CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey will not run for reelection, he announced to the CTU House of Delegates Wednesday. The TRiiBE is a digital media platform that is reshaping the narrative of Black Chicago and giving ownership What was the point of the CTU dance video? He also noted last years move by the state legislature to phase in an elected school board in Chicago a shift for which the union lobbied aggressively and which Lightfoot vocally opposed. By Larry Sand. Lee Sharkey was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1945. Describing himself as more of a pragmatic, traditional trade unionist, he once said he worried about following on the heels of the charismatic Lewis. All of what were trying to do as a union is to impact their lives positively. The Red for Ed movement is becoming redder by the day. Using the account name Sarah4Justice, Chambers, who was there along with CTU grievance coordinator Sara Echevarria, created posts oblivious to these conditions, not to mention the struggle of Puerto Rican teachers against the impact of hurricanes, earthquakes and savage austerity. She said CPS is trying to make things safe, establishing the same precautionary measures used by more than 100 Chicago private schools that have been open, and 2,000 day care centers that have been open since June. The actor, 38, sat down with Variety reporters for a . Jesse Sharkey won't be seeking re-election for a fifth term as president of the Chicago Teachers Union, he said Wednesday. In December, Sharkey, the presidents of the UTLA, OEA and other unions penned a love letter to President-elect Joe Biden that covered up his support for forcing teachers back into unsafe schools. Like the CTU, the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), the Oakland Education Association (OEA) and other unions have betrayed strikes, collaborated in the attacks on teachers and public education, and colluded in the murderous back-to-school policy. Sharkey will have served four terms in CTU leadership when he leaves his position in June 2022. Brian Hopkins, who called her out for her failure to stop the downtown looting that led to flight to the suburbs. Subscribe to The TRiiBEs newsletter to retrieve weekly updates on our latest stories, events, and And needless to say, any problems with Venezuela were blamed on U.S. If you value Chalkbeat, consider making a donation. She moved to central Maine in 1970, where she raised her son, Jesse, farmed and ran a small letterpress, and worked as a visiting poet in Maine schools. The next time you hear about the Red for Ed movement, please keep in mind that all too often this is not just a group of teachers trying to advance their profession. Because it is time," Sharkey said. At a time when most U.S. citizens havebenefited from the Trump tax cuts, the American Federation of Teachers joined up with a motley assemblage of leftwing organizations over the summer on what was billed as the Tax the Rich Bus Tour. The road show, which lasted 35 days and ended just last week, was replete with the usual tropes including demands that the rich and corporations pay their fair share and other socialist-inspired class warfare twaddle. In a brief statement Wednesday evening, Mary Esposito-Usterbowski, a school psychologist and Members First president candidate, said the union needs new leadership. The two are shown at a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Clergy Breakfast in Chicago in 2015. And CTU President Jesse Sharkey crossed the line. A lot of the things that motivated me to run, I think weve achieved.. CHICAGO Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey announced Wednesday night that he will not seek re-election this summer for a fifth term. "Jesse Sharkey's announcement is an acknowledgment that now is the time to bring new leadership to our union. Mary Esposito-Usterbowski, the presidential candidate on the Members First slate, released a statement saying Sharkeys announcement is an acknowledgment that now is the time to bring new leadership to our union. And while he thinks the challenges of COVID-19 have prompted CTU leaders to take tough stances, he says the need to stand firm predates the pandemic. Heres how they answered a Chalkbeat questionnaire. Movements have to change as people change, with new leaders and new vision stepping to the fore.I will not be leaving the movement, the labor struggle or this union. Watch David Norths remarks commemorating 25 years of the World Socialist Web Site and donate today. At least they're more upfront about their socialism in Chicago, where teacher union president Jesse Sharkey was a leading member of the revolutionary International Socialist Organization until the group's dissolution earlier this year. We urge all those who want to join this struggle to attend and help build this public meetingon Thursday at 7 