Friday, October 18, 2019

CBS: Chicago Teachers Union on Strike, Need for School Librarians Among Issues

For the second time in seven years, 25,000 members of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU Local 1) walked out Thursday morning and were still out Friday, Chicago's local CBS affiliate has reported.

The CTU has been at the forefront of a recent mobilization of teachers across the country after the Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE) won union elections and launched a successful strike around social justice demands in 2012. In 2019, the teachers union is still fighting for the school Chicago students deserve as class size takes center stage along with a demand for more librarians, nurses, and student counselors as some schools must currently share these resources leaving important student services and access to school materials out of reach much of the time.

You can also read Labor Notes coverage of the strike here.

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