And there was always a segment of my class that was disconnected, that didnt want to hear it or didnt engage fully.. When the CTU had the city nailed to the wall during last years 11-day-long strike, the unions No. That was followed by another five days of canceled classes after members voted to return to remote learning during this Januarys omicron surge and the district responded by locking them out of their virtual classrooms. Wagner Acerbi Horta and Brendan Rigney, Beyond the picket line: Union clout, tallied, Center for Illinois Politics, October 27, 2019. Campbell, Alexia Fernndez, The 11-day teachers strike in Chicago paid off, Vox, November 01, 2019. His strongest performance in Chicago came in parts of Mount Greenwood in the 19th Ward, where he garnered nearly 40 percent of the vote. And theyre like, No, its just for the honor kids. And shes like, Well, then I aint going. I mean, imagine being that kid in third grade or fifth grade whos like, No. However, a growing movement of labor organizations has begun aggressively campaigning for radical-left economic policy under the branding bargaining for the common good, including intersectional policy efforts in labor negotiations. Chicago Tribune, August 20, 2019. Ms. Davis Gates is currently on leave from the classroom, where she taught high school social studies for over a decade at Englewood, Clemente, and Mason Community Links High Schools. But it was an early taste, she says, of airing a grievance, of pushing back on behalf of those who arent in the room. We, teachers, and other educational personnel in the Chicago Public Schools, being members of the Chicago Teachers Union, do hereby declare this Union to have the following purposes: to protect and improve the services of the public schools as a social agency for developing the capacities of the young and promoting adult education; to promote and guarantee efficient and faithful service from us to the public and to insure to us in return for that service a fair reward and a just security; in accordance with the Agreement between the Board of Education of the City of Chicago and Chicago Teachers Union, to assert, secure, and protect the inherent and fundamental equity in our jobs; as the sole collective bargaining agent for members of the bargaining unit, to establish and maintain orderly and practicable democratic processes in the management of the Chicago public schools, in accordance with the terms of the Agreement; to maintain a relationship of mutual assistance and cooperation with organized labor; to unify the educators of traditional public schools and public charter schools in the City of Chicago, together with other Chicago-area educators that may join with this Union. Stacy Davis Gates EDITOR'S NOTE, OCTOBER 30, 2019: The profile below was first published on August 2, 2019. I think Stacy is a remarkably effective public spokesperson. It felt like people were still begging American institutions to see our humanity. [5], In the 2019 negotiation with Chicago, the CTUs key negotiating goals were the duration of the contract, increased support staff (including elimination of privatized nurses), reduced class sizes, increased compensation and benefits, and job security protections, including limiting some teacher evaluations and Principal authority over grading practices. Chicago Teachers Union, On the CTU Sale of Fewkes Tower, April 30, 2015. Chicago Teachers Union, Press Release: STRIKE! Ms. Stacy Davis Gates is the Political and Legislative Director of the Chicago Teachers Union AFT Local 1. An accredited provider of Illinois Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE), Chicago-Kent's Continuing Legal and Professional Education (CLE) programs offer participants an affordable opportunity to network with other practitioners, discuss current issues and trends, and problem solve with those that write, teach, and practice in the area. Accessed June 02, 2020. 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. Accessed June 02, 2020. After her twelve-year career as a classroom educator, Stacy married her political ambitions with her passion for educational advocacy and joined the revitalized Chicago Teachers Union. [8], In 1916, the Chicago Teacher Federation founded the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and became the Local 1. Staff reporter, Teachers Strike Puts Obama In Political Bind, NBC Chicago, September 10, 2012. The Chicago Teachers Unions heir apparent sees herself as a righteous champion of not just educators but of students. Occupation: Vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union. May 24, 2022 | Blair Paddock. Sharkey announced Wednesday that he will step down when his term expires June 30. Continue to pray for Ukraine. I need to vote for someone like you. CPS has had four CEOs in the past seven years, including twoBarbara Byrd-Bennett and Forrest Claypoolwho left in disgrace. Accessed June 02, 2020. We may not like it, but it just makes sense right now. The fact that you have to fight for these things, it feels like punishment. But she has no choice, she says. We see our schools closed and defunded. For more than 75 years the Chicago Teachers Union has fought for the schools Chicagos students deserve. Under Board President Jacob Loeb, the Chicago Board of Education passed a rule (The Loeb Rule) prohibiting teachers from joining any labor union or similar organization. Occupation: Vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union. Chicago Teachers Union, Website. Closures as a reform measure became an option in 1995, when Mayor Richard M. Daley