p.m. CST to form an Illinois Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee, and to send us your contact informationtoday. CHICAGO, Oct. 19, 2020The Chicago Teachers Union is saddened to announce the passing of President Jesse Sharkey's mother, Lee, at age 75. Oh, to be sure, some may fall into that category, but for many others, it is nothing more than a call to advance Bolshevik bushwa. Sharkey and a group of teacher union comrades decided tospend their summer vacation in Venezuela. "It wasn't enough then, and it isn't enough now as we face right-wing forces that want to break our union, ban books, end anti-racist curriculum and unmask children during a pandemic.". It was Sharkey and the CTU who endorsed Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle for mayor and spent almost $300,000 to get her elected. Larry Sand is president of the California Teachers Empowerment Network. While Sharkey and the other CTU members declined to give any predictions as to who might run for president or who theyd want to see take on the role in particular, Sharkey was emphatic in his praise of Gates as a union leader. He took over the top job in 2018 from Lewis, who died last year after a battle with brain cancer. The right-wing effort to equate teachers with the CTU is as grotesquely false as the claims by Chambers and the rest of the CTU leaders that membership controls the union. In reality, the Chambers incident is only the latest example of the enormous class gulf that exists between the CTU and rank-and-file teachers. The Abood decision has been overturned and its mourners are beside themselves. The district said principals have asked for expanded camera coverage on their campuses. I want her to lead, demand those children get back into school. For example, she lashed out at Near North Side Ald. Sharkey and a group of teacher union comrades decided to spend their summer vacation in Venezuela. Columns are opinion content that reflect the views of the writers. It was tough., Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. In every case, they have waged a war, not against the Democratic Party and corporate school privatizers, but against the class consciousness of the working class, echoing claims of the Democrats that the essential division in America is race, not class. And when we lost Karen, he held our hands, and he reassured us that we were still going to get where we needed to get. CTU President Jesse Sharkey and Vice President Stacy Davis Gates share a hug after announcing on Oct. 30, 2019, that they'd reached a tentative deal with Mayor Lori LIghtfoot to end the two-week teachers strike. All Rights Reserved. asked Gates where she sees the role of youth in the movement to create a better school system for themselves and the educators that work with them. There has been no in-person school for almost a year. She is the author ofWalking Backwards(Tupelo, 2016),Calendars of Fire(Tupelo, 2013), and five earlier books of poems, as well as a number of chapbooks. They can keep moving the goal posts. I remain confident in my decision to move on because our union is strong, with not only capable leadership and staff, but more than 25,000 members and a deep bench of activists stretching from Austin to the lake, and from Howard Street to the 10th Ward.We have faced budget cuts, pension insecurity, a pandemic and a revolving door of CPS CEOs, but throughout it all, we gained invaluable experience and changed the narrative around public education in Chicago. Because my poem concerns the effects of dementia on my marriage, the award has a strong personal significance for me, she said. Interestingly, there is no specific plan to improve on the districts76.6percentgraduation rate or address the fact thatless than half of the 2019 Los Angeles Unified School District graduating class will be eligible to attend one of the states public universities. have the opportunity He did throw his support behind CTU Vice President Stacy Davis Gates, whom he praised as our unions most effective spokesperson, our unions best strategist., CTU President Jesse Sharkey and Vice President Stacy Davis Gates share a hug after announcing on Oct. 30, 2019, that they'd reached a tentative deal with Mayor Lori LIghtfoot to end the two-week teachers strike. Photos: Northwestern loses to Penn State 68-65 in overtime, Nick Niego is back as Brother Rice stuns St. Rita. Robert Bruno, an expert in labor relations at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a close observer of the Chicago Teachers Union, said Karen Lewis conceived the unions more expansive, aggressive stance at the bargaining table and beyond. As a former member and longtime critic of that union, I certainly had no quibble with his selection. Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey speaks at Uplift Community High School in the Uptown neighborhood on January 12, 2021. Her unions latest tax filing shows that she earned over$500,000 in total compensationin 2016. "It was shocking for many - our enemies, especially - to see teachers take the lead. But here I am, and I am forever grateful. Thats actually a good thing I wouldnt confuse the fact that theres a contested election for somehow the idea that our union doesnt still have resolve, Sharkey said. Members First, a coalition of fed-up rank-and-file Chicago Teachers Union members, launched a campaign to oust union boss Jesse Sharkey (center) and vice president Stacy Davis Gates (left). The incident revealed the essence of the CTU, which falsely claims to represent more than 30,000 educators in the nations third-largest school district. It was time for me to do something different, Sharkey said. She added, In order to show my contrition, and not to be a distraction, I will deactivate all of my social media accounts and step back from the Chicago Teachers Union executive board.. Sharkey said CTU leadership has set a target date of Jan. 18 for a return to in-class instruction. Jesse Sharkey, the president of the Chicago Teachers Union, will step down at the end of his term this summer after two tumultuous decades of involvement in union leadership that saw the organization become a political powerhouse. Shes been on my mind a lot, Sharkey said. Davis Gates said that if she is elected the unions next leader, she will let membership input inform her agenda and priorities. To prevent the reopening of schools, Chicago educators must organize independently of the CTU through the formation of an Illinois Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee, which will unite educators, parents, students and the broader working class, to prepare strike action to close all schools and nonessential workplaces. Sharkey said he will continue to be a member of the CTU, which he joined in 1998. At a press conference Tuesday, CTU President Sharkey said nothing about the districts threats to fire teachers for unexcused absences. CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey will not run for reelection, he announced to the CTU House of Delegates Wednesday. She was a graduate of Brandeis University and the Warren Wilson College MFA . Those protocols are strikingly similar to what American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten called for in an op-ed in The Hill offering a "blueprint to safely open schools.". Under these conditions, there is immense opposition among educators and parents to the deadly reopening policy. Im sure these teachers will come back to school in two weeks and regale their students about the glories of Venezuelan socialism where90 percent of the people live in poverty,the inflation rate is an astonishing 282,973andcivil rights have been abolished. Lee later taught at the University of Maine at Farmington, founded the Women Studies Program there, and served as senior editor of theBeloit Poetry Journal, one of the countrys oldest and most respected poetry magazines. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune) Shouldn't Chicago. Jesse Sharkey, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, spoke in August 2019 at a press conference amid tense contract talks with the district. First victim: Coca Cola. He did note the union failed in its push to avert Mayor Rahm Emanuels 2013 closures of 50 schools on the South and West sides that disproportionately affected Black students and educators. Gates has not officially announced her intention to run for the CTU presidency. Asked about rumors that shes mulling a run for mayor, Davis Gates said the speculation has focused on the wrong officer. She noted other former CTU officials are politically active, and the union has helped raise up allies such as aldermen Byron Sigcho-Lopez and Jeanette Taylor. @CTULocal1 prez, dad of two, married to @juliefain. The Chicago Teachers Union did not budge during its 11-day strike. Hes already the boss. Heres How to See the Dazzling Duo, Vallas and Johnson Headed to Chicago Mayoral Runoff, Lightfoot Denied Second Term, At Least 2 Tornadoes Briefly Touch Down in Chicago Suburbs, 16-Year-Old Boy Among 3 Killed in Weekend Shootings Across Chicago: Police, Challengers Aim to Block a 2nd Lightfoot Term as Crime, Public Safety Dominate Mayoral and City Council Races. As part of the new deal, the district agreed to provide students and staff members KN95 masks; abide by metrics that would temporarily transition a school to remote learning; and increase incentives for substitute teachers. Those were pretty big aspirations, I guess, but I never imagined life would unfold the way it did. I hope Letter to Al invites others into a world too little explored in contemporary literature.. The challengers said Sharkey has been too quick to resort to labor actions that have disrupted the district. Her sense of humor, her smarts. The