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CPS insourcing plan raises concerns over 500 custodial jobs and school cleanliness
Summary
Unions told the Board of Education that transitioning custodial services in-house will reduce the workforce by roughly 500 workers by Sept. 30; CPS said it has processed thousands of applications and issued hundreds of offers and will continue outreach and screening supports.
SEIU Local 73 and SEIU Local 1 representatives told the board Sept. 10 that Chicago Public Schools’ plan to insource custodial services will shrink the custodial workforce and strain school cleaning capacity. Tremaine Reeves, director of the CPS division at SEIU Local 73, said the current workforce of close to 2,400 custodians will fall to about 1,900 on Sept. 30 under the district’s transition plan, leaving roughly 500 trained custodians without jobs. SEIU…
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