Chicago Teachers Union

An affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT), CTU is the third largest teachers local in the country and the largest local union in Illinois.

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Chicago Teachers Union

Don't lock educators out for demanding safe in-person learning in face of largest surge of pandemic

On Passing of Karen Lewis (1953-2021): 'Karen Did Not Just Lead Our Movement. Karen Was Our Movement.'

CTU Seeks Real Equity in Calling for Injunction Against Reopening Schools Under Mayors' Dangerous Cps Plan

Unions' Joint Statement Demands That Every Vote Count, as Leaders Outline Steps to Protect Integrity of Election

City Hall, CPS Must Commit to Supporting Every Student and Family Through Deadly COVID-19 Pandemic

Ninety-four Percent of CTU Members Vote to Authorize Strike for Schools Chicago's Students Deserve

'Shocking and Immoral': Report Details Private Equity's Stranglehold on US Healthcare

Reckless Capitalist Banks Rescued by Government Socialism – Again!

East Palestine Soil Contains Dioxin Levels Hundreds of Times Over Cancer Risk Threshold

'Never Seen Anything Like This': US Librarians Report Book Bans Hit Record High in 2022

Beware This Libertarian Oligarch's Ecological Utopia in Texas

Progressives Slam House Passage of GOP Book Banning Bill That Turns Children Into 'Pawns'

Bailing Out the Undeserving Rich—Again

Fears of Monarch Butterfly Extinction as Numbers Plummet 22% in Annual Count

Seymour Hersh Accuses US of 'Cover Up' Over Nord Stream Sabotage

Warren Demands Probe Into Bank Failures, Urges Biden to Fire Powell