hysterical reaction to the recent Supreme Court decision in the Janus v. AFSCME case, which frees public employees in 22 states from having to pay any money to a union as a condition of employment, has Chicken Little nodding in solidarity. Gates listed fine arts education funding, sports funding, and an end to using standardized testing as the single defining metric for students educational progress as some of her primary goals for the union moving forward. Teachers confront a political battle against the Democratic Party, which no less than the Republican Party speaks for Wall Street. Mark Konkol, recipient of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting, wrote and produced the Peabody Award-winning series, "Time: The Kalief Browder Story." Since she was elected, shes gone out of her way to pick fights with certain aldermen and other political straw dogs who couldnt hurt her. Could it be hiring 400 additional janitors and a team of independent state-certified environmental specialists to conduct air quality checks isn't a good idea? But I am. Rather than presenting solutions for the greater good of students and teachers, union bosses seem to be posturing for a possible strike. CTU and CPS initially failed to secure a safety agreement for this school year, and the district canceled classes for five days after the unions rank-and-file members voted not to work in person during Januarys coronavirus surge. All it would take is a state Senate confirmation and Gov. Long coveted by CTU bosses, House Bill 2275 would eliminate a provision in state law that limits what school officials are required to negotiate with the union. I think its time for me to do something different, Sharkey explained. I suppose you could say that theres been remote learning in its place, but on the South and West sides where kids are being left behind, many students are not engaged online, as Jackson has acknowledged. Doing it without their voice and agency is a bad move.. I am also mad at him because were already in an election cycle and I dont want this to be politicized because Jesse doesnt deserve that, she added. In addition to President Sharkey, she is survived by Bersbach, daughter-in-law Julie Fain and grandsons Leo and Caleb. The Windy Citys teachers union is on the verge of yet another strike. 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We wanted members' rights to be respected, but soon realized that the forces working against educators were not just a reform movement, but a deform movement that used the turnaround model, charter proliferation and layoffs of Black educators as a pathway to a school district accountable not to people, but to profit.We were in a battle for the soul of public education, as Karen, Financial Secretary Kristine Mayle, Recording Secretary Michael Brunson and I took office at the end of Mayor Richard M. Daley's term. We'll probably never know because the CTU officials continually make vague proclamations about what's wrong with the Chicago public school plan without evidence to back it up. This is something Ive been thinking about for a couple of months and would have made the announcement earlier, but for the fact that there was the omicron surge, and we were in this dispute with the board about a safety agreement back in December and January, Sharkey told reporters. The Covid Lockdown Disaster: Three Years Later, the rich and corporations pay their fair share, avoiding paying $30,000 in city income taxes, less than half of the 2019 Los Angeles Unified School District graduating class will be eligible to attend one of the states public universities, the group met with dictator Nicolas Maduros henchmen, the inflation rate is an astonishing 282,973. Sharkey served as vice president of the union under Karen Lewis from 2010 to 2014 before she stepped down due to illness. All Rights Reserved. I was just a kid who wanted to change the world. The choice between unions becoming more ecumenical or more radical has been made. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune). Most hypocritically, she will tell you that its just a coincidence that she abandoned New York City in 2012 for East Hampton, a very wealthy community on Long Islands south shore, thusavoiding paying $30,000 in city income taxes. He is backing his second-in-command, Stacy Davis Gates, in a May union leadership election. Im not a lawyer. Jesse Sharkey (born 1970) is an American former schoolteacher and labor leader in Chicago. Sign up and receive our latest news in your inbox. After his CTU tenure officially ends in June, Sharkey said he plans to return to the classroom and continue to be a part of the union as a rank-and-file member. Jay Halsteadrecently gave fans a very intimate look into his personal life. In the eyes of many around our city, and our country, we succeeded.I have been extremely fortunate to work alongside brilliant minds in Karen, Vice President Stacy Davis Gates, Financial Secretary Maria Moreno, Recording Secretary Christel Williams-Hayes, CTU Chief of Staff Jennifer Johnson, Grievance Director Zeidre Foster, Organizing Director Rebecca Martinez and a host of rank-and-file leaders. In 2017, asked about his wealthy father-in-law, Sharkey said: 'We don't choose the . He officially succeeded Lewis in 2018 and his Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE) won reelection in 2019. Lee was also politically active in Jewish and anti-war organizations. Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey rallies members and supporters on the first day of the teachers strike on Oct. 17, 2019. But we knew there was power in our rank and file, and that bread and butter unionism, despite being the foundation of traditional labor, wasn't enough.It wasn't enough then, and it isn't enough now as we face right-wing forces that want to break our union, ban books, end anti-racist curriculum and unmask children during a pandemic.During the last two years, as we all collectively struggled to survive COVID-19, our union secured a moratorium on school closings, historic safety agreements, the restoration of our bargaining rights, an elected representative school board and a multi-million dollar settlement for Black educators impacted by racist turnaround layoffs. Shes that kid being bullied in the schoolyard by Sharkey and his pals. There's what CTU leaders say publicly, and what they're really up to. All rights reserved. With raises. He served as the union's top leader multiple times while Lewis dealt with health . He dictates terms. Thats what we expect to happen.. Lee Sharkey passed away Oct. 18, after a brief battle with cancer. In 2017, Lee won Irelands prestigious Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize for her poem, Letter to Al, which was a poignant account of her experience with her second husband, Al Bersbach, living with dementia. Because it is time. Californian should ", There might not be a reason to remind folks that we're dealing with a teachers union led by a white guy that used its Twitter feed to declare a push to reopen schools by Mayor Lori Lightfoot and public schools chief Janice Jackson, both Black women, was "rooted in sexism, racism and misogyny. My youngest son, now an underclassman in high school, was a toddler when I first took office. I dont think theres any reason for me to say anything further.. Heres what you should know about school bonds before you go to the ballot box. So I began organizing, and found a group of like-minded and strong-willed teachers doing the same. New York man planning vacation to Sydney, Australia accidently books flight to . Sharkey said he never planned to serve more than a decade in union leadership. They balked at naming names for potential vice president candidates. During his tenure, clashes with Lightfoot led to three school shutdowns in the past three years, starting with a two-week strike during 2019 contract talks when the union pressed for an ambitious slate of proposals, including smaller class sizes, that went well beyond salary and benefits issues. J.B. Pritzker's signature to give CTU the power to demand negotiations and ultimately call a strike over issues such as shorter school days, staffing and class-size requirements that state law leaves up to the school system's discretion. That was not a time that I needed to be distracting people in the city or the membership., Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey rallies members and supporters on the first day of the teachers strike on Oct. 17, 2019. Yeah, there have been some conflicts for contracts, (but) those contracts have really set a bar and moved new resources into our schools and if it was difficult for those changes to sink through to the people on the other side of the table, I dont apologize for it.. Lee Sharkey passed away Oct. 18, after a brief battle with cancer. And they will stress that is the fault of the U.S., of course. ", MORE ON PATCH: CTU Loses Credibility Blaming Push For Reopening School On Racism, While the fearmongering propaganda and Twitter hypocrisy are important to note, they shouldn't distract from the fact that CTU bosses never say exactly why the school system's detailed safety protocols remain wholly unacceptable for a slow rollout for socially distant in-person learning. Tense negotiations over COVID-19 safety protocols in early 2021 led to an agreement to reopen CPS schools in waves. For example, AFT president Randi Weingarten, a long-time class warrior, strongly supported the Tax the Rich Bus Tour. The Maine native and father of two taught social studies at Senn High School and Chicago Vocational Career Academy before being elected vice president of the union in 2010 alongside President Karen Lewis. 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