Ahead of the 2020 race, Warren, Biden and Sanders have been working to earn the support of teachers nationally, and each has voiced support for the picketing teachers in Chicago. For eleven days this October, over 300,000 students in the third largest school district in the country waited as Chicago’s public school teachers and staff went on their longest strike since 1987. In every school and workplace, unity in action protects our members and the students we serve.

Learning, working and living conditions are not separate.

Chicago Public Schools teachers and students return to the classroom Friday after a tentative agreement was reached with the Chicago Teachers Union to end a 15-day strike. More than a third of Chicago Public Schools students didn’t show up to class in early January for the latest makeup days stemming from last fall’s 11-day teachers strike. ... Jul 13, 2020 . Yet, for a while when the coronavirus hit the city, the union and CPS tried to put on a united front. Along with parents, students and community we advocate for the schools – and the city – that our students deserve. Caring, united, democratic: CTU is more than 25,000 teachers, paraprofessionals and clinicians acting as one. Together, … An 11-day Chicago teachers strike in the fall ended bitterly. CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Public Schools should start the fall semester with virtual classes rather than calling students back to buildings left …