CHICAGO (WLS) -- A powerful figure in the Chicago labor movement was recognized on the city's Near West Side Friday afternoon.
A stretch of West Carroll Avenue in front of the Chicago Teachers Union headquarters was renamed in honor of former CTU President Karen Lewis.
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Lewis, who died from brain cancer in 2021, worked as a chemistry teacher before leading the CTU from 2010 to 2014.
She butted heads with then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel, leading CTU on a seven day strike in 2012. He later called Lewis a "tough and tireless champion for public education."