrain from leaping up from my desk at work and cheering. Guidestar, Chicago Teachers Union, 2017 990. However, due to the Loeb Rule, the Chicago Board of Education fired dozens of participating teachers. (Lewis died in 2021.) [9] It would not rejoin the AFT until 1937, when the Chicago Teacher Federation and various other Chicago teacher organizations consolidated to create the Chicago Teachers Union, which once again joined the American Federation of Teachers as Local 1. You should be ashamed. You may use these HTML tags and attributes:

, Enter your email address to receive new and updated COAL website news articles. And she's not about to let anyone. As for politics, Gates says shes not sure shes cut out for it. Photo: CLARISSA BONET | HAIR AND MAKEUP: DENISE MILLOY/MAKEUP MAGIC INC. Age: 43. Gates understands the frustration, particularly around strikes. My granny was a teenage mothera teenage single mother with an alcoholic father who was a sharecropper. And it was an early glimpse at the way some kids are placed on a path to succeed, while others are left behind. But she would later learn that it wasnt always so level upstream. [1], Founded in 1937, CTU is well known for its aggressive political engagement such as strikes, marches, and protests in favor of left-of-center educational priorities and approaches to racial equality. Chicago magazine newsletters have you covered. We are in love with humanity at this union. We know how to teach remotely. Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates was elected president of the organization Friday, after a race against two other candidates vying to take the place of outgoing president Jesse Sharkey. Every problem in societyhunger, domestic violence, povertyit walks into your doors, doesnt it? Sanders said to the crowd gathered inside CTU headquarters. She walked off the stage and headed upstairs to join the Nicholson STEM Academy teachers meeting. In addition to leading the political and legislative agendas for the CTU, Stacy is a regular contributor to radio shows and print publications. The CTU represents Chicago area teachers in regular collective bargaining contract agreements. Before her election to the office of President in 2022, Ms. Davis Gates served for four years as Vice President of the Union. Stacy Davis Gates, the incumbent vice president, led CORE's slate and will take over as president with her running mate Jackson Potter for a three-year term beginning July 1. Her dad was the first child in his family to be born in the North. Ms. Davis Gates lives on the South Side of Chicago with her husband and three children. There are those who assertin letters to the editor, in editorials, in op-eds, on Twitter, from podiumsthat the CTUs fights actively harm children and families in Chicago. I didnt know what I was doing. My credibility came slowly, and it had nothing to do with my instruction or my understanding of content, she says. Accessed June 02, 2020. Garcia lost. Sometimes I feel like Im living my life as a spectator, says Gates, the unions vice president and heir apparent. He hasnt publicly ruled it out, but he says his current plan is to return to the classroom. I was hurt. Jackson Potter is the Vice President of the Chicago Teachers Union. She has very fine antennae and a finely honed sense of justice about whats right and fair, Sharkey says. Moran, Theresa, Behind the Chicago Teachers Strike, Labor Notes, September 10, 2012. She is also the Executive Vice President of the Illinois Federation of Teachers and an Executive Vice President of the American Federation of Teachers. Davis-Gates will be moving up from her position as vice president when current president Jesse Sharkey steps down July 1. While interest groups on all sides sought Obamas involvement in the negotiation, President Obamas spokesman said that Obama has not expressed any opinion or made any assessment about this particular incident. [16], In 2018, CTU supported the first major strike by charter school teachers in US history. And I need you to see love as the essential tool to continue to transform this city, this state, this nation, and this world. [28], The Chicago Teachers Union also operates the CTU PAC, a campaign committee that supports candidates who fight against school reform. Belsha, Kalyn, Chicago teachers union leaders back Sanders, becoming latest to offer personal endorsements as unions tread carefully, Chalkbeat, March 04, 2020. Weve got this amazing band program. And theyd close it anyway. It made me feel powerless. The challengers. While Chicago officials did not give them everything they demanded, the city did agree to a 16% raise over five years, smaller class sizes and more support staff, including social workers, nurses, librarians, and others. Mr. Potter has been an education activist since he led a student walkout at his high school, Whitney Young, in 1995 to push for equitable funding for schools in Illinois. 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