CTU Stands in Solidarity with United Educators of San Francisco

We’re not afraid. We organize.

Not Bad Bunny crying over us securing $1B for schools, libraries, and parks 😭❤️ #SBLIII

Linda McMahon isn’t welcome in Illinois — especially not during Black History Month — unless she’s bringing back the $8 million for Black Student Success, fully funding community schools, and restoring civil rights protections across the Department of Education.

Mayor Brandon Johnson at CTU’s State of the Union reminds us that our humanity is not up for debate. We fight for democracy, dignity, and safe communities for every family—no exceptions.

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION – CHICAGO Join us Saturday, Feb 7 at 1PM at Daley Plaza (50 W Washington) as we demand justice for all victims of ICE terror - including Renee Good, Alex Pretti, Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, and Keith Porter one month after Renee was killed by ICE.

CTU on Student Walk Outs Against ICE Enforcement

CTU Statement on Governor Plan for Pensions Needs to Uphold Full Commitment, Tax the Rich to Expand the Budget, Trump-Proof the State, and Deliver for Students, Public Workers, Illinois Families

School counselors play a critical role in student well-being and success. This National School Counselors Week, CTU celebrates the impact of our counselors. Together we will continue to fight for the support counselors need to deliver the care our students deserve. #NSCW26

CTU and IFT President Davis Gates on Trump’s School Voucher Tax Scheme

CTU and IFT President Stacy Davis Gates on the Unjust Arrest of Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Forte

📢This Friday, January 30th, wear red and stand with Minnesota! Grab your CTU sign at the action. #ICEOUT

Right-wing conservatives are trying to rewrite history. The same history that can teach us about the moment we’re in right now. History teacher and CTU President Stacy Davis Gates tells us to revisit our past and teach the truth.

On Angela Davis’ birthday, CTU celebrates the power of refusing the unacceptable and organizing for something better. ✊🏾 Educators know this lesson well.

CTU and IFT President Stacy Davis Gates reminds us that history isn’t just about the rise of tyrants. It’s about the power of the people who resisted them. Our anger is rooted in what we already had, and what’s being taken away.

Chicago 🤝 Los Angeles Two unions. One playoff game. One solidarity wager. @utla, you in? 👀 $5,000 raisedfor the student assistance fund, scholarships, or mutual aid — winner chooses.

It’s Friday, so you know what that means. CTU members showed up in red to demand we tax the rich and fully fund our schools. Join us: Sign the petition demanding that governors tax the rich and invest in our families. bit.ly/3YJU9Ti

When you fight for Black, Latine, immigrant, queer, and working-class people, you become a target for the right-wing. Read more: bit.ly/4aYjkZH

We honor the life of Rick Garcia of Chicago (1956–2026), a champion for LGBTQ+ rights, founder of Equality Illinois, and a bridge-builder across communities. Your impact endures in every life you helped uplift. ❤️🕊️

From classrooms to hospital hallways — our fights are one. CTU stands in unwavering solidarity with the 15,000 nurses striking across NYC for safe staffing, fair pay, healthcare benefits, and protections on the job. Nurses heal our communities. Educators shape their future. #NYCNursesStrike

Attn: Chicago City Council 1) Flatter the fabulously wealthy OR 2) Acknowledge the failure of a rigged system

In the middle of last year’s city budget debate, we called out ultra-wealthy corporations skipping their bills, fees and fines piling up on the working-class, and youth jobs on the chopping block instead of taxing the richest companies. In 2026, we will keep up our demand to tax the rich.

CTU and IFT President Davis Gates on Trump’s Decision to Freeze Over $10 Billion in Childcare and Family Assistance Funds

On May 1st, 2025, our movement didn’t just join history, we helped make it. Students, educators, immigrants, union members, and community organizations stood together against Trump’s attacks and demanding a country that puts people over profit. In 2026, we carry forward the spirit of May Day.

MISSING PERSON - PLEASE SHARE 🚨 Linda Kathleen Brown, 53, was last seen on January 3rd. She was headed to Wicker Park for an appointment but never arrived. She was driving a 2021 blue Honda Civic (Plate # CX57470). If you have any information, please call 773-444-8243.

Wishing you a happy new year! 🎉 May our 2026 be filled with more solidarity, more justice, more peace and new opportunities to create the world our young people deserve.

Kwanzaa teaches us to honor our heritage, reflect on shared purpose, and celebrate the strength of community. CTU extends warm wishes to all who observe this beautiful holiday. May your Kwanzaa be filled with love, light, and the joy of unity. 🕯️

Merry Christmas from the Chicago Teachers Union! 🎄 Wishing you and yours peace and joy this holiday season.

