News and Advocacy

As your CPAA union family, the most concrete way we show appreciation isn’t with balloons … it’s with protections, respect, and voice.

AFSA reported major organizing victories in 2025, including large membership increases in Fairfax County, Virginia, and San Diego County, California.
The U.S. Department of Education has formally withdrawn a controversial directive targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in schools and colleges, following a federal court ruling that found the policy unlawful.

Collective bargaining agreements. Union contracts helped protect more jobs, proportionally, against this modern-day plague. Just another reason to join the union.

We hate to sound like a broken record whose needle keeps skipping and playing the same tune over and over again, but the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ annual survey of union density and workers’ wages keeps playing the same tune: If you want higher pay, join a union.

Our tax dollars should be used to create jobs and advance production here at home.
Chicago school principals, assistant principals and school leaders are calling for a school reopening pilot program.

The Chicago Principals & Administrators Association has released a plan -- Return to an In-Person Teaching Environment (RITE) -- to guide school reopening in Chicago.

Workers able to act collectively and bargain through their union, have been able to secure enhanced safety measures.