After the Chicago’s Teachers Union’s House of Delegates voted to authorize all union members to conduct remote work only beginning Jan. 25, Chicago Public.
After the Chicago's Teachers Union's House of Delegates voted to authorize all union members to conduct remote work only beginning Jan. 25, Chicago Public Schools on Thursday said the decision to remain out of schools is a "decision to strike" and in violation of the collective bargaining agreement between CPS and CTU.
A limited number of students in pre-K and special needs classes returned to the classroom in recent weeks as both the union and district remain embroiled in a debate over resuming in-person instruction.
On Thursday, some teachers once again held remote learning sessions outside their school buildings in protest of CPS decision to permit in-person learning. We want to be in our classrooms, we want to be teaching our students, but we want to do it in a safe way, said teacher Linzi Melchor.
According to the CTU, more than 80% of the House of Delegates’ 600 committee members voted to pass a resolution to authorize remote work-only plans beginning Jan. 25.