She has very fine antennae and a finely honed sense of justice about whats right and fair, Sharkey says. Email Monica Trevino at Mtrevino@ift-aft.org. I have enormous respect for the load Lightfoot and Gates carry, Sive wrote, but were tired, girlfriends. 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. And also really scared. She was actually in sixth grade, Gates later clarifies. CTU Vice President Stacy Davis Gates speaks about parents keeping their CPS students remote until Lightfoot's CPS team provides testing and safety guarantees as teachers, parents and members of the Chicago Teachers Union outside Park Manor Elementary on Jan. 3, 2022. That was the moment I was radicalized.. Stacy Davis Gates, the incumbent vice president, led CORE's slate and will take over as president with her running mate Jackson Potter for a three-year term beginning July 1. So we got next. Then, two factions of CTU members emerged with plans to oust her and the Caucus of Rank-and-file . Stacy Davis Gates is the President of the Chicago Teachers Union. [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. Subscribe for free today! If the labor movements instinct has been to reduce demands in order to sound reasonable, the new CTU took the opposite approach, McAlevey wrote. The ongoing pandemic has disproportionately affected Chicagos Black and brown residents, who make up close to 90 percent of CPS families. They would have you to believe that Black lives, queer lives dont matter in this country. This effort resulted in both support and opposition. Elizabeth Warren, a presidential candidate at the time, joined teachers on the picket line on a blustery October morning. And they tried her a lot because she was younger. Davis Gates lives on the South Side of Chicago with her husband and three children. DJN. That was the moment I was radicalized.. In fact, it irks her that theres an expectation that she and Lightfoot should get along because theyre both Black women. I remember spending a lot of time in preparation for classesgetting primary sources together, getting supporting documentation together, making connections through newspaper articles and periodicals that related back to the historical thing I was teaching. I think thats why I go so hard, why Im so clear about my leadership. She made it OK to be powerful, curious, and vulnerable all at the same time.. Press Inquires: Teachers strikes are not new to this city. The results were mixed for CTU. Discord between CTU leadership and the mayor is hardly novel, either. However, due to the Loeb Rule, the Chicago Board of Education fired dozens of participating teachers. 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. Chicago Teachers Union, Press Release: STRIKE! 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. Blair Paddock | May 24, 2022 8:47 pm. 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. She attended Saint Marys College, the University of Notre Dame, and Concordia University. While interest groups on all sides sought Obamas involvement in the negotiation, President Obamas spokesman said that Obama has not expressed any opinion or made any assessment about this particular incident. [16], In 2018, CTU supported the first major strike by charter school teachers in US history. But that doesnt faze Gates. Our courage, our organizing, our value are necessary in this moment.. Sharkey taught at Chicago Vocational Career Academy (CVCA). At the national level, Christel has worked on the PSRP Professional Problems Committee for the American Federation of Teachers and was a member of its Summer Organizing Institute in Houston, Texas. 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. 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. Photo: Colin Boyle/Associated Press 2 was swinging the hammer, appearing before the cameras with the unwavering narrative that the well-being of students was the unions single overriding concern. Grandmother Hazel died a week before her namesake was born. Age: 43 Photo: CLARISSA BONET | HAIR AND MAKEUP: DENISE MILLOY/MAKEUP MAGIC INC. Age: 43. And in this moment I really and truly feel accountable for their sacrifice. She also serves as a board member for ACRE, The Action Center on Race & the Economy, a nexus for organizations working at the intersection of racial justice and Wall Street accountability.Ms. 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. 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. Stacy Davis Gatesis the Vice President of the Chicago Teachers Union and the Executive Vice President of the Illinois Federation of Teachers. Jackson Potter is the Vice President of the Chicago Teachers Union. A 1987 strike lasted a record 19 school days. It depresses you. The CTUF has lost $2 million per year since the sale of the Fewkes Tower. Shouts of Talk, Stacy! filled the room. From 1969 to 1987, CTU staged nine walkouts, according to the Chicago Tribune. 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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. As an elementary bilingual education teacher, she served as a delegate, district supervisor and strike coordinator. One-on-One with CTU President-Elect Stacy Davis Gates. As a speech-language pathologist, she served as an executive board elementary functional vice president and Big Bargaining Team member. Accessed June 01, 2020. You should be ashamed. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. April 13, 2020, 10:37 pm. Ms. Davis Gates lives on the south side of Chicago with her husband and three children. Subscribe for free today! Ms. Davis Gates lives on the South Side of Chicago with her husband and three children. The running track was barely usable, with dangerous dips in its lanes. So I want to say this: We are fighters at this union. [14] After a strike in 1987, there was a period of relative peace, with no teacher strikes until 2012. He hasnt publicly ruled it out, but he says his current plan is to return to the classroom. Ms. Stacy Davis Gates is the Political and Legislative Director of the Chicago Teachers Union AFT Local 1. The UIC administration is offering raises of 17% over four years, averaging 4.25% per year, the union said. 