{"id":124612,"date":"2021-02-11T13:30:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T18:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=124612"},"modified":"2021-02-11T13:42:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T18:42:22","slug":"chicago-teachers-buck-union-vote-to-reopen-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-teachers-buck-union-vote-to-reopen-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Teachers Buck Union, Vote to Reopen Schools"},"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\">16<\/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-buck-union-vote-to-reopen-schools%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=124612&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1271390257_736x514.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chicago teachers overwhelmingly broke with union leadership and voted to return students to the classroom for in-person learning beginning Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>More than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/coronavirus\/ct-covid-19-cps-ctu-union-vote-schools-reopen-20210210-k6453s2syndw7gilvmwn3learm-story.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">two-thirds<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">of participating Chicago Teachers Union members voted in favor of the reopening<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctulocal1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2.7.202120Summary20of20Tentative20Framework.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">plan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which calls for Chicago Public Schools to prioritize vaccinating teachers and&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">allows prekindergarten and special needs students to resume face-to-face learning Feb. 11. Despite support from a majority of teachers, union leadership remains unsatisfied with the plan.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Latest News<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/chicago-teachers-buck-union-vote-to-reopen-schools\/\"><strong>Chicago Teachers Buck Union, Vote to Reopen Schools<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/elite-san-francisco-school-nixes-merit-based-admission\/\"><strong>Elite San Francisco School Nixes Merit-Based Admission<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/newly-introduced-omar-act-would-block-lawmakers-from-paying-spouses\/\"><strong>Newly Introduced \u2018OMAR Act&#8217; Would Block Lawmakers from Paying Spouses<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;We did not get what we wanted or what we deserved,&#8221; union president Jesse Sharkey said in a<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctulocal1.org\/posts\/ctu-rank-and-file-vote-to-approve-tentative-agreement\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">statement<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wednesday. &#8220;We got what we were able to take.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Union delegates on Monday passed a vote of no confidence in Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot (D.) and called a rank-and-file vote on the reopening agreement they struck with Chicago Public Schools and city leaders. Twenty-thousand of the union&#8217;s 25,000 members voted, with &#8220;yes&#8221; votes counting for roughly 55 percent of total union members, the<\/span> <em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chicago Tribune<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/coronavirus\/ct-covid-19-cps-ctu-union-vote-schools-reopen-20210210-k6453s2syndw7gilvmwn3learm-story.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson said in a joint statement that the democratic decision speaks to the &#8220;strength and fairness&#8221; of the plan.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;This vote reaffirms the strength and fairness of our plan, which provides families and employees certainty about returning to schools and guarantees the best possible health and safety protocols,&#8221; they said. &#8220;Our schools are fully prepared to safely welcome back students.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In accordance with prior union demands, the district has so far<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=991830268008687\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">spent<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">more than $100 million on personal protective equipment and other safety measures in order to reopen schools.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Chicago Teachers Union has<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/chicago-teachers-union-refuses-plan-to-reopen-schools\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">twice<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">obstructed the district&#8217;s plan to reopen schools this year, directing teachers to continue teaching at home when district schools planned to reopen. Many teachers who followed union instructions were declared absent without official leave. They subsequently received pay deductions and were locked out of the district&#8217;s online classrooms and accounts.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctulocal1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2.7.202120Summary20of20Tentative20Framework.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">deal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, kindergarten through fifth-grade teachers will return to the classroom Feb. 22, with students returning March 1. Middle school teachers will return March 1, with students the following week. No teachers will be required to return to the classroom for in-person learning before they have access to the vaccine.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Teachers&#8217; unions across the country have pressured districts to continue remote learning despite evidence that in-school coronavirus transmission is &#8220;extremely <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/new-study-finds-covid-transmission-in-schools-is-extremely-rare\/\">rare<\/a>,&#8221; and&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">that remote learning has<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/education\/when-covid-19-closed-schools-black-hispanic-poor-kids-took-n1249352\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">disproportionately<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hurt minority students&#8217; test scores. And while unions demand that their teachers have the coronavirus vaccine before returning to the classroom, CDC director Rochelle Walensky last week <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/white-house-undermines-cdc-on-school-reopenings\/\">said<\/a> that vaccinating teachers &#8220;is not a prerequisite&#8221; for safely returning to the classroom.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The White House this week <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/white-house-walks-back-promise-to-open-schools-in-100-days\/\">walked back<\/a> its promise to reopen schools, now saying that the goal is to have &#8220;some&#8221; in-person learning &#8220;at least one day a week&#8221; within the first 100 days of President Joe Biden&#8217;s time in office.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago teachers overwhelmingly broke with union leadership and voted to return students to the classroom for in-person learning beginning Thursday. 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