Recall rights.
Last week the Illinois Supreme Court ruled against the Chicago Teachers Union in a case involving the recall rights of teachers.
The suit was brought by the union against the CPS in a case where 750 tenured teachers were released in 2010 for economic reasons, not performance reasons. While teachers outside of Chicago have recall rights, meaning a stated policy about who gets called back to work if jobs become available, CPS has no policy. They can do whatever they want.
In 1995 the state legislature surgically removed Chicago teachers from rules governing layoffs and recalls.
From the dissenting opinion of Justice Theis:
Before 1995, tenured teachers in Chicago whose services were “no longer required because of a decrease in student membership, a change in subject requirements within the attendance center organization, or the closing of an attendance center” enjoyed recall rights under section 34-84. See 105 ILCS 5/34-
