"Through the 2025 contract campaign, teacher-organizers worked steadily to build mass support for green, healthy schools as a topline common good demand. They organized members to walk their coworkers through schools to identify safety hazards, utilized school based committees to advocate for necessary retrofits, and highlighted how malfunctioning HVAC caused lead paint to fall from classroom ceilings. Through listening sessions with members, organizers pushed back on misconceptions that green school demands are no more than greenwashed recycling projects. In both bargaining and messages to the school board, CTU representatives linked how investments in decarbonization projects like rooftop solar can reduce the energy costs of school buildings."