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Karen Lewis (née Jennings; July 20, 1953 – February 7, 2021) was an American educator and labor leader who served as president of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), Chicago's division of the American Federation of Teachers, from 2010 to 2014.
Feb 15, 2021 · Beyond Chicago, Lewis became a hero among the growing community of union members and education activists who recognized that what was needed—instead of more “experiments” or more high-stakes ...
Feb 12, 2021 · She gave voice to teachers who were angry at being blamed for the failures of a decentralised education system in which poor and wealthy school districts are funded unequally. “She came out of ...
Feb 8, 2021 · Karen Lewis’s leadership and vision turned the Chicago Teachers Union into one of the nation’s most democratic and militant unions, remade the political fabric of our city and nation, and touched hundreds of thousands of lives in the process.
Feb 15, 2021 · The global working-class, Black liberation and labor movements lost a courageous fighter when Karen Lewis — former president of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), who famously led a militant, seven-day strike in 2012 — passed away Feb. 7 after a long battle with cancer.
Feb 8, 2021 · Karen Lewis revitalized the Chicago Teachers Union and helped inspire unions and teachers across the country to fight for quality public schools.
Feb 8, 2021 · CHICAGO — Karen Lewis, a formidable teachers union leader in Chicago who battled Rahm Emanuel when he was mayor, and who in 2012 led the city’s public-school teachers in their first strike in a...
