Chicago public school teachers have announced that they are ready to go on strike on Monday, calling off classes in the United States’ third largest school system for the first...
Chicago Teachers Union Activist Jen Johnson Addresses the 2012 Labor Notes Conference
Chicago Teachers Union Activist Jen Johnson Addresses 2012 Labor Notes Conference. Johnson is part of the Caucus of Rank and File Educators, a reform caucus inside the CTU which won power in the local two years ago. She's a high school history teacher who shares the story of how she got involved in the union, the challenges teachers in Chicago are facing from Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and how their struggle to bring quality education to students across the city could have implications for teachers nation-wide
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