Class size relief comes to Lane Tech thanks to member organizing

Class size relief comes to Lane Tech thanks to member organizing

Lane Tech College Prep teachers just won a significant class size victory using the strengthened language in Article 28 of our Contract…a member-staff collaboration that is a perfect example of what an organizing model of unionism should be.

Students demand a fair grading policy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Students demand a fair grading policy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Thanks to Lane Tech students Finley Williams and Toby Straus for submitting this guest editorial. The Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times took a pass on publishing this piece—but we at the CTU think it’s too important not to be shared publicly. Finley, Toby, and fellow students volunteers across the city have organized to call on CPS to end its disastrous grading policy during the pandemic.