Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Chicago Teachers Strike

by Gary Kopycinski on September 10, 2012

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Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2012. Chicago’s students, teachers and educational support staff – in fact, the entire city of Chicago — deserve a school system that works for everyone. That is what this strike is about, and that is why the AFL-CIO wholeheartedly supports the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU).