In a hotly contested battle for leadership of one of the metro area's largest unions, an openly progressive slate of Chicago teachers has beaten the old guard in a landslide. The incumbents — with their longstanding practice of chronic management collusion and a blind eye to Chicago's massive push to privatize one of the nation's largest public education systems — were beaten by an openly progressive slate advanced by CORE, the Caucus of Rank & File Educators. Their core agenda? To fight for teachers AND students on the ground with a union structure that is bottom up, transparent, democratic — and rooted in progressive union values. Read More