Davis Gates gave the sweeping address Tuesday night to a sea of supporters at the union’s headquarters on the Near West Side.
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Chicago Tribune

Amid federal pressures, CTU President Stacy Davis Gates declares union is ‘really strong’

The state of the union — that is, the Chicago Teachers Union — is “really strong,” “really powerful” and “very well,” according to CTU President Stacy Davis Gates. That confidence comes despite a bitter budget fight at Chicago Public Schools, federal education cuts and two recent government probes into the union’s financial records.

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