gained control of the citys schools under a new state law. Chicago Teachers Union Foundation, About. Chicago Teachers Union, CTU PAC. The Chicago Teachers Union has elected a new president: Stacy Davis Gates. It is also terrible there is an assumption that women get along even if they disagree. (In response to a request for an interview, Lightfoot sent an email that said, in part: I am willing to work with all stakeholders who come to the table in good faith and who always put our kids and their families first.), Folks are concentrating on red lipstick, Gates continues, referencing her signature look, or the back-and-forth. So not only does she really have a lot of head for strategy and thinking about politics, but she also tracks a tremendous amount of things, in both a good and a bad way. Thats one reason negotiations have been fractious with the mayors team. You are confronted with different children from different households coming inside a school community who are processing rape and violence and trauma in so many different ways. She remembers Arne Duncan, CPSs CEO at the time, delivering the news at her building. This salary is 15 percent lower than average and 20 percent lower than median salary in Chicago Teachers Union. Subscribe for free today! My pawpaw used to watch it, and I watched it with him, she says. These arent just personality conflicts, Sharkey tells me. The Chicago Teachers Union voted to go on strike on Oct. 17. And the classroom teacher is tasked with making sense of it. Joshua Cowen and Katharine O. Strunk, How Do Teachers Unions Influence Education Policy? When the school closed in 2008, Gates moved to Roberto Clemente Community Academy in Ukrainian Village, a high school that had been tasked with absorbing students reassigned from Austin Community Academy High School, which was shuttered in 2007. She attended Saint Marys College, the University of Notre Dame, and Concordia University. I was angry. In addition to leading the political and legislative agendas for the CTU, Stacy is a regular contributor to radio shows and print publications. And it also is paralyzing, because youre trying to make sense out of nonsense.. In what era has it ever been ethical, moral or vogue to close schools in poor, under-resourced blackcommunities and fire experienced, dedicated school personnel,and then try to justify those decisions by claiming budgetshortfalls on unwieldy retiree pay..Chicagos Mayor RahmEmanuel has abdicated his responsibility as chief executive of thecity and made it a practice to scapegoat his wrong-headedpolicies on the most vulnerable populations in the city. And she's not about to let anyone. Accessed June 02, 2020. There was a movement afoot to say our union has to be more than a place that bargains a contract for a finite amount of time, Gates says. [6], The Chicago Teachers Unions annual dues for 2019-2020 are $1,146.28 for each teacher. Accessed June 02, 2020. Karen was a curious leader, Gates says. [26], In 2018, despite the infusion of $48 million from the sale of the building just a few years prior, the CTUF cut back, reducing its grants from $1.9 million to 50 grantees in 2017 to $1 million to 37 grantees in 2018. Konkol, Mark, CTU Boss Talks Like Working Man, Lives Like Wealthiest 1 Percent, Patch Chicago, August 27, 2019. Previously, Gates served as the Political and Legislative Director for CTU. Your messaging is atrocious. The CTU is Local 1 of the American Federation of Teachers, an Illinois Federation of Teachers affiliate and affiliated with the Chicago Federation of Labor and the AFL-CIO. 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. 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. Accessed June 02, 2020. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Weve got this amazing band program. And theyd close it anyway. [31], Between March 2018 and July 2019, just prior to the 2019 teachers strike, the Chicago Teachers Union spent almost $1.5 million on political activities. [34], Between October 2018 and October 2019, the CTU donated $1.7 million to political campaigns and related political action committees. [38], The Chicago Teachers Union is led by CTU President Jesse Sharkey, who was appointed to the position in 2018. I said survive. Accessed June 01, 2020. Four years later, after undergoing brain surgery, she retired, and Sharkey, her vice president, took over. (Lewis died in 2021.) In 2017, Ms. Davis Gates was elected Chair of United Working Families, an independent political organization by and for working-class people and our movements. Im disappointed that in 2022 we still believe that Black people are a monolith.. ), My counsel to her is One thing at a time, Sharkey says. [43], https://www.aft.org/periodical/psrp-reporter/fall-2015/form-more-perfect-union ^. While a victory for the teachers' union, the concessions came at a significant cost - estimated at about $500 million - to Chicago's already-shaky financial condition. And now, after CTU president Jesse Sharkey announced in February that he wouldnt seek reelection, she is primed to take over the top slot at what is arguably the nations most powerful teachers union. They were so fearless in their ability to dream of me in this moment. [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. It irks Gates that theres an expectation that she and the mayor should get along. Dont be discouraged in the moment of great need. Before her election to the office of President in 2022, Ms. Davis Gates served for four years as Vice President of the Union. Press Inquires: 2023 Chicago Teachers Union. Expenses: $32,111,159 Her detractors blame her for contributing to a contentious relationship between the CTU and the mayor that resulted in an 11-school-day teachers strike in October 2019the longest in decades. Jackson Potter is the Vice President of the Chicago Teachers Union. Accessed June 01, 2020. She showed up to cheer on the football team on Friday nights. 