Chicago: CTU Votes Overwhelmingly to Strike
Ninety-four percent of CTU members vote to authorize strike for schools Chicago’s students deserve
Chicago Teachers Union House of Delegates governing body will set strike date at Wednesday, Oct. 2, meeting.
CHICAGO, September 26, 2019—The Chicago Teachers Union this evening released totals of the Sept. 24-26 strike authorization vote. The CTU Rules and Election Committee reported that as of 9:30 p.m., the Union passed the 75 percent threshold of members voting “yes.” Ninety-four percent of teachers, clinicians, PSRPs, nurses, librarians voted to authorize a strike to win the schools Chicago’s students deserve.
The vote stands as a mandate from CTU members for Chicago Public Schools to uphold promises of equity and educational justice made by Mayor Lori Lightfoot, and that those promises must be in writing in an enforceable contract. This is the only way to hold the district to its word after decades of austerity, budget cuts, understaffing, school closings and privatization.
The CTU House of Delegates will convene for its next scheduled meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 2, to set a strike date. The earliest the Union could CONTINUE READING: Chicago: CTU Votes Overwhelmingly to Strike | Diane Ravitch's blog
