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The Chicago Model w/ Stacy Davis Gates, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, and Alex Han

The Dig

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How the Chicago Teachers Union Organized to Elect Brandon Johnson Mayor

Stacy Johnson: How did we get to this crazy point where there is this social movement rooted in the Chicago teachers union that is electing Brandon Johnson mayor. She says CTU has taken a lot of bold dances. We've drawn deep lines in the sand and then we've carried it out. This one is anchored by a labor movement that is also red and purple. SEIU welcomed us into the labor movement. They told us things that we didn't know when we came in the very first time. But it is good to have an anchor that has some money. It is.

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