Charter school teachers announce strike, saying demands aren’t met – Chicago Sun-Times

The Chicago Teachers Union will spearhead the first teacher strike in Chicago since 2012, marking the first time in the country’s history that a group of charter school educators banded together for a network-wide walkout. “We are fighting for sanctuary schools; 90 percent of our students or more of our students are Latinx. Many of them are facing immigration issues either themselves or with their families,” one teacher said. “We are demanding that no information is shared with ICE, that no one is let inside our schools without a warrant, that resources are provided to our families and our staff to help them stay in the country.”