Chicago Teachers Union members voted Wednesday to approve a tentative five-year contract, but they say they will remain on strike until Mayor Lori Lightfoot agrees to make up the days lost due to the strike. (via WBEZ)
The union also secured salary increases of 16% over the five years of the contract and minimal increase in health care contributions.
On the night the strike was declared, 25-year-veteran teacher Moselean Parker declared: “I am tired and I am not going to sit down anymore.” That seemed to be the sentiment of many teachers and staff as they walked the picket lines. Athletic coaches said needed equipment was so sparse they often used their paltry stipends to buy bats and bases. One softball coach said her team picks up broken glass and other trash before starting practice.And to perhaps the surprise of Mayor Lightfoot, many parents stood by the teachers. Parents said they knew firsthand how bad conditions were because their children were living it.
But, to her credit, she did not pursue this legal argument once the strike started and never moved, as her predecessor did, to have the walkout declared illegal. This, she must have realized, was a strike on moral issues and fighting it in a courtroom would not reflect well, especially on a mayor who ran as a progressive .
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