The couples son is named after his father. It was more than, I care about what Im teaching you. It was, I care about you personally., Then, in Gatess second year at Englewood High, CPS announced the school would close after that years freshman class graduated. Moran, Theresa, Behind the Chicago Teachers Strike, Labor Notes, September 10, 2012. It is definitely the case that my decision was because I was confident in the quality of our leadership and our movement broadly. Accessed June 01, 2020. 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 winning caucus of Rank-and-File Educators, or CORE Caucus, secured 56% of the vote. Thank you so much for everything you do. In response, CTU blamed a Koch-funded law project, called the lawsuit anti-worker, and argued that, by only allowing members to revoke their dues authorizations in August, they were operating within the letter of the law. [22], In addition to its status as Local 1 of the American Federation of Teachers, CTU is also a member of other left-wing labor groups, including the Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL), the Illinois State Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (ISFL-CIO), the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), and the Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT). The hallways of Englewood High were lined with photos of notable alums: Harold Ickes, secretary of the interior under Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman; Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., the first African American to be selected as an astronaut; Harold Bradley Sr., who was one of just 13 African American players in the National Football League before World War II; Pulitzer Prizewinning poet Gwendolyn Brooks. Ms. Davis Gates lives on the south side of Chicago with her husband and three children. [36], CTU has been an active opponent of education reforms or changes that could reduce the unions power within the education system. 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. 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. And I think because of that, its easier for people to extract characters and focus on them. Salary Constraint Annual Dues; Members other than Paraprofessional: $57,869* or more: Between $46,439* and $57,869* 1% of salary. 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. Accessed June 02, 2020. And for those who are not experiencing that in the same way, it is difficult to even grasp why this is happening., Gates wanted to be Perry Mason when she grew up. Karen Lewis, a longtime chemistry teacher, was elected to lead the newly reform-minded CTU in 2010. She walked off the stage and headed upstairs to join the Nicholson STEM Academy teachers meeting. Copyright 2023 InfluenceWatch. Shes also extremely sensitive. Evaluation of New District Teachers Without Tenure. It makes you angry. [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. That was the moment I was radicalized.. And we have been searching for that matter for centuries. Discord between CTU leadership and the mayor is hardly novel, either. She is also the Executive Vice President of the Illinois Federation of Teachers and an Executive Vice President of the American Federation of Teachers. Stacy says, What about the rest of the kids? Sharkey recounts. She showed up to cheer on the football team on Friday nights. I said survive. [43], https://www.aft.org/periodical/psrp-reporter/fall-2015/form-more-perfect-union ^. Chicago Teachers Union, CTU History. 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. In the absence of a union endorsement, two senior CTU leaders, Jesse Sharkey and Stacy Davis Gates, endorsed the Vermont Senator. Salary Breakdown (2019) After that we looked out for them, she says. Lolly Voss, I heard you for the first time on 820am in Chicago, youre the voice that the children of Chicago NEED. People are missing that part of it., We dont have infrastructure in our public schools to deal with the impact of the traumas our youths walk into our schools with. CTU members lost $33 million in pay around $1,672.65 each with not much to show for it. May 24, 2022 | Blair Paddock. [17], In 2019, CTU launched an 11-day teacher strike, the eleventh since 1969. Stacy Davis Gates has served as the Political and Legislative Director for the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) for the past six years. You are confronted with unparalleled grief. ), My counsel to her is One thing at a time, Sharkey says. Accessed June 02, 2020. The Chicago Teachers Union voted to go on strike on Oct. 17. Ms. Davis Gates has also spearheaded statewide legislative campaigns to pass the strongest charter school accountability measures in the country, push for the restoration of the bargaining rights of Chicago Public Schools employees, and fully fund public education by ending tax loopholes for the 1 percent. Lewis feuded with Emanuel, dubbing him the murder mayor and Mayor 1 Percent. Emanuel, for his part, famously barked Fuck you, Lewis during a private meeting in 2011. 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. While the CTU mission is, ostensibly, to improve public education, most of the identified purposes of the CTU are related to improving compensation and protecting the job security of union members, as well as growing the union. 