Street outside CTU headquarters to be renamed for late former union president Karen Lewis

A street outside the offices of the Chicago Teachers Union on the Near West Side will be dedicated to the organization’s former president, Karen Lewis, who died from cancer last year. (Sun-Times file)

The street outside the Chicago Teachers Union’s Near West Side headquarters is set to be renamed in honor of the late Karen Lewis, the charismatic former union president who rallied educators around fighting for social justice. 

Lewis passed away in February 2021 after a yearslong battle with cancer.