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. [1] Chicago Teachers Union, About. Ms. Stacy Davis Gates is the Political and Legislative Director of the Chicago Teachers Union AFT Local 1. This effort resulted in both support and opposition. It made me feel powerless. Gates took the stage. Stacy Davis Gates Stacy Davis Gates is vice president of the 28,000-member Chicago Teachers Union and a mother of three children in Chicago's public schools. 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. Ms. And she did go on the trip. Thank You! [17], In 2019, CTU launched an 11-day teacher strike, the eleventh since 1969. They take away the things we need the most in order to survive. She is also the Executive Vice President of the Illinois Federation of Teachers and an Executive Vice President of the American Federation of Teachers. Sharkey was first elected vice president in 2010, when Karen Lewis was elected CTUs president. Accessed June 01, 2010. Accessed June 01, 2020. It was simple: Someone did something wrong, there was an investigation and they always got the wrong guy, and Perry always got them off. In the year prior, CTU had lost $4 million. 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. While at the CTU, Davis Gates has been the architect of bold political and legislative campaigns for the schools and city that all Chicagoans deserve. As a rank-and-file member, she was active in the charter outreach committee, clinicians steering committee and the CTU Latino Caucus policy committee. Chicago is a city that can leave behind, even devour, its young. Gregory, Ted, Why CPS/teacher relations have been so contentious for so long, Crains Chicago Business, October 24, 2019. For nearly 20 years before becoming president of the teachers union, she was a high school chemistry teacher. So we got next. Gates is revered and resented in equal partsor at least at equal volume. Chicago Public Schools 1973: Two strikes, of 12 and 11 days, yield improved salary, benefits, preparation time, supplies, and class sizes. That was the moment I was radicalized.. It was a tough year, she says. Chicago Teachers Union vice president Stacy Davis Gates talks about the looming vote to decide whether members will work remotely, in opposition to the schoo. (When asked about it on the Crains Chicago Business podcast A.D. Q&A in January, Gates said that the notion of her running was something she first heard from Lightfoots lips and was not a priority for her. Stacy Davis Gates has served as the Political and Legislative Director for the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) for the past six years. This is a logo for Chicago Teachers Union. Ms. Davis Gates lives on the South Side of Chicago with her husband and three children. Stacy Davis Gates and her leadership team have put their interests ahead of our unions members and the students we serve, Mary Esposito-Usterbowski, the groups presidential candidate and a citywide school psychologist, told me in an email response to my interview request. Our union couldnt be silent on what was happening to the children in the city, the families in the city.. Prior to working on staff at CTU, Sharkey was a social studies teacher and a political activist. Davis Gates is currently on leave from the classroom, where she taught high school social studies for over a decade at Englewood and Clemente High Schools and Mason Community Links High School. All Rights Reserved. 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. She chaperoned the prom. Christel Williams is a 25-year veteran of Chicago Public Schools, serving as a PSRP delegate, district supervisor, functional vice president and American Federation of Teachers-Illinois Federation of Teachers (AFT-IFT) convention delegate in that time. I feel real accountable for unpacking that. Gates and her husband, Kevin, have three childrenin second, fifth, and seventh grades. Ms. Davis Gates lives on the South Side of Chicago with her husband and three children. Stacy Davis Gates is president of the Chicago Teachers Union and executive vice president of the Illinois Federation of Teachers. When you hear my fire, you hear Hazel. They attend a public school on the South Side. She was educated at Saint Marys College, the University of Notre Dame, and Concordia University. 111 W. Grand Avenue Chicago, IL 60654 Map and directions Speaker Stacy Davis Gates Stacy Davis Gates is the President of the Chicago Teachers Union and the Executive Vice President of the Illinois Federation of Teachers. [3]. As a district supervisor for Midway Network 1, she worked with the CTUs organizing department, parents, teachers and community members in the fight to oppose the turnaround of Marquette Elementary School and against abusive and counterproductive network administrators. [4] The CTU Constitution also identifies solidarity with other labor unions (a relationship of mutual assistance and cooperation with organized labor) as a core purpose of the CTU. By the time I got to meet these kids, something would have already happened. So she set her sights upstream: Grab them before theyre thrown into the water, to paraphrase Desmond Tutu, rather than standing downstream to keep pulling them out. It turned me upside down., In 2005, in Gatess second year teaching at Englewood High, CPS announced the school would close. A union member made it for her. However, in 2012, after 9 months of contentious negotiations between CTU, the Chicago School Board, and then-Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D), who had been actively closing or privatizing failing schools, the CTU went on strike again. Age: 43 The CTU is no small thing. CTU charter educators strike UNO/Acero, December 04, 2018. 