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Contract Negotiations Continue at Alivio Medical Center

Contract negotiations continue at Alivio Medical Center after workers went on a six-day strike earlier this month. Workers said they are unhappy with a contract proposal that would cap wages and increase the employee health insurance cost. Currently, the health insurance cost for the union is 17 percent for single, employee/spouse, and employee/child; and 14 [...]

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CTU Suspends Strike, Students Back in School

Chicago teachers returned to the classrooms on Wednesday Sept. 18 after spending seven days on the picket line. For the first time in 25 years, Chicago public school teachers were on strike leaving some 350,000 children outside of the classrooms for over a week. Teachers’ union president, Karen Lewis, made the announcement on Tuesday after [...]

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CPS, CTU Reach Agreement for Longer School Day, 477 Displaced Teachers to be Hired

As the start of the 2013 school year approaches, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and Chicago Teachers Union’s (CTU) battle over longer school days and teacher salary agreements seems to be getting clearer, for now. The long contract battle between CTU and CPS has created much tension about a possible teacher strike and delaying the start [...]

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CPS and SEIU Local 73 Announce Three-Year Contract Agreement

Contract Includes First-Ever Maternity Leave Benefits, Professional Development and Wellness Programs for 5,500 Members of Second Largest Union in CPS Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73 today announced that a new three-year agreement has been ratified by the SEIU Local 73 membership. SEIU Local 73 is the second largest [...]