They got their way.
That wasn't good enough.
They demanded that all students be masked muzzled.
They got their way
And now THAT isn't good enough!
Posted on 01/07/2022 8:41:44 PM PST by lightman
A group of Chicago parents sued the Chicago Teachers Union after the union voted earlier this week to delay a return to classrooms due to COVID concerns.
Chicago Public Schools and the union have yet to reach an agreement on whether in-person learning should return amid the recent uptick in coronavirus cases caused by the highly infectious omicron variant. Friday marks the third straight day classes in the district were canceled.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday night by attorneys at the Liberty Justice Center, alleges that the school closures constitute an "illegal strike" and violate the union's own contract.
"CTU’s resolution calling members to not show up for work in-person is a strike regardless of what CTU calls it and violates both the collective bargaining agreement with CPS and Illinois law," Jeffrey Schwab, senior attorney at the Liberty Justice Center, said in a press release. "CTU cannot unilaterally decide what actions should be taken to keep public schools safe, completely silencing parents’ input about what is best for the health, safety, and well-being of their children."
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot earlier this week mirrored the language of the lawsuit, calling the potential move to remote learning an "illegal work stoppage" prior to the union voting not to return to classrooms for work.
More than 90 percent of CPS staff are fully vaccinated, and all teachers and students are required to wear masks indoors throughout the school day. Teachers and students are also regularly tested for the coronavirus. However, teachers are still calling for additional testing and other safety measures.
"Throughout this entire pandemic, our kids have paid a tremendous price for adults' mistakes and miscalculations, and now the teachers’ union has hastily and recklessly put them on their political roller coaster again," Laurel Golden, lead plaintiff in the lawsuit and a CPS parent, said in the release. "The science is clear, and so is the desire of parents: Our kids need and deserve to be in school. This illegal strike must be ended immediately, and we must get kids back into the classroom."
Nearly 3,000 parents had also signed an online petition by Friday afternoon demanding that teachers return to the classroom for in-person learning, according to WTTW.
Additionally, CPS has filed a labor complaint, alleging that the CTU illegally ordered its members not to show up for work, but to instead work remotely until Jan. 18 or when CPS meets their demands for health and safety protocols.
They got their way.
That wasn't good enough.
They demanded that all students be masked muzzled.
They got their way
And now THAT isn't good enough!
Now what would President Reagan do? Pink slips everyone. Hire patrotic vets and their dependents to fill vital teaching slots. One step for mankind and two steps for the children left behind. Our future is being dismantled.
No doubt Antifa “peaceful protestors” will be visiting the litigants and soon.
On Strike: No Pay
Remote: Half Pay
In Person: Full Pay
Teachers are county and state employees, not federal.
Give parents a school voucher.
Teachers Unions have been getting away with this crap for years...let’s see I first saw the beginnings of this about forty years ago and thought...okay teachers want to be treated like longshoremen...this will end in disaster.
Well, it took long enough, but here we are. At one time, when teachers started moaning and demanding, both students and parents were very supportive.
Now, I see that all that has changed
It’s about time.
Chicago “teachers” are notoriously lazy and don’t like to work.
Why would parents even want them back. Fire them all and make them get a real job where they have to actually go to work everyday. What a sweet deal they have. 3 months off in the summer and THEY get to DEMAND to choose when they will go to work and indoctrinate our kids? How dumb are we to sit by and let these non caring people even go near our most precious thing. Our kids. They CHOOSE to be teachers. Fire them and start again.
There are LOTS of caring teachers around. These are not them. They are selfish ungrateful.
NJ has the same problem; they cost a LOT of money, work 180 part-time days, and educate very few students. Their costs have devastated the state’s economy, not just the present salaries/benefits but the future retirement benefits as well.
Anyone contemplating moving to NJ or opening a business here understands they are buying a piece of a massive IOU to the public school teachers; high earners and employers have been fleeing for years.
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