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. Maria T. Moreno worked in CPS as a bilingual education teacher and as a speech-language pathologist prior to her election as CTU financial secretary in May 2016. [23], The Chicago Teachers Union also operates a philanthropic organization, the Chicago Teachers Union Foundation (CTUF). We dont have infrastructure in our public schools to deal with the impact of the traumas our youths walk into our schools with, Gates says. But the school, like the surrounding neighborhood, had been neglected by city leaders for decades. The results were mixed for CTU. Shes also extremely sensitive. Teachers strikes are not new to this city. Year: 2016: Full Name: In 2017, Davis Gates was elected chair of United Working Families, an independent political organization for working class people and movements. The 2019 teachers strike, which took place five months into Lightfoots term, captured national attention for both its length and the groundbreaking issues it brought to the bargaining table. Fusco, Chris, The Watchdogs: How Chicago Teachers Union spends its money, Chicago Sun-Times, January 30, 2017. As an elementary bilingual education teacher, she served as a delegate, district supervisor and strike coordinator. Advertisement Key Data Johnson was paid a $103,000 salary by CTU, in addition to his $85,000 salary as a Cook County Commissioner. They would have you to believe that Black lives, queer lives dont matter in this country. Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates speaks as the CTU and the local school council held a news conference on Sept. 28, 2021, outside Jensen Elementary School in North Lawndale. I would like to thank you for taking a stand,and expressing your thoughts and how to respond to the republican party. Accessed June 02, 2020. Accessed June 02, 2020. We see the surveillance and pain in our neighborhoods. [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. Not just for the team of people I work with every day, but also for the members., She tries to imagine her grandmothers, as girls, imagining her. Stacy Davis GatesPresident, Chicago Teachers Union Stacy Davis Gates is the President of the Chicago Teachers Union and the Executive Vice President of the I. [18], In addition to member-oriented benefits, the CTU also expanded its list of demands during the 2019 teacher strike to include a broader political goal: access to affordable housing. I was hurt. Every problem in societyhunger, domestic violence, povertyit walks into your doors, doesnt it? Sanders said to the crowd gathered inside CTU headquarters. Accessed June 01, 2020. They were a constant in a time when things were just all over the place. After the Chicago Teachers Union achieved the power to collectively bargain, CTU teachers went on strike nine times in twenty years, with four strikes in the first seven years. After her twelve-year career as a classroom educator, Stacy married her political ambitions with her passion for educational advocacy and joined the revitalized Chicago Teachers Union. It made me feel powerless. Change is a constant for Chicago schools. This year began with the shooting death of 8-year-old Melissa Ortega, a student at Emiliano Zapata Academy in Little Village; the murder of Amanda Alvarez-Calo, a pre-K teacher at Matthew Gallistel Language Academy in East Side; and a shooting outside Alessandro Volta Elementary School in Albany Park that sent it into lockdown. I can take off my earrings and get the Vaseline.), Still, the nationally televised conflict early in Lightfoots termwith Democratic heavy hitters siding with the teachersset the stage for the successive years of highly tempestuous dealings. Her maternal grandmother left Arkansas, worked on the West Side of Chicago, and wound her way to South Bend. That working parents are needlessly burdened by late-night union votes and canceled classes. I need you to stay in love with the children in this school district. [15] The 2012 strike also proved difficult for President Barack Obama during that years presidential campaign; it pitted labor unions, whose support he needed, against Emanuel, Obamas former White House Chief of Staff and a top fundraiser. She takes issue with a January column in the Chicago Sun-Times by Rebecca Sive, a womens leadership strategist, calling on the two to smooth things over. It seems pretty dangerous. Chicago Teachers Union 1901 W. Carroll Ave. Chicago, IL 60612. How many members are in the Chicago Teachers Union? In fact, it irks her that theres an expectation that she and Lightfoot should get along because theyre both Black women. Widely known as the firebrand counterpart to wonky union head Jesse Sharkey and viewed by some as at least as powerful among the rank and file this former CPS teacher gained a reputation for backing down to no one, not even Mayor Lightfoot, who reportedly resorted to barring her from final negotiations. Tara Stamps, a CTU administrator and daughter of the late community activist Marion Nzinga Stamps, was onstage introducing the Jammin for PEACE speakers and performers. Stacy