3:06 p.m. Union responds to Lightfoot letter
Asked Monday afternoon whether or not the union would think about the mayor’s request, CTU bargaining crew member Alison Eichhorn stated “that’s not gonna happen.”
”I don’t know if the mayor is aware of what unions do, however we’ve gotten extra offers, extra tentative agreements, in these final two days than we’ve got in 10 months,” Eichhorn stated. “So it’s actually up to the mayor. When we’re talking about bargaining in good faith and we’re talking about a sense of urgency, we have had urgency for 10 months.”
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”The final thing we wished to do is depart our school rooms. We’re right here now as a result of we’ve got not had any provides from the board, and now in two days we’ve gotten so many provides. We are going to ensure we do that proper, and I’m sorry that that takes time.”
— Nader Issa
3:02 p.m. Teachers rally in Union Park
Thousands of CTU strikers start marching south on Ashland Avenue from a rally at Union Park. Photos:
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The lecturers at the moment are heading southwest on Ogden. The March will then proceed to Restaurant Row on Randolph, to rally outdoors McDonald’s headquarters, after which on to the places of work of Sterling Bay.
Sterling Bay developed the McDonald’s headquarters and is the developer of Lincoln Yards, a serious venture which goals to make use of tens of millions in metropolis funding. CTU is focusing on Sterling Bay as a result of, they are saying, that sort of cash ought to go towards placing a nurse in each faculty.
— Mitch Dudek
2:43 p.m. Union invitations Rev. Jackson to the bargaining desk
The Chicago Teachers Union has invited the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. to behave as a mediator within the union’s negotiations with Chicago Public Schools.
The invitation Monday morning got here a number of days after Jackson confirmed up at bargaining and addressed each metropolis and union officers.
In an announcement launched by the CTU, union president Jesse Sharkey known as Jackson a “respected resident of our city and great statesman for our nation.”
”He has gained the liberty of American hostages all through the world and has damaged numerous labor stalemates all through the nation, and we welcome his participation in these negotiations,” Sharkey stated within the assertion.
Rev. Jesse Jackson addresses the Rainbow PUSH Coalition Annual International Convention in Chicago, Tuesday, July 2, 2019.AP Photos
”We know that Rev. Jackson will likely be honest and simply and help in bringing a decision for the communities we serve.”
The metropolis has not been receptive to involving Jackson within the course of, based on a supply near bargaining.
Jackson was quoted within the union’s information launch saying that he understands each the mayor’s finances issues and can also be “very sensitive to the voices of educators, who are often the ones on the day to day front lines with the students.”
”I pray that my voice on the desk would be the catalyst vital for a good and equitable deal to be reached,” Jackson stated in his assertion.
— Nader Issa
2:34 p.m. Lightfoot holds press convention on instructor strike
At a press convention Monday afternoon, Lightfoot stated the town has no extra assets to offer the union than the cash it has already dedicated.
“Beyond what we’ve put on the table, there is no more money,” she stated, repeating it for emphasis.
”We can not strike a deal based mostly on the phantasm that there’s Lincoln Yards cash accessible that we will simply shift some other place,” she stated, referring to greater than $1…