Good afternoon, Chicago.
With the Chicago Teachers Union contract expiring in June, members of the 30,000-strong union gathered today to unveil teachers’ contract proposals as the district and CTU begin bargaining for a four-year renewal.
“What you’re going to see today is a long and lengthy list of everything and then some,” CTU President Stacy Davis Gates said at a Tuesday morning news conference. “It’s not just our economic proposals,” she said of demands to pay the union’s workforce of predominantly women “their fair share” and to raise the floor for paraprofessionals such as clerks and teacher assistants who are the lowest wage earners in the union.
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Rose and Robert Bronstein at home in Chicago with a photo of their son, Nate, April 2, 2024. They are tackling the issue of cyberbullying after Nate’s death. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)
After son’s suicide, Lincoln Park couple push measure for greater scrutiny of social media use
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Striking members of the Columbia College Faculty Union picket in front of Columbia’s media production center on State Street, Nov. 30, 2023. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Unionized staff at Columbia College urge president to halt scheduled layoffs
On Monday, staff members delivered a petition with 150 signatures to Columbia President and CEO Kwang-Wu Kim, who is stepping down in July, imploring him to seek alternative budget strategies. Read more here.
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Vada Woods celebrates after Kamilla Cardoso was picked third in the draft by the Sky at the team’s WNBA draft watch party at Revolution Brewing, April 15, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
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At the team’s draft party at Revolution Brewing, about 250 other fans and members of the team’s front office gathered to watch as Sky general manager Jeff Pagliocca and coach Teresa Weatherspoon got the players they wanted most. Read more here.
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Fernando Gomez prepares a batch of tzimmes, made with sweet root vegetables, at Kaufman’s Bagel & Delicatessen, April 12, 2024, in Skokie. It is one of the specialty items they make for Passover. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Deli chatter: Zeitlin’s and Kaufman’s owners discuss Passover Seder menus and brisket
This year for Passover, the pop-up and farmers market staple Zeitlin’s Delicatessen will offer a brisket braised in Dr. Brown’s Black Cherry Soda. Read more here.
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Venezuelan migrants Leonardo Ruiz, from left, his wife, Stefania Rengifo and their children wait in line after riding a Metra train from Wilmette to Ogilvie Transportation Center, April 3, 2024, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
New migrants are getting work permits. But other immigrants who are here illegally want them, too.
Confronted with an influx of migrants making their way to Chicago, New York and other big cities, President Joe Biden has used executive power to allow several hundred thousand of them to live and work temporarily in the United States in an effort to make them less reliant on shelters and other assistance. Read more here.
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