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. 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. When the group first challenged the unions current administration three years ago, Sharkey won reelection handily, with two-thirds of the vote. Her maternal grandmother left Arkansas, worked on the West Side of Chicago, and wound her way to South Bend. 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. And it also is paralyzing, because youre trying to make sense out of nonsense.. So have their teachers. They are sort of the bedrock constituency of our public schools., Gates tells me she is focused on May 20on winning the top CTU spot and following in the footsteps of Lewis, her friend and role model, who shaped her management style. While the purpose of the Foundation was to support retired and disabled teachers, very few teachers ever lived at Fewkes Tower, and only seven of the 224 apartments in Fewkes Tower were occupied by retired CPS teachers when the building was sold by CTUF in 2014. Stephanie Simon and James B. Kelleher, Analysis: Striking Chicago teachers take on national education reform, Reuters, September 10, 2012. It made me feel powerless. Accessed June 02, 2020. In 2020, the city was running an $838 million budget deficit, and Chicagos school system bonds have been rated below investment-grade in recent years. Fusco, Chris, The Watchdogs: How Chicago Teachers Union spends its money, Chicago Sun-Times, January 30, 2017. 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. The auditorium was named for playwright Lorraine Hansberry, who graduated in 1947. In 2017, Davis Gates was elected chair of United Working Families, an independent political organization for working class people and movements. Gates is revered and resented in equal partsor at least at equal volume. Occupation: Vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union. Davis-Gates will be moving up from her position as vice president when current president Jesse Sharkey steps down July 1. Youd see these kids going to school-closing hearings, singing, performing, saying, Please dont close our school. In addition to leading the political and legislative agendas for the CTU, Stacy is a regular contributor to radio shows and print publications. McQueary, Kristen. A 2021 study by the University of Chicagos Inclusive Economy Lab found that one in seven CPS students experiences homelessness. I think about the lessons I got as a kid: You have to be twice as good to get half as much. Ms. Gates, outstanding articulation of concise and pointed perspectives given on WCPT 820 AM on 10/18. The Chicago Teachers Federation was forced to leave the American Federation of Teachers. Ms. Stacy Davis Gates is the Political and Legislative Director of the Chicago Teachers Union AFT Local 1. Revenue: $27,878,897 Widely popular with its more than 25,000 members, she was considering a run for mayor when she was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, in 2014. 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. Lolly Voss, I heard you for the first time on 820am in Chicago, youre the voice that the children of Chicago NEED. Sometimes I feel like Im living my life as a spectator, says Gates, the unions vice president and heir apparent. 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. She showed up to cheer on the football team on Friday nights. The Chicago Teachers Union voted to go on strike on Oct. 17. She is an IFT executive board vice president, member of the IFT Scholarship Committee and has served as co-chair of the IFT PSRP Constituency Committee and organizer of its bi-annual PSRP Constituency Conference. [8], In 1916, the Chicago Teacher Federation founded the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and became the Local 1. Accessed June 02, 2020. 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. When you hear my fire, you hear Hazel. Stacy Davis Gates Won't Back Down The Chicago Teachers Union's heir apparent sees herself as a righteous champion of not just educators but of students. [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. It made me feel like a failure, says Gates. And we have been searching for that matter for centuries. Chicago Teachers Union, Officers. 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. Wikipedia. For more than 75 years the Chicago Teachers Union has fought for the schools Chicagos students deserve. 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. And I need you to see love as the essential tool to continue to transform this city, this state, this nation, and this world. Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, traveled to Chicago to lend her support. 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[1] Chicago Teachers Union, About. I would like to thank you for taking a stand,and expressing your thoughts and how to respond to the republican party. Bellware, Kim, Chicago teachers say they will go on strike. She attended Saint Marys College, the University of Notre Dame, and Concordia University. Im not going on your field trip because its not fair.. These arent just personality conflicts, Sharkey tells me. Bernie Sanders, also vying for the presidential nomination, attended a CTU rally before the strike. We felt like the system was being sabotaged by the people who were in charge of it, and the union was the one institution that had both the interest and the ability to do something about that. Szalinski, Ben, The new contract continues a moratorium on school closings despite plummeting student enrollment, Illinois Policy, November 22, 2019. This is not like a couple of angry Black women.. [28], The Chicago Teachers Union also operates the CTU PAC, a campaign committee that supports candidates who fight against school reform. [1] Grossman, Ron, As Chicago teachers vote to authorize a strike, a look back at the citys labor history, Chicago Tribune, September 27, 2019. 