1973: Two strikes, of 12 and 11 days, yield improved salary, benefits, preparation time, supplies, and class sizes. Accessed June 02, 2020. So we got next. Szalinski, Ben, The new contract continues a moratorium on school closings despite plummeting student enrollment, Illinois Policy, November 22, 2019. She didnt have any notes with her onstage. I need you to stay in love with the children in this school district. 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. Chicago Historical Society, Chicago Teachers Federation records 1864-1968. Really tired. Accessed June 02, 2020. Chicago Teachers Union, On the CTU Sale of Fewkes Tower, April 30, 2015. In the fall of 2019, she helped to lead a 15-day strike and to negotiate an 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. She also serves as a board member for the Action Center on Race & the Economy (ACRE), a nexus for organizations working at the intersection of the struggle for racial justice and Wall Street accountability. Chicago Teachers Union Foundation, About. Stacy Gates Davis L in 2016 was employed in Chicago Teachers Union and had annual salary of $112,422 according to public records. WTTW, Chicago Teachers Union Bargaining Summary as of 10/29/2019. Your messaging is atrocious. Stacy Davis Gates has served as the Political and Legislative Director for the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) for the past six years. [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. [34], Between October 2018 and October 2019, the CTU donated $1.7 million to political campaigns and related political action committees. Her mother was born in the South and left during the Great Migration. 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. I remember we were never able to take a book home because they didnt have a book for every student, says Latoyia Kimbrough, a 2005 graduate who now works as in-house legal counsel for CTU. [10], In 1917, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that the Loeb Rule was constitutional, and the CFT and Chicago Board of Education reached a settlement in which the fired teachers were rehired and CFT disaffiliated itself from other labor unions. I think about the lessons I got as a kid: You have to be twice as good to get half as much. American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO. It irks Gates that theres an expectation that she and the mayor should get along. Chicago Tribune, August 20, 2019. West Ridge YMCA receives $3.75 million in U.S. funds for renovations, possible reopening U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky helped secure funds for the High Ridge YMCA, which is now being used to house migrants, two years after the facility was closed to the public. By her second semester of teaching, Gates started looking for ways to make inroads with her students that had little to do with curriculum. Accessed June 02, 2020. That the work stoppages rob students of crucial instructional time. By Vanessa Lopez Jan 11, 2023, 6:52pm PST Transportation I feel real accountable for unpacking that. Current. Holocaust-denier gets nearly 40 percent of vote in 2 Mount Greenwood precincts. [12] The CTU won recognition as the collective bargaining agent for its members in 1966, and reached its first collective bargaining contract in 1967. Guidestar, Chicago Teachers Union, 2017 990. Website by Governmental Strategic Solutions, LLC. Before Sharkeys announcement, Gatess name also had been brought up as a possible contender. They were so fearless in their ability to dream of me in this moment. Expenses: $32,111,159 The public face of Chicagos teachers, who stand squarely at the center of the countrys labor movement and culture wars, Gates, 45, is an unflinching critic of Mayor Lori Lightfoot and a fierce opponent of attempts to privatize public education. Last year, 415 children were shot here. Sharkey was first elected vice president in 2010, when Karen Lewis was elected CTUs president. What does it mean when two transistors are matched? Under famous union leader Margaret Haley (known as the Lady Labor Slugger), the CTF recognized that it needed to persuade political officials to achieve these goals. Accessed June 02, 2020. Chicago Teachers Union, Press Release: STRIKE! [25] Upon the sale of the tower, the CTUF refocused its mission towards teacher advocacy and grantmaking to underserved communities. 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. My credibility came slowly, and it had nothing to do with my instruction or my understanding of content, she says. Accessed June 02, 2020. Gatess allies, though, credit her with helping transform the landscape at the citys 636 public schools, which are on track to add a nurse and social worker to every building by 2024a hard-fought victory in the strike three years ago. 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. I need to vote for someone like you. (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. 1969: Two-day strike results in salary increases, teacher aides, and class size maximum. It seems pretty dangerous. 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. [1] Grossman, Ron, As Chicago teachers vote to authorize a strike, a look back at the citys labor history, Chicago Tribune, September 27, 2019. When the CTU had the city nailed to the wall during last years 11-day-long strike, the unions No. I was hurt. One-on-One with CTU President-Elect Stacy Davis Gates. It was all I could do to refrain from leaping up from my desk at work and cheering. Four years later, after undergoing brain surgery, she retired, and Sharkey, her vice president, took over. It was the final day of Black History Month and Stacy Davis Gates needed to be in three places at once. