CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION SLAPPED IN THE FACE
Teachers at three elementary schools in Chicago accepted a roughly 2% raise in exchange for agreeing to a longer school day. The mayor and the school superintendent apparently went behind the union’s back and worked out the deal with the three schools. The teachers at those three schools will work an additional ninety minutes. The faculty vote at those three schools was not unanimous in accepting the deal.
This was done despite the union and the school district being in the middle of talks about the 4% raise that was guaranteed in the contract but rescinded by the board. The union officials were said to be outraged by what happened at the three schools.
What happened is basically an attempt by the superintendent and the mayor to subvert the union and pressur