November 25, 2019
On November 15th, Chicago Public Schools’ (CPS) educators approved a landmark new contract. They won the hard-fought victory after going on strike and shutting down the third-largest school district in the United States. Four weeks earlier, teachers with the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and school support staff with SEIU 73… Read More»
Tags: bargaining for the common good, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers, Chicago teachers strike, CTU, expanded bargaining, public schools, SEIU 73, SEIU Local 73, strikes
April 8, 2013
Across the country, the corporate agenda, which holds as a chief objective transforming public education in the US into a privatized, for-profit enterprise, continues to make advances in its agenda. As a result, communities continue to face a preventable crisis where our public schools are labeled expendable by city officials… Read More»
Tags: Chicago teachers strike, public education
