Teachers unions slowly caving to public pressure to go back to work. Reaction from fellow at Unruh Institute of Politics at University of Southern California Dr. Joel Strom. A California teachers union claims its comment about using a proposed $2,500 stipend from COVID relief funds to cover the costs of an "airplane trip to Hawaii" when the pandemic was over for a was meant to be "playful" and not connected to the cost of teachers returning to the classroom. The "Hawaii" comment was mentioned in an internal communication to members of the Dublin Teachers Association that was shared online by the group, "Reopen California Schools."