'When you go out to fight you don’t fight for yourselves: you fight for the children of this city and the children of this country.'
Sen. Elizabeth Warren lent her voice to teachers striking in Chicago on Tuesday, addressing a rally of teachers as they called for smaller class sizes and better pay.
"The eyes of this nation are on you... for you to show how the power of standing together is the power of making real change in this country," the Democratic presidential candidate said. "I believe in public education and I believe it is time in America to make a new investment in public education and I've got a plan for that," Warren said."America’s public schools need a partner in Washington not a partner who's going to tell them what to do… not a partner who's going to pinch pennies, but a partner who's going to be there to back you up in the critically important work you do every day.
Chicago Teachers Union president Jesse Sharkey spoke at the rally shortly before Warren and noted that Mayor Lori Lightfoot had agreed to several of their demands, including ensuring there every school will have a nurse on premises every day. But he rejected the mayor's request, made in a letter sent to him on Monday that teachers to return to the classrooms while negotiations carry on.
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