Shanah Tovah to all who celebrate! As Rosh Hashanah begins, we’re sending love, light, and hopes for a sweet, joyful new year to our Jewish friends, families, and communities.

Days After Mayor Signs Right to Protest Order in Chicago, Federal Agents Tackle, Gas, and Arrest Protestors in its Suburb

Join us TOMORROW, Friday 9/19, for CTU’s annual Legislators Educators Appreciation Dinner celebrating partnerships and the power of unity! Tickets are available at ctu.sh/lead. Special thanks to our sponsors!

Chicago parents know what real safety looks like — it’s not troops in our streets or ICE raids near our schools. It’s resources, stability, and communities standing together. Chicago won’t be divided by Trump’s fear tactics. Black and Brown families are united in saying no to military occupation.

The latest announcement of a charter closing signals an epic failure of CPS oversight.EPIC’s private board spent money designated for students on a new building instead of classrooms — and now families and staff are being told the school will close at the end of the year.

CPS’s chaotic cuts & reshuffling of special education staff have left students lost, behind, & denied the legally required services they deserve. Parents are getting letters saying their children will receive zero minutes of mandated support. Read the full CST exposé here: bit.ly/4pnR07H

🗣️ “Thisisus. And we need to deal with it.” Our keynote speaker, Nina Turner doesn’t sugarcoat the truth. That’s the bold leadership coming toLEAD 2025. Join us this Friday, September 13 at 4:30 PM. You need to be there. 🎟ctu.sh/LEAD Video from @ninaturnerohio

This #LatineHeritageMonth, we honor the rich traditions, resilience, and power of our Latine communities. We especially uplift the voices, culture, and leadership of Indigenous and Afro-Latine peoples, whose stories are too often erased but remain central to our shared history.

Juan Rangel’s Latest Forces the Question of If He Is Working for DHS

At our Defend Your Rights press conference, Biedler ES parent Samantha Taylor called out how funding stripped from after-school programs, community nonprofits, and family resources is now being diverted to fuel Trump’s military occupation.

CTU Responds to ICE Shooting in Franklin Park

CTU Statement on the Events at Utah Valley University

The government is supposed to take care of kids, not terrorize them. 🔥 Listen more to CTU President Davis Gates on the What A Day podcast with Crooked Media www.youtube.com/watch

CTU Increases Support for Students and Families in Response to New ICE Activity in Neighborhoods Near Schools in Chicago

Our students, their parents and communities are under attack. Join the CTU contingent in the annual 26th Street Mexican Independence Day Parade on Sunday, September 14. We will meet at 11:00 a.m. and the parade steps off at 12:00 noon. R.S.V.P. here: www.ctulocal1.org/posts/event/...

We’re thrilled to [email protected] as the keynote speaker at this year’s LEAD Dinner! A fearless voice for justice and founder of We Are Somebody, she has spent her life fighting for the working class. This Sept. 19th, she joins us at CTU HQ. 🎟 Tickets →ctu.sh/LEAD

📢 Friday morning, CTU members launched ourDefend Your Rightsinitiative — distributing fliers in school communities across this city to make sure families know their rights and that our schools remain safe spaces. This is our city, these are our schools, and our students’ futures. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

Join us for our annual Legislators Educators Appreciation Dinner — an evening dedicated to unity, advocacy, and appreciation. Join us on Friday, September 19, 2025 Social Hour: 4:30 PM Dinner: 5:30 PM Purchase tickets at ctu.sh/LEAD. We look forward to seeing you there.

The President is threatening to occupy our Black-led city with federal troops. We already have ICE and CPD in our neighborhoods, now Black and Brown families face the possibility of even more policing. Knowledge is power & together we will protect our students and each other.

As Trump threatens to occupy Chicago, we’re standing shoulder to shoulder with our school communities. Educators will be leafleting at drop-off and pick-up with’Defend Your Rights’flyers. Wear your CTU red, join the Sidewalk Solidarity action, and show the world:One Chicago against Trump.

Chicago is doing what works without Trump’s invasion of our city. We reject occupation. We welcome investments in public education, youth employment, and affordable housing.

We showed up & rallied. We marched in more than 1000 cities & towns. Now, we’re keeping the momentum going. Join us to celebrate our Labor Day actions! We will hear from organizers from all across the country who demanded Workers Over Billionaires. Sign up at bit.ly/LaborDayDebr...

We marched with thousands in the streets of Chicago, joining more than 1,000 over actions across the country, to say no to the billionaire takeover and fascist rule. We are standing up for our communities and our schools. We are fighting for a future where everyone can thrive, not just the few.

We proved yesterday, like we do everyday, that Chicago is a union town. #workersoverbillionaires

CTU President Davis Gates joined MSNBC during today’s Workers Over Billionaires Labor Day March & Rally. #WorkersOverBillionaires

This is what people power looks like. 📣 Chicago Teachers Union members marched with thousands of workers and community members for a future that puts Workers Over Billionaires.

