How can the Chicago Teachers Union win? | SocialistWorker.org:
What is working in their favor:
1. The CTU recommitted itself to organizing & activism. Teachers elected new union representatives ready to fight back against corporatism rather than find compromise.
2. The Chicago Board of Ed. tried to ram through (or in some cases was successful) some of the "reform" changes we are seeing nationwide.
3. The CTU organized with community and parent activist groups like Teachers for Social Justice, the Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization, Occupy Chicago, Chicago Parents for Quality Education, and Parents 4 Teachers.
4. The CTU has gained support from other unions: Amalgamated Transit Union Local 241 & National Nurses United.
What is working against them:
1. Politicians who give verbal support but who cast politically expedient votes.
2. Lack of solidarity from other unions.
3. The AFT & NEA willingness to collaborate with corporatist reformers.
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