Micah Uetricht is a labor organizer in Chicago and a contributing editor at In These Times who has written for Salon, the American Prospect and Jacobin. He is at work on a book on the Chicago Teachers Union.
Jasson Perez is a native Chicagoan who has worked as a community and union organizer for 11 years. He is a field organizer for SEIU Local 73, a member of Stone Soup Cooperative, and a member of the hip hop group BBU.
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