Steps away, Claire Bartlett and her mother stood arm-in-arm in red union shirts. Bartlett, a librarian in the suburbs, said her mom was a CPS teacher and now works for the CTU, and her dad used to teach in another district. She came out to support educators, because she’s seen how hard they work and thinks they deserve living wages. “They have the community’s best interests at heart,” Bartlett said. She said she also enjoyed Sanders’ speech.