Chicago Teachers Union Headquarters, Chicago, ILJun 01, 2010

Chicago Teachers Union Election

To shift unions from the service model to an organizing model takes not just a few people that want to do it; it takes the will of rank-and-file members to become empowered in their schools and in their union.
Karen Lewis, CORE Member and CTU president

After two years of organizing in the community, the Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE) took power in the Chicago Teachers Union and began to build a strong, social movement union.

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