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Get out the vote! 🗳️ Early Voting is open at 50 ward sites today, 3/16, from 9am to 6pm, and 2 downtown sites 9am to 7pm! 

Chicago voters can cast their ballots at any Early Voting location! 

✅ Find a site near you: bit.ly/earlyvotechi

See our UW
Vote early tomorrow! Sites are open in all 50 wards + 2 downtown locations. Voters can cast their ballots at ANY early voting site (even on Election Day!)

Sunday Early Voting hours: 10am-4pm
Monday Early Voting hours (ward sites): 9am-6pm
Monday Ear
Last week, we gathered at Kelly Library for a South Side regional meeting in preparation for our spring convention. 

We discussed our shared visions, the state budget, and the fight to win the investments our communities deserve. 

We were joined by
EARLY VOTING IS OPEN across all 50 wards + 2 downtown locations. We have two weeks until the March 17th primary, and we're proud to endorse progressive leaders who are committed to building people power and governing for the many.

Find an early voti
UWF is excited to announce our endorsements for the March 17th primaries. We need progressive champions at all levels of government who are committed to defending our communities and our democracy, protecting the programs working families need to thr
Statement on the passing of Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr. from the UWF Executive Committee. 

Reverend Jackson's work lives in every march for liberation, every picket or boycott, and every push to fulfill community needs in the face of exploitation.
We’re excited to announce our first round of endorsements for the 2026 primary! 

In this moment of billionaire-backed authoritarianism, we need progressive champions who are committed to building people power and governing for the many. That&r
We’re hiring an Executive Director! The successful candidate will be an experienced, collaborative, strategic, and creative leader who is deeply committed to UWF’s mission to build power for the many.

Salary range is $95,000-$105,000 and
Statement on ICE terror from the UWF Executive Committee. 

Justice demands we abolish ICE. Justice demands an end to the federal occupation of our Black, Brown, and immigrant communities.
ICE OUT of Chi, ICE out of everywhere. Join us Tuesday, 1/27 at 12pm outside the VA (820 S Damen) as we remember ICU nurse and AFGE member Alex Pretti, and demand ICE exit our cities.
As we celebrate the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. today, we know that honoring his legacy requires a commitment to collective action. 

We must act with deep solidarity and love for our neighbors to build a liberated world. We must act
UWF stands with our members at @ctulocal1. They are being targeted by the far-right because they fight and win for workers, students and their families. Strong unions build strong communities. We won’t let the right wing and their billionaire a
Wishing you a safe and happy new year! 

See you in 2026 to continue the work of building a city and state for the many—not the wealthy few.

You can sustain our fight for the year to come with a one-time donation or become a member here:
Get out the vote! 🗳️ Early Voting is open at 50 ward sites today, 3/16, from 9am to 6pm, and 2 downtown sites 9am to 7pm! 

Chicago voters can cast their ballots at any Early Voting location! 

✅ Find a site near you: bit.ly/earlyvotechi

See our UW Vote early tomorrow! Sites are open in all 50 wards + 2 downtown locations. Voters can cast their ballots at ANY early voting site (even on Election Day!)

Sunday Early Voting hours: 10am-4pm
Monday Early Voting hours (ward sites): 9am-6pm
Monday Ear Last week, we gathered at Kelly Library for a South Side regional meeting in preparation for our spring convention. 

We discussed our shared visions, the state budget, and the fight to win the investments our communities deserve. 

We were joined by EARLY VOTING IS OPEN across all 50 wards + 2 downtown locations. We have two weeks until the March 17th primary, and we're proud to endorse progressive leaders who are committed to building people power and governing for the many.

Find an early voti UWF is excited to announce our endorsements for the March 17th primaries. We need progressive champions at all levels of government who are committed to defending our communities and our democracy, protecting the programs working families need to thr Statement on the passing of Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr. from the UWF Executive Committee. 

Reverend Jackson's work lives in every march for liberation, every picket or boycott, and every push to fulfill community needs in the face of exploitation. We’re excited to announce our first round of endorsements for the 2026 primary! 

In this moment of billionaire-backed authoritarianism, we need progressive champions who are committed to building people power and governing for the many. That&r We’re hiring an Executive Director! The successful candidate will be an experienced, collaborative, strategic, and creative leader who is deeply committed to UWF’s mission to build power for the many.

Salary range is $95,000-$105,000 and Statement on ICE terror from the UWF Executive Committee. 

Justice demands we abolish ICE. Justice demands an end to the federal occupation of our Black, Brown, and immigrant communities. ICE OUT of Chi, ICE out of everywhere. Join us Tuesday, 1/27 at 12pm outside the VA (820 S Damen) as we remember ICU nurse and AFGE member Alex Pretti, and demand ICE exit our cities. As we celebrate the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. today, we know that honoring his legacy requires a commitment to collective action. 

We must act with deep solidarity and love for our neighbors to build a liberated world. We must act UWF stands with our members at @ctulocal1. They are being targeted by the far-right because they fight and win for workers, students and their families. Strong unions build strong communities. We won’t let the right wing and their billionaire a Wishing you a safe and happy new year! 

See you in 2026 to continue the work of building a city and state for the many—not the wealthy few.

You can sustain our fight for the year to come with a one-time donation or become a member here:
“If Amazon, Google, and Starbucks can afford to spend millions union busting and giving CEOs bonuses, they can afford to pay a fraction of their profits to keep Chicago open.”

Diego Franco, a striking Starbucks barista, lays out how the
Don't sell our debt. Professor Renee Hatcher of UIC Law, an expert on community development, lays out the corporate-backed budget's clear message to working families. 

The Billionaire Budget lets wealthy corporations off the hook by selling out debt
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