Every time CTU Vice President Jackson Potter heads out canvassing, he has doubts. Will people answer their doors? Will they take a few minutes to listen? Will it make a difference in who they vote for or the issues they prioritize? The answer is a resounding, yes!
Paula Ladin was one of hundreds of rank and file CTU members and allies volunteering on Election Day. In this post, she shares her experience and encourages other members to volunteer because it’s “an antidote to feeling helpless or hopeless.”
This fall’s election affects our schools, our lives and our rights. The Workers’ Rights Amendment is at the top of your ballot, along with contests between candidates for the U.S. Senate and House; Illinois governor; state constitutional officers and legislators and Cook County Board. Be clear: it is URGENT that folks get out to vote on or before November 8, and help us get signatures for progressive candidates to defeat this well-funded right-wing effort to defund our pensions, dismantle our labor rights and destroy our unions.
When Mueze Bawany speaks out in support of our immigrant students or those in temporary living situations, he speaks from personal experience. Bawany was an immigrant student himself, having moved to the United States from Pakistan at age three, and faced the same struggles many of his CPS students today face. But the love and support of his teachers saved him.
