CHICAGO – The Chicago Academics Union President Stacy Davis-Gates was reelected to a different time period this week, warding off a problem from Erika Meza.
Davis-Gates, who was first elected CTU president in 2022, will stay the chief of the union of practically 30,000 members.
CTU President Stacy Davis Gates
What we all know:
Davis-Gates and the incumbent ruling faction generally known as “CORE” earned 64% of the vote, the union mentioned in an replace on its web site.
The successful facet touted its accomplishments, together with the ratification of a brand new contract with the Chicago Public Colleges district, pushing for an elected college board, and even serving to to elect Mayor Brandon Johnson, a CTU member.
Davis-Gates led the usually combative year-long contract negotiations with CPS. The brand new contract netted lecturers a 4–5% increase per 12 months. About 97% of the voting members accepted the brand new deal.
What they’re saying:
In a press release, the CTU mentioned:
“In a second the place the billionaire bros are stripping federal staff of their collective bargaining rights, the place states like Indiana are concentrating on the establishment of public colleges altogether, and the place Black Individuals and people of each identification are seeing their voting rights rolled again, we’re pleased with the vibrancy of our union democracy, grateful to each member who participated, and delivered this mandate to maintain constructing and maintain transferring ahead.”
The opposite facet:
However CTU’s public picture hasn’t fared as nicely, with once-positive approval scores taking a big hit as the general public has turned in opposition to not solely CTU however the political motion it leads.
Meza echoed issues that Davis-Gates and the CORE management failed to supply monetary audits. Simply this week, a choose rejected the CTU’s movement to dismiss a lawsuit from some members who demanded solutions.
Austin Berg of the libertarian assume tank Illinois Coverage Institute says it has been a shedding proposition. In accordance with an IPI evaluation, the union spent practically $3 million on latest elected college board elections – and misplaced three quarters of these races.
“Now right this moment you see their favorability scores within the 30s, with their chief Brandon Johnson, a former CTU organizer, additionally terribly unpopular,” Berg mentioned.
