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At Rally, Chicago Teachers Union President Invites City Hall to Turn Off Air-Conditioning

by Kevin Gosztola

CTU President Karen Lewis at solidarity rally on September 15

In Union Park in Chicago thousands of educators and supporters of the Chicago Teachers Union gathered for a solidarity rally. People from out-of-state, like Minnesota and Wisconsin, were there to show support. After a two-hour rally, everyone marched to Garfield Park.
There were students, parents and representatives from teachers unions, including the Illinois Federation of Teachers (of which CTU is an affiliate). The leader of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) union in Chicago Pat Camden spoke in support congratulating the union for being out in the streets in overwhelming numbers the past week. A member of a charter school’s teachers union spoke about how the conditions of the workplace in charter schools were terrible and what teachers had to look forward to if they did not prevail. And a strike captain