Gates Davis L in 2017 was employed in Chicago Teachers Union and had annual salary of $114,671 according to public records. A native of South Bend, Indiana, Gates carried her criminal defense lawyer dreams to St. Marys College, where she declared a major in English. The school went through three principals her first year. Thats my family, she said. More change is coming in May, when the CTU selects its next leader. Whos the president of the Chicago Teachers Union? If someone mistreats her, she notices. So we have to be astute historians and know that our voice is necessary to this moment. Stacy Davis Gatesis the Vice President of the Chicago Teachers Union and the Executive Vice President of the Illinois Federation of Teachers. Because focusing on the actual context and the thing? And the students need you to clear itlike they need their next breath, they need you to clear it.. I think thats why I go so hard, why Im so clear about my leadership. CTU also retained Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin (D) as a consultant, paying him $106,000, in addition to his own $85,000 county salary. I was hurt. We know how to teach remotely. In response, the Chicago Public Schools said that teachers were only required to make basic accommodations rather than entirely new plans. Accessed June 01, 2020. Compensation for top executives and Board members ranged from $120,000 to $330,000. The problems are complex. As a speech-language pathologist, she served as an executive board elementary functional vice president and Big Bargaining Team member. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. When the . Min. She has raised millions of dollars to elect classroom teachers to all levels of local government, and challenge school privatizers and union busters. Davis-Gates will be moving up from her position as vice president when current president Jesse Sharkey steps down July 1. This salary is 12 percent lower than average and 18 percent lower than median salary in Chicago Teachers Union. You are confronted with unparalleled grief., Stacys brilliant, Sharkey says. If the labor movements instinct has been to reduce demands in order to sound reasonable, the new CTU took the opposite approach, McAlevey wrote. Lauren FitzPatrick and Nader Issa, Chicago Teachers Union Inc.: How the clout-heavy labor group spends its money, Chicago Sun-Times, January 17, 2020. Teacher Unionism, The Labor and Working Class History Association, May 23, 2014. 2020 Chicago magazine / A Chicago Tribune Media Group website. Paraprofessionals & school-related personnel, Standing united to protect immigrant rights, DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), Safe and welcoming public schools for all, AFT resources for organizing and back to school programs. And I need you to see love as the essential tool to continue to transform this city, this state, this nation, and this world. DJN. I tell people all the time Im only one generation separated from a cotton field, Gates says. 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. Really tired. Chicago Teachers Union, Officers. The ongoing pandemic has disproportionately affected Chicagos Black and brown residents, who make up close to 90 percent of CPS families. What We Know and What We Need to Learn, Michigan State University. The Executive Board of the Chicago Teachers Union is comprised of the elected officers, committee chairs, appointed members and union staff. I didnt know what I was doing. As the Political and Legislative Director, Stacy works to ensure that public educators, students, and their families have a strong voice in the policy making process. 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. And if you show up and youre not serious, Stacy will get that within two seconds of being in a room. I have enormous respect for the load Lightfoot and Gates carry, Sive wrote, but were tired, girlfriends. Elizabeth Warren, a presidential candidate at the time, joined teachers on the picket line on a blustery October morning. Im not going on your field trip because its not fair.. Accessed June 02, 2020. In fall 2019, she helped lead a 15-day strike and negotiate a 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. And in this moment I really and truly feel accountable for their sacrifice. But Sharkey and Davis Gates also have come under fire from a group of educators calling themselves the Members First Caucus, who planned to challenge them in the May election. A 1987 strike lasted a record 19 school days. I am not a union member nor am I a teacher but if you knocked on my door with that speech, I would start paying Chicago Teachers Union dues. Find out where to go, what to eat, where to live, and more. These are people who represent institutions, and the institutions have conflict, and the conflict is about how resources get spent and whose opinions get to count and how power and money are spent. Stacy Davis Gates has served as the Political and Legislative Director for the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) for the past six years. Learn more about how easy it is to take the next step and join the IFT! The union made a push for affordable housing for students and teachers to be written into their contract, along with sanctuary protection for immigrantsunprecedented demands. [39] The World Socialist Web Site has called Sharkey a leading member of the International Socialist Organization. [40] Sharkey lives in a $1.5 million home, and sends his own children to magnet and selective enrollment schools.
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