Jitu Brown has served his district as member of the current school board. He has challenged the district to make decisions that best meet the needs of our students, staff, and families. He is back on ...

How privatizers are planning to close PPS schools and hasten the dismantling of public education in our city.

Billionaires and corporations are one of the key pillars propping up this administration's attacks on our elections, and if we pull that pillar out, the rest starts to fall. Join us for a national cal...

Communiqué de Jean-Luc Mélenchon

Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their massive reach to influence nearly every step of the education supply chain.

Join us in Chicago on Thursday, August 27th at 12pm for our national Palantir Out Day of Action to protect patients and our communities.

The non-binding questions will ask voters if the city should fine vacant land owners and if the state should tax millionaires in order to generate revenue for public schools.

Join us at 8pm ET August 13th to learn about how and why to take action this Labor Day. We'll talk about how you can host a training, and why we are focusing on training this Labor Day. We'll hear ...

I agree that CPS should reduce its central office and find savings. What I cannot support are budget cuts that reach into classrooms.

Take action with the Chicago Teachers Union to support public education. Caring, united, democratic: CTU is nearly 30,000 teachers, paraprofessionals and clinicians acting as one. In every school and ...

Over 800 workers at British Petroleum’s Whiting Refinery—the largest in the Midwest—have been forced off the job after overwhelmingly rejecting a contract that would eliminate jobs and weaken safety p...

Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.

Take action with the Chicago Teachers Union to support public education. Caring, united, democratic: CTU is nearly 30,000 teachers, paraprofessionals and clinicians acting as one. In every school and ...

Join us for a Unity Rally and Summer Organizing Kickoff as we get in formation for the upcoming electoral season. We are fighting for an affordable Chicago that taxes the rich to fund: affordable acc...

CPS started budget season with big slashes to schools–proposing cuts to at least 800 district-funded teacher positions. This is only the tip of the iceberg with likely more staff and program cuts to c...

CPS started budget season with big slashes to schools–proposing cuts to at least 800 district-funded teacher positions. This is only the tip of the iceberg with likely more staff and program cuts to c...

Imagine taking the rotten parking meter deal statewide.

The proposed megaprojects bill represents a major transfer of public resources away from schools and into the hands of ultra-rich developers, writes John Miller, president of UPI Local 4100.

IFT members have been making it clear for months that Illinois must invest in our schools, public higher education, and state services. We’ve shown the need. And we’ve shown the solution: Tax the ultr...

The district is getting ready to release its campus budgets as early as next week.

Go to May Day and see what we can be together.

This May Day, workers, students, and families across the country are set to turn out in the thousands or even millions to make their voices heard against

We turned out in a big way for May Day. No Work No School No Shopping across the country. Protests. Actions. Strikes. Tune in to hear from organizers and the growing (570+) May Day Strong network ab...

This year’s demonstrations will be vast and infused with the politics of Jewish Labor Bund.

This May Day, a broad coalition of organizations are uniting for a day of action and economic power, including this rally and march. We are taking action in solidarity with workers, immigrants and eve...

"We are still fighting for a world in which every person who works for a living can afford to take time off to rest, spend time with their loved ones, and enjoy their lives."

Chicago Public Schools’ Healthy Green Schools Pilot Program will spend $10 million for clean energy projects across the district and employ some students.

This year, the best way to fight book banners is to advocate for school librarians.

We can’t call out authoritarianism in the White House while refusing to call out the super PACs drowning out the voices of everyday people.

Right now in Springfield, legislators are deciding whether to protect students, educators, and taxpayers, or whether to protect charter operators, when charter schools close. We’ve seen what happen...

Right now in Springfield, legislators are deciding whether to protect students, educators, and taxpayers, or whether to protect charter operators, when charter schools close. We’ve seen what happen...

Join us for the UWF Member Convention, where members will align around our goals for the year ahead, hold discussion and debate about how we accomplish our goals, elect delegates, and have some fun. ...

Join us for the UWF Member Convention, where members will align around our goals for the year ahead, hold discussion and debate about how we accomplish our goals, elect delegates, and have some fun. ...

Across the country, local communities are declaring May 1st to be a day to defend public schools and services, call to tax the rich, and say no war, no ICE. With Trump attacking Chicago communities a...

Take action: As people across the country condemn yet another illegal, immoral, and unauthorized military action by the White House and Israel, corporate leaders who have been silent and the AI and te...

Take action: As people across the country condemn yet another illegal, immoral, and unauthorized military action by the White House and Israel, corporate leaders who have been silent and the AI and te...

Public education is under attack. Our union is under attack, and the safety and sanctity of our communities are under attack! What we do? Stand up and fight back! Join Chicago Teachers Union as we...

The governor’s funding plan comes as the arts face a precarious moment. Advocates worry Illinois could fall behind in its support for the sector.

Motown and the Making of Working-Class Revolutionaries offers a fresh perspective on class, race, and revolution in the United States. Drawing on more than forty hours of interviews with former member...

Join our national call March 4th to hear the latest from the May Day Strong network: including our demands for May 1st and how we are building for a day of no work, no school, no shopping drawing on t...

Motown and the Making of Working-Class Revolutionaries offers a fresh perspective on class, race, and revolution in the United States. Drawing on more than forty hours of interviews with former member...