CTU on the Recent Supreme Court Ruling on Trump’s Effort to Deploy the National Guard in Illinois

In this powerful piece, Elizabeth Todd-Breland reminds us that taxing wealthy corporations isn’t radical - it’s history. From the New Deal to the original corporate head tax, working people built this city, and corporations were expected to contribute to the public good.

CTU Statement on the Chicago City Budget. We fought for a budget that puts people first and we won. The Corporate Caucus tried to force cuts that would’ve hurt working families. But our organizing made them back down.

Thousands of Chicagoans from every ward in the city pushed back… and they noticed! Your phone banks, protests, ward meetings, and rallies made a difference. The corporate caucus had to walk their proposal waaaaaaay back We’re winning, but we have to keep pushing. Call your alderperson today!

During public comment at City Hall, CTU Director of OrganizingCasey Sweeneyspoke for what people across Chicago are already saying. Corporations can afford to chip in. Working families can’t afford higher fees, fines, or debt collectors knocking on their doors.

CTU’s Davis Gates on Federal Cuts to Community School Programs

312 NEWS | City Budget Play-By-Play They say the budget is “balanced”—but here’s what’s actually in it: • Bag tax • A burglar alarm tax on people protecting their homes • More ads on light poles and snowplows? All instead of taxing wealthy corporations. This is the “Trust Us” Budget.

No garbage tax? Good. Saving youth jobs? Great. We pushed, they folded. But this doesn’t mean the Civic Federation has a balanced budget. Show the math—and stop making working people the piggy bank. Tax wealthy corporations.

Opposition Alders Must Answer Who They Serve: “Financial Advisors” or Supermajority of Chicagoans Who Support Taxing Ultra-Wealthy Corporations, Not Working Families

The TRiiBE reporting shows the plan stacks regressive fees while refusing a modest surcharge on major corporations. The TriiBE also reports that several alders fighting the head tax have received thousands from billionaire Michael Sacks, now funding a campaign to protect corporate profits.

Mayor Brandon Johnson is doing what City Hall should be doing right now: fighting to keep Chicago open AND refusing to balance the budget on the backs of working people. City Council has one real decision in front of them: Tax ultra-wealthy corporations or shut down Chicago.

Across the 10th Ward,hundreds of school jobscould disappear, gutting classrooms and destabilizing school communities that already deserve more, not less. The Mayor’s budget proposal provides a historic $1 billion TIF surplus to invest in our schools, libraries and parks.

🎶 Here’s the story… of the Corporate Bunch — These Alders are marching to a corporate playbook. No taxes on big business — just higher garbage fees, liquor taxes, and health premiums for everyday Chicagoans.

🕎 Hanukkah is a reminder of the power of light to overcome darkness. As we celebrate this holiday season, we wish you and yours a Happy Hanukkah. 🕯️

Chicago youth showed up at City Hall with one message: don’t take away the very opportunities that made this city safer. Youth are calling it out plain and simple: You can’t curfew your way to safety. You invest your way there. City Council needs to vote yes on the Protecting Chicago Budget.

City council is pushing us toward a government shutdown because some alders refuse to tax corporations and would ratherraise garbage fees and cut youth jobs instead. Every major peer city taxes big business more than Chicago. So why are some alders blocking it?

Chicago is heading for a shutdown because alders in the Corporate Caucus won’t commit to taxing wealthy corporationsdespite rising costs on working families. Our schools, our safety, and the workers who make this city run are not bargaining chips. Tell your alder:Keep Chicago open. Tax the rich.

We broughtTax the RichChristmas carols to the Commercial Club’s holiday dinner because too many alders are helping these CEOs push a city budget that makes working families pay more while wealthy corporations pay nothing. Chicago needs leaders who stand with the families, not with billionaires.

As federal agents swept Chicago’s Southwest Side, CPS moms didn’t wait for permission to act. This group of parent mentors startedfood drives, organized rides to school, and kept supporting students in their classrooms — all at the same time.

A countdown clock is running — and it shows exactly how many days are left for City Council toprotect Chicago’s schools, youth jobs, and city servicesbefore a shutdown becomes real. Check out keepchicagoopen.com/. Learn what’s at stake. Call Your Alder: Tax the Corporations Not Working Families.

When School Board Member Jitu Brown talks about the status quo, he’s talking about what our communities live every day. The Protecting Chicago Budget is about ending that sabotage and investing $1 billion back into our communities. Call your alder and tell them tochoose people over profits.

Breaking News: We just released a new poll that shows the vast majority (74%) of Chicagoans are less likely to vote for alders who vote for raising their taxes instead of the top 3% of corporations.