"...Tanesha Peeples, the deputy director of outreach for Education Post, supports Chicago’s teachers, but doesn’t support the teachers’ union using the strike to advance its political objectives.
...But I am talking about union leadership because nothing will convince me that they’re primarily striking just for educator and student needs.So, teachers, I’m not talking about y’all. Please have a seat—preferably at your desks so our kids can go to school.Don’t get me wrong, they support and protect their teachers—good and bad—but their motivations are driven by increasing membership and power. They’re politicians.
First, let’s call a spade a spade—the CTU is salty because they put almost $300,000 into Toni Preckwinkle’s mayoral campaign for her to suffer an embarrassing loss to Lori Lightfoot...
However, the strike goes beyond a labor contract dispute.
The teachers’ union is unapologetically labeling the strike as a social justice fight, which includes demands they legally can’t even strike over, according to Peeples..."
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