{"id":1165581,"date":"2021-12-28T14:19:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T19:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1165581"},"modified":"2021-12-28T14:19:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T19:19:55","slug":"chicago-teachers-union-asks-their-members-to-decide-if-they-support-return-to-remote-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-teachers-union-asks-their-members-to-decide-if-they-support-return-to-remote-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Teachers Union Asks Their Members To Decide If They Support Return To Remote Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchicago-teachers-union-asks-their-members-to-decide-if-they-support-return-to-remote-learning%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1165581&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Chicago Teachers Union is defiantly challenging the Chicago Public Schools, polling its membership to ask them if they would \u201csupport a district-wide pause and temporary shift to remote learning.\u201d The same union <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/is-this-a-parody-account-teachers-from-chicago-union-perform-no-return-interpretative-dance-get-mocked\/\">released a video<\/a>&nbsp;in January 2021 showing six of their members who were dance teachers performing an interpretative dance to express their feelings about refusing to return to work unless they felt \u201csafe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The union posted on its website:<\/p>\n<p><em>To help get our entire union ready for whatever may unfold in early January, we\u2019re organizing an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aft.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_-OFzb0I4SFaEuzOMYeM9Mw\">all-member meeting via Zoom at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 28<\/a>. At this meeting, we\u2019ll be discussing how each member and every school safety committee can contribute to this escalation in our safety campaign. In preparation for Tuesday\u2019s meeting, we are asking every rank-and-file CTU member to complete a safety survey by Dec. 27, so we know what the greatest needs are in every school and to get a sense of possible actions members are willing to take.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeilrMCrjp0APx4Zt5-rQ_e_ndl3ByOy9Uopk0KA0tq8Ly1Eg\/viewform\">safety survey<\/a> reads:<\/p>\n<p><em>Possible actions for safety 2022:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Cases of the new Omicron variant are spiking in Chicago and around the countryIt is imperative that we return from our winter break with a plan to ensure school communities\u2019 and our own safety. Please answer the following very short survey to help guide the CTU\u2019s response to CPS\u2019s inadequate pandemic response.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If COVID continues to dangerously accelerate or should staffing levels in our schools drop to unsafe levels, would you support a district wide pause and temporary shift to remote learning?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>What actions would you participate in to force CPS to improve its COVID safety measures? Check all that apply.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The memo then lists:<\/p>\n<p><em>Convene a meeting of the school safety committee on 1\/3.&nbsp;Flyer parents at your school\/workplace in a socially distant, masked manner outdoors or via remote meeting.&nbsp;Participate in an action at your school, e.g. a neighborhood car caravan.&nbsp;Participate in a city-wide action like a car caravan or outside rally.&nbsp;Participate in a city-wide work-stoppage.<\/em><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Chicago Teachers Union is polling its membership asking if they would &#8220;support a district-wide pause and temporary shift to remote learning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re also asking if membership would be willing to &#8220;participate in a city-wide work stoppage.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AOLuOyoXGY\">pic.twitter.com\/AOLuOyoXGY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Corey A. DeAngelis (@DeAngelisCorey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeAngelisCorey\/status\/1475589511056924680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In January 2021, the Chicago Teachers\u2019 Union <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/is-this-a-parody-account-teachers-from-chicago-union-perform-no-return-interpretative-dance-get-mocked\/\">released a video<\/a> showing six of their members who were dance teachers performing an interpretative dance to express their feelings about refusing to return to work unless they felt \u201csafe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The union tweeted the video, titled, \u201cThe Moment We\u2019re Safe,\u201d with the caption, \u201cSix of our rank-and-file dance teachers come together to use their art form as a voice to express their desire to feel safe amidst CPS\u2019 teacher return policy. They stand in solidarity with all educators at risk, because no one should have to choose between life and livelihood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A voice in the video intoned, \u201cI will survive without you,\u201d followed by another voice intoning, \u201cMake it make sense\u2026 Safety is essential\u2026 Keep our students and our teachers safe\u2026 Safe\u2026 It\u2019s our livelihood versus our lives\u2026 Safe\u2026 In this moment, be safe\u2026 Safe\u2026 Our children deserve to be safe\u2026 We want to be safe\u2026 Safe\u2026 We want to feel safe\u2026 Safe return or no return.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Six of our rank-and-file dance teachers come together to use their art form as a voice to express their desire to feel safe amidst CPS&#8217; teacher return policy. They stand in solidarity with all educators at risk, because no one should have to choose between life and livelihood. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gajXH9PReE\">pic.twitter.com\/gajXH9PReE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ChicagoTeachersUnion (@CTULocal1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTULocal1\/status\/1353012995807457287?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chicago-teachers-union-votes-to-refuse-in-person-teaching-will-not-show-for-work\/\">The Daily Wire<\/a>&nbsp;reported at the time that the CTU had voted not to return to work, defying an order from the Chicago Public Schools administration:<\/p>\n<p><em>Chicago\u2019s teacher\u2019s union voted on Sunday to defy Chicago Public Schools administration and refuse to return to in-person teaching even though pupils are due back in classrooms on February 1st.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has been locked in a power struggle with the union for some time, with teachers and union brass insisting that it is not safe for teachers to return to classrooms, even though Chicago\u2019s private schools have been in-person for months. At one point, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) suggested that any plan to return to in-classroom teaching&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chicago-teachers-union-claims-push-to-open-schools-is-racist-and-sexist-sues-to-stop-plan\">would be both racist and sexist<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>As&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chicago-teachers-refused-to-return-to-in-person-teaching-chicago-now-says-they-will-not-be-paid\">The Daily Wire reported last week<\/a>, some Chicago students \u2014 mostly preschoolers and those students with moderate to severe special needs \u2014 returned to empty classrooms, with teachers calling in sick to resist CPS\u2019s demands that they return to classrooms. The union issued a list of demands to CPS instead, pledging to remain in \u201cvirtual\u201d classrooms until \u201call school employees have had the opportunity to get vaccinated, or until the city\u2019s positivity rate falls to 3 percent and its rate of new cases falls below 400 per day.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Teachers Union is defiantly challenging the Chicago Public Schools, polling its membership to ask them if they would \u201csupport a district-wide pause and temporary shift to remote learning.\u201d The same union released a video\u00a0in January 2021 showing six of their members who were dance teachers performing an interpretative dance to express their feelings &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1165581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}