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. I think Stacy is a remarkably effective public spokesperson. [33], CTU and CTU PAC paid $316,000 to United Working Families, a labor-union-aligned political organization funded by CTU and SEIU Healthcare Illinois/Indiana, to conduct organizing and advocacy in line with the policies and candidates supported by the Chicago Teachers Union. We got next because theres a Stacy Gates.. 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. 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. I was angry. Illinois law limits what unions can include as part of a contract negotiation. All rights reserved. She has raised millions of dollars to elect classroom teachers to all levels of local government and to challenge school privatizers and union-busters. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. A native of South Bend, Indiana, Gates carried her criminal defense lawyer dreams to St. Marys College, where she declared a major in English. Chicago Teachers Union, History. Ms. Davis Gates lives on the South Side of Chicago with her husband and three children. I liked the ability to free someone from something that was unfair or unjust.. Christel, her husband and her three daughters are all graduates of CPS, with her middle daughter starring for a Marshall Lady Commandos state championship team under legendary coach Dorothy Gaters. 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. They take away the things we need the most in order to survive. I think thats an achievement, that we are all free to have differing thought processes on anything, and that women have voice in a city as dynamic as Chicago. Neither side backs down from the fight. Mitch Smith and Monica Davey, Chicago Teachers Strike, Longest in Decades, Ends, New York Times, October 31, 2019. Accessed June 02, 2020. We know how to teach remotely. The rhetoric on education reform and pension reform in Chicagois upside down. Then I started thinking that would put me on the wrong end of the spectrum of justice, she says. Accessed June 02, 2020. 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. 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. My other grandmother was born out of wedlock and ostracized from both sides of her family tree. [19] Ultimately, when the 11-day strike ended, the city of Chicago declined to incorporate housing policy into the contract with CTU. Photographs and illustrations, as well as text, cannot be used without permission from the AFT. Advertisement Key Data We see our schools closed and defunded. She has raised millions of dollars to elect classroom teachers to all levels of local government and to challenge school privatizers and union-busters. Despite Chicago Public School enrollment dropping by over 6,000 students in 2019, and by 80,000 students since 2000, the Chicago Teachers Union has refused to allow schools, even failing schools, to close. The Chicago Teachers Unions monthly executive board meeting was scheduled at the same time as its Jammin for PEACE celebration, which overlapped with a group of Nicholson STEM Academy teachers gathering virtually with their union delegate to talk pedagogy, burnout, and whatever else needed airinga discussion Gates had promised to attend. Day, Marcus, The International Socialist Organization backs Mayor Emanuels attack on Chicago teachers, World Socialist Web Site, February 18, 2016. She has raised millions of dollars to elect classroom teachers to all levels of local government and to challenge school privatizers and union-busters, most prominently Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his rubber-stamp City Council in 2015.Ms. 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. She attended Saint Marys College, the University of Notre Dame and Concordia University. Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates was elected president of the union Friday following a months-long, hard-fought battle against two challengers to succeed outgoing. May 24, 2022 | Blair Paddock. Garcia lost. They attend a public school on the South Side. The Executive Board of the Chicago Teachers Union is comprised of the elected officers, committee chairs, appointed members and union staff. The Chicago Teachers Union has some 20,000 teacher and clinician members. Column: Surprised by CTUs Venezuela Visit? But she didnt play any games. And if you show up and youre not serious, Stacy will get that within two seconds of being in a room. 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. CTU charter educators strike UNO/Acero, December 04, 2018. And I think because of that, its easier for people to extract characters and focus on them. 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 see 10, 20, 30, 45, 100 little brown girls that look just like her. Dont be compelled to turn around and walk backwards in the time of need. Chicago Teachers Union 1901 W. Carroll Ave. Chicago, IL 60612. Our union couldnt be silent on what was happening to the children in the city, the families in the city.. STACY DAVIS GATES, DELEGATE. 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. Before Sharkeys announcement, Gatess name also had been brought up as a possible contender. 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. I was meant to be a Chicagoan., In 2004, she became one, landing a job as a history teacher at Englewood High School. Yet both of these women overcame so much to put their children in a positionto put me in a positionto succeed. 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