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By Troy Swanson, Legislative Chair At the end of 2025, the Trump administration issued a dangerous executive order, “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence,” signed December 11, 2025, aimed at undercutting state-level efforts to regulate AI. Make no mistake: this is an attack on worker protections, public safety, and local democratic control. We must remain steadfast in our efforts to regulate AI. We must move forward . This executive order stands in

The Cook County College Teachers Union, Local 1600, will hold an election in March for our eight local-wide officers and 35 delegates and alternate delegates to the AFT and IFT Conventions. Most chapters will also hold elections. NOMINATIONS: Nominations for local officers and convention delegates will be accepted during the January 16 th House of Representatives meeting to be held over Zoom starting at 4pm. Names will be accepted as individuals or as part of a slate. Any me

*The below endorsements were approved at the November 2025 House of Representatives Meeting US Congress: US Congress 2nd: Robert Peters US Congress 7th: La Shawn Ford US Congress 9th: Mike Simmons State Office: IL Comptroller: Karina Villa Illinois Senate: IL Senate 10th: Robert Martwick IL Senate 20th: Graciela Guzman IL Senate 26th: Nabeela Syed IL Senate 27th: Carina Santa Maria IL Senate 33rd: Michele Clark Illinois House: IL House 1st: Aaron Ortiz IL House 4th: Lilian Ji

Our union movement in Illinois is entering a bold new chapter, and the Cook County College Teachers Union is right at the heart of it. With the election of a new Illinois Federation of Teachers leadership team and a major action planned for Springfield next Wednesday, now is the time to strengthen our collective power and show what union solidarity looks like. A New IFT Leadership Team At thte IFT convention, delegates overwhelmingly elected a new leadership slate committed t