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), leading the CTU to declare itself neutral in the 2020 Democratic primaries. Campbell, Alexia Fernndez, The 11-day teachers strike in Chicago paid off, Vox, November 01, 2019. Prior to that, she was the CTUs political and legislative director. The Chicago Teachers Union has some 20,000 teacher and clinician members. I didnt know what I was doing. I see 10, 20, 30, 45, 100 little brown girls that look just like her. Advertisement Key Data These arent just personality conflicts, Sharkey tells me. Gates and her husband, Kevin, have three childrenin second, fifth, and seventh grades. I tell people all the time Im only one generation separated from a cotton field, Gates says. The Executive Board of the Chicago Teachers Union is comprised of the elected officers, committee chairs, appointed members and union staff. It was like a family. 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. I liked the ability to free someone from something that was unfair or unjust.. (I was told you have to be a good writer to be an attorney.) She volunteered with an Urban League program that connected her to local middle school kids, and she felt pulled toward child advocacy. She has raised millions of dollars to elect classroom teachers to all levels of local government and to challenge school privatizers and union-busters. And there was always a segment of my class that was disconnected, that didnt want to hear it or didnt engage fully.. (That didnt rattle Lewis, who years later told a crowd gathered at the Hideout for an event, I know bad words, too. And she's not about to let anyone. I think thats why I go so hard, why Im so clear about my leadership. Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago The Foundation supports education-related advocacy efforts aligned with the interests of the CTU. But the school, like the surrounding neighborhood, had been neglected by city leaders for decades. She has raised millions of dollars to elect classroom teachers to all levels of local government and to challenge school privatizers and union-busters. [1] Law, Justin, The Courts vs. Photographs and illustrations, as well as text, cannot be used without permission from the AFT. She attended Saint Marys College, the University of Notre Dame and Concordia University. 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. Joshua Cowen and Katharine O. Strunk, How Do Teachers Unions Influence Education Policy? They are a measure that Duncan, who went on to become U.S. education secretary, exercised frequently during his eight-year stint as CEO and that Rahm Emanuel put to use as mayor. Photo: Colin Boyle/Associated Press It made me feel powerless. What are the multiple roles of a successful introductory paragraph? Email Monica Trevino at Mtrevino@ift-aft.org. chicago.suntimes.com. But that doesnt faze Gates. They would have you to believe that Black lives, queer lives dont matter in this country. Teacher Unionism, The Labor and Working Class History Association, May 23, 2014. Age: 43 In January, shortly after teachers and students returned to their classrooms, students staged a massive walkout to protest a lack of safety mitigations during a record-setting surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. She has very fine antennae and a finely honed sense of justice about whats right and fair, Sharkey says. Accessed June 01, 2020. 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. When the . Ms. Davis Gates lives on the South Side of Chicago with her husband and three children. She says there were fights every day on the corner of Western and Division. We dont walk backwards and pretend that yesterday was better than what we can imagine tomorrow to be. South Side of Chicago . And she did go on the trip. A union member made it for her. It will not happen on my watch., At her own news conference, Gates fired back, going after Lightfoot personally: This mayor is unfit to lead our city. Chicago Teachers Union, History. 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. What am I missing? Ive adopted the same two questions. Gates took the stage. After playing a key role in organizing for Karen Lewiss election to the CTU presidency, Jackson served as the CTU staff coordinator from 2010 to 2018, when he left his Union staff position to return to the classroom as a social studies teacher at Back of The Yards College Prep. After 12 years as one of the primary faces of the Chicago Teachers Union, Jesse Sharkey is returning to the classroom. Ms. Stacy Davis Gates is the Political and Legislative Director of the Chicago Teachers Union AFT Local 1. Chicago has closed or radically shaken up some 200 public schools, or a third of the district, since 2002, according to a WBEZ investigation. From milquetoast to militant is how Jane F. McAlevey described the unions evolution in her 2016 book, No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age. 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. Ms. Davis Gates lives on the South Side of Chicago with her husband and three children. All rights reserved. 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