The Chicago Teachers Union is accusing Mayor Lori Lightfoot of stepping in to rescind a promise by her hand-picked CPS leadership to give rank-and-file teachers and school support staff the same 12 weeks of paid parental leave already provided to all other 32,000 city employees.
leadership to give rank-and-file teachers and school support staff the same 12 weeks of paid parental leave already provided to all other 32,000 city employees.
But CTU President Stacy Davis Gates unloaded on Lightfoot in a letter Thursday, accusing the mayor of attempting to break up that goodwill and urging her to restore the parental leave offer. CPS spokeswoman Mary Fergus issued a statement saying the district "is taking the necessary time to review our policies to determine how to best support our team members who are new parents."
Davis Gates’ letter was deeply emotional, appealing to Lightfoot "as mother, woman and educator" about an issue "close to my heart and the hearts of thousands of women" who she said comprise 80% of CPS educators. The union president described the difference between the March birth of her first child and the June birth of one of her daughters. Unlike the March delivery, giving birth in June allowed her to "heal properly from a cesarean section" and "bond" with the new baby, because it coincided with the summer break.
Early on, Lightfoot predicted the CTU would run a candidate against her in 2023 — and it has. The CTU endorsed union organizer Brandon Johnson, a Cook County commissioner.
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