Chicago Teachers Union Issues Statement on Labor Day
September 02, 2019
September 02, 2019
CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 2 -- Chicago Teachers Union issued the following statement by President Jesse Sharkey on Labor Day:
"Today we honor the working women and men who literally built this nation--the workers who anchor Chicago and the country with their labor and their livelihoods, yet who still are denied the fruits of that labor.
"The labor that jump-started wealth in this nation was robbed, extorted and stolen from African people brought to these shores . . .
"Today we honor the working women and men who literally built this nation--the workers who anchor Chicago and the country with their labor and their livelihoods, yet who still are denied the fruits of that labor.
"The labor that jump-started wealth in this nation was robbed, extorted and stolen from African people brought to these shores . . .