>> Thousands of rank and file members of the Chicago Teachers Union are voting once again weeks after ratifying a new labor agreement.

Educators will now be voting on their leadership for the next 3 years.

The 2 candidates running are the current president, Stacy Davis.

Gates and her opponent, Erica Maze at here to tell us more about both of them is our own Matt Masterson map.

Let's start with the incumbent.

Of course, we all know where Stacy Davis Gates remind us about her first term as president and what she's been emphasizing to her members to get re-elected.

Yeah, member, of course, of the caucus of real of rank and file educators.

A course came to power in >> She took over in 2002 is President Davis Gates in her biggest victories during the first term, of course, where have the backing of its organizer, Brandon Johnson and his successful mayoral campaign.

And more recently, the securing the new four-year labor contract, the Chicago public schools when she spoke with me this week, she focused on the efforts that corps has had in expanding the unions reach beyond just education, making it a power player into issues equity and social justice as well work that she hopes to continue.

He is re-elected to a second time.

That's right.

this case took over in 2022.

>> After Jesse Sharkey tell us about her opposing candidate Erica Maison and why she says she's running.

Yeah.

I mean, he's been a CT member for more than 20 years.

She's a teacher, Washington High School in South side.

>> She's a member of the respect, educate advocate, lead or real caucus, which is a highly critical of core.

Her and her caucus claim that corps should have done more to improve pay and teacher prep time in the current contract.

The also say that they aren't being responsive to current members, that they are out of touch with rank and file members and that members are being heard when they bring their complaints to the union.

>> rent running.

They want to improve classroom, working conditions, expanding its existing grievance area.

So that members who do have complaints, they can bring these and be heard as well to the union.

>> It means she's also portrayed the current CTU has a fractured union.

What does she mean by that?

She said some members don't feel heard.

They don't feel supported by the current leadership.

expressed issues of transparency with core leadership.

She's also been critical of Coors relationship with other labor allies, including SEIU, local, 73, the rain and issues during the most recent labor negotiations.

There's a proposal regarding teachers assistance drew the ire of SEIU.

>> They say that they don't have faith in court being able to Fix that relationship.

Davis Gates told me she SEIU is family.

She says this is more of just a small rift.

Then she sees them as allies that are going to be a big part of see to use power going forward.

>> And what is Stacy Davis?

Gates said that she would focus on if elected to a second term.

She wants to continue expanding the seat whose reach she's talked about, dreaming big.

She wants to implement many, many facets of this new labor contract that was just ratified few weeks ago.

She also wants to fight back against attacks from Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., going forward.

She said that the union has to demonstrate how to how to handle these attacks for fun the nation essentially going to make sure that they can withstand anything that comes out of Washington, D.C., so now what are the next steps?

What happens next?

It's a voting takes place on Friday.

Its three-year terms of the results of probably be on either Friday night or sometime over the weekend.

It's not just the president being elected as their vice president, the recording secretary in the financial secretary all these officials for the Union for the next 3 years.

Interesting insight into the process for CTU.

Very large union.

Matt Masterson,