🔥Uncle Al’s Fish Fry 🔥 We’re wrapping upsummer with a full-onWest Side family reunion including incredible food, live music, & a whole lotta love for the people’s mayor,Brandon Johnson Come supportMayor Johnsonand the movement to build thriving community schools on the West Side & beyond.

Chicago Teachers Union Statement on CPS Budget Passage.

Is City Council Committing to Chicago Students?

What’s Jenni Custer’s backup if City Council doesn’t hand over the TIF money?

On 9/1, Chicago turns out. See you on Labor Day at the Haymarket Memorial. Link in bio. #workersoverbillionaires

Unhinged. The time for political infighting among Democrats is over. Republicans have remade the country in six months. Now they are coming for our cities. Black-led cities. We stand shoulder to shoulder with our mayor and all communities under attack.

This week, Chicago classrooms opened up with more case managers, more librarians, smaller class sizes, expanded recess, and the launch of 16 new Sustainable Community Schools. These victories didn’t fall from the sky — CTU members and our allies fought and won them.

CTU President on Gov. Pritzker Saying No Money for Schools in October Session

There are $10B in tax loopholes and giveaways for tech companies and billionaires laying around in Springfield. If the Governor can't see where to find the money for our schools, he can start by looking there.

Join us Saturday, August 23rd for the Rainbow PUSH Back to School Block Party! 🎉 CTU President Stacy Davis Gates will be a featured speaker at this free and family-friendly event hosted by the @rainbow.pushcoalition 📍Rainbow PUSH Coalition HQ | 930 E 50th St. RSVP: bit.ly/3HyTpLS

While Trump dismantles public education, Chicago is rebuilding it from the ground up—starting with 16 new SC schools that reflect the communities they’re rooted in. It’s only possible because we organized and won a contract to make it real. Read Stacy’s op-ed here: bit.ly/41cRJ1k

Blue state, red priorities

📸 Back-to-school meansCTU is back in action— union delegates organized meetings in schools across Chicago to unite members around implementing our new contract language to deliver smaller class sizes and more resources for Chicago students. When members lead, we win.

CPS students and families, join us TOMORROW for our annual CTU annual Back-2-School Summer Jam! We’ll be offering ✅ Free health screenings 💈 Free haircuts 📚 Free books & school supplies 🍔 Food, 🎶 entertainment & so much more! RSVP now at ctu.sh/jam 📅 This Saturday, August 16 from 10AM – 3PM

They take from workers to give to billionaires. Enough. This Labor Day, let’s bring the same power we had on May Day — and fight for an opportunity agenda for ALL. We're proud to be part of the May Day Strong Coalition with AFT President Randi Weingarten. Join us at maydaystrong.org/

Why are Gov. Pritzker and the Democratic supermajority holding hearings about broke schools while doing nothing to end billionaire tax breaks that rob our classrooms? Massachusetts showed us how to Trump-proof education: tax the rich. Illinois has the blueprint. It’s time our leaders used it.

AsHonorary Marshalof the 96th @budbillikenparade, CTU PresidentStacy Davis Gatesrode down King Drive in style, surrounded by the joy and pride our city has in our young people. Together, we are ready to write the next chapter for Chicago’s schools. 🍎

Fund our schools what they are owed. Don’t cut corners on the futures of our kids.

For 96 years, the @budbillikenparade has celebrated young people honoring their achievements and sending them into the school year with joy, pride, and purpose. Founded in 1929 to uplift Black children, the Bud Billiken parade remains a stage for student talent whose energy lit up King Drive.

Tick tock, Springfield. ⏰ Our students are back in less than a month, and CPS is still $1.6 billion short of what our schools actually need. We’ve got a Democratic majority. We’ve got a Democratic governor. So… what’s the holdup? Fully fund our schools. No more excuses.

At Thursday’s press conference,Chicago Teachers Union members, alongside partners —@betterstreetsChicago, IFT Local 4100 and@ccctu_1600,@peopleslobbyusa, and@seiuhcii— called out the nearly$10 billion in tax breaksin Gov. Pritzker’s budget.

CTU Statement on Congressman Danny Davis's Retirement

These “challenges” are the direct result of Pedro Martinez’s failure to fight for full funding from Springfield. Now, students are facing cold meals, fewer health services, and delayed school repairs because CPS leadership refused to do its job. Read the full Chalkbeat story: bit.ly/4oe1aHk

CTU member Iris Moore went back to school to become a teacher after serving as a SECA for 10 years. This is how CPS rewarded her dedication to her students — with a layoff. Tell Gov. Pritzker & IL lawmakers: Fund the formula. Stop the layoffs. #CTUStrong #FullyFundEducation #FundOurSchools