Collective Bargaining

The Chicago Public Schools employs 39,448 employees in CPS schools. Labor unions represent the vast majority of CPS employees and bargain with CPS representatives over the employees’ wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment. Employees’ collective bargaining rights are governed by the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act (115 ILCS 5/1 et . seq.) and provisions of the Illinois School Code (105 ICLS 5/34-1 et. seq.) The Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board is charged with enforcing various provisions of the Act.

The labor unions that represent CPS employees and the employees they represent are found in the table below. Links to current collective bargaining agreements between CPS and the labor unions are found at the bottom of the page. CPS Board policies and rules also affect CPS employees’ terms of employment. They are found in Chapter 4 of the Board Rules and Series 500 of the Board Policies. Personnel procedures and other human resource materials are published on the internal CPS employee web-site, HR4U.

For more information regarding CPS collective bargaining units, you may contact Kaitlyn Girard, Labor Relations Officer at kgirard@cps.edu.

CPS Employees and Their Bargaining Representatives

Labor Union	Employees Represented	Number of Employees*	Contract Term	CBA Link
Chicago Teachers Union	Teachers, Counselors, Librarians and Related Service Providers Paraprofessional and School-Related Personnel	25,000	7/1/2019 to 6/30/2024	CTU Contract 2021-2025
SEIU Local 73	Custodians Security Officers Special Education Classroom Assistants Child Welfare Attendants School Bus Aides	11,300	7/1/2018 to 6/30/2023	The Service Employees International Union, Local No. 73
UNITE-HERE Local 1	Lunchroom Employees	3,000	7/1/2021 to 6/30/2025	Unite Here Local No. 1
IUOE Local 143	Engineers	426	7/1/2016 to 6/30/2021	International Union of Operating Engineers Local 143
SEIU Local 1	Lunchroom Managers	400	7/1/2021 to 6/30/2025	Service Employees International Union, Local 1, Firemen & Oilers Division
IB of T Local 700	Motor Truck Drivers Foremen of Motor Truck Drivers	24	7/1/2017 to 6/30/2022	Teamsters Local 700
IBEW Local 134	Radio and Television Engineers	1	7/1/2012 to 6/30/2017	The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local No. 134, AFL-CIO (Document unavailable)
CBTC	Tradesmen	NA	7/1/2015 to 6/30/2025	Multi-Project Labor Supplemental Agreement 2015-2025 Multi-Project Labor Agreement 2015-2025
IUOE Local 399	N/A	N/A	7/1/2020 to 6/30/2023	International Union of Operating Engineers of Chicago, Illinois and Vicinity, Local No. 399
IUOE, Local 399 (Aramark)	N/A	N/A	7/1/2020 to 6/30/2023	International Union of Operating Engineers of Chicago, Illinois and Vicinity, Local No. 399
No Union	N/A	2,583	NA
Total		36,196

*Employees represented is as of June 13, 2017 and excludes short-term employees such as substitutes and so-called "miscellaneous" employees.

*Tentative agreements have been reached with CTU and SEIU