By CTU Communications | March 8, 2023 | News, Press Release
File under: Brandon Johnson, Ken Griffin, Paul Vallas, Willie Wilson
Willie Wilson and Ken Griffin know exactly what they’re getting when they back Paul Vallas, another Republican who will side always with millionaires and billionaires over Chicago’s working families.
By CTU Communications | October 9, 2020 | News
File under: Fair Tax, Ken Griffin
It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to secure our children’s future, so why is Ken Griffin, one of the richest people in Illinois, joining his wealthy friends to spend millions to defeat the Fair Tax Amendment on the November ballot?
By CTU Communications | February 19, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Bill Daley, Jesse Sharkey, Ken Griffin, mayor, Mayor 2019, Racism, Rahm Emanuel, Toni Preckwinkle
Time to end corporate cronyism, giveaways to wealthy elites, institutional racism and lethal austerity of Daley, Emanuel and their rich business backers. CHICAGO—CTU President Jesse Sharkey issued the following statement today in response to news that hedge fund... 
By CTU Communications | February 13, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Banksters, Bill Daley, Chicago, Ken Griffin, Mayor 2019
Hedge fund manager who once claimed that Rahm’s Emanuel’s 50+ school closings in 2013 weren’t enough is spending $1 million to further the Daley legacy in Chicago. CHICAGO, Feb. 13, 2019—Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey released the...By Chicago Teachers Union | February 23, 2018 | Press Release
File under: AFSCME: American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Amisha Patel, Bruce Rauner, Chicago Board of Education, Citadel, GEM: Grassroots Education Movement, Grassroots Collaborative, Hope, Janus, Ken Griffin, Rahm Emanuel, Robeson, Supreme Court
CHICAGO—With the Supreme Court poised to hear arguments in the Janus case, union workers from across the state are rallying for labor rights this Saturday. The CTU is joining that mobilization with a drum-line – and making a few stops on the way. The CTU kicks off our...By Chicago Teachers Union | February 22, 2018 | Press Release
File under: AFSCME: American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Amisha Patel, Bruce Rauner, Chicago Board of Education, Citadel, GEM: Grassroots Education Movement, Grassroots Collaborative, Hope, Janus, Ken Griffin, Rahm Emanuel, Robeson, Supreme Court
Rally, march to workers’ rights mobilization: 11 AM, Saturday, February 24 Federal Plaza, Adams & Dearborn, Chicago Feeder march to noon state-wide labor rights rally at Daley Plaza via Citadel, JPMorgan Chase, CPS Board of Education. Student drum-line will lead...
