Chicago Teachers Union promotes Venezuela protest organized by socialist groups after Maduro's capture. Coalition demands end ...

If one thing is true of teachers’ unions, it is that they are far more than just bargaining entities. They are cultural barometers, revealing the values and convictions of those entrusted with shaping ...

CHICAGO — Shifting in her chair as she sits at a long conference room table inside the Chicago Teachers Union offices, Stacy Davis Gates lets it sink in. The Chicago Teachers Union president, having ...

The Chicago Public Schools budget has been a contentious issue for months, and it is now coming down to the end — with the Chicago Board of Education required to pass a spending plan by the end of the ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Teacher's Union House of Delegates voted to cancel CTU elections because no one was challenging its existing officers, the union said. The union says cancelling the ...

The new leader of the Illinois Federation of Teachers says state lawmakers should consider raising taxes on wealthy individuals and corporations that have received federal tax breaks under the Trump ...

Just a few hours before the deadline Thursday night, the Chicago Public Schools passed a budget plan in a late vote. The Chicago Board of Education approved a deal that does not include a ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's hard to believe, but the summer is just about over for Chicago Public Schools students. Classes start Monday. On Saturday, the Chicago Teachers Union helped CPS families get ...

Fifteen years ago, Dan Montgomery and Karen Lewis set out on a road trip to Springfield determined to force changes to a bill they saw as an attack on teacher unions, particularly the one in Chicago.

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