By CTU Communications | January 13, 2023 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Brandon Johnson, Dr. Martin Luther King
CTU members will join fellow trade unionists, mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson and progressive champions from across the city at 10 a.m. on Monday, January 16 to celebrate the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on MLK Day. After the rally, which is being held at CTU headquarters at 1901 W. Carroll, participants will fan out for door-to-door canvasing, phone banking and more for progressive candidates — including Brandon — seeking election to City Hall in the February 28 election.
By Eric Ruder | January 5, 2023 | _News
File under: Brandon Johnson, Dr. Martin Luther King
Chicago media outlets are this morning reporting on a new independent poll that shows CTU-endorsed candidate Brandon Johnson tied for first place with Chuy Garcia, while Lori Lightfoot gets less than half the support of either of the front runners. These new poll numbers reflect the CTU’s effectiveness in advancing Brandon’s campaign working in collaboration with United Working Families, broader communities, and of course the grassroots efforts of hundreds and hundreds of CTU members. We can do this!
By Chris Geovanis | January 21, 2019 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Contract, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., MLK, Racism, Rahm Emanuel, Strike
Dear sisters and brothers: 50 years after Dr. King died defending human rights for Black workers and youth, we are still battling separate and unequal public schools for Black and Brown students, and separate and unequal neighborhoods for Chicago’s Black and...