{"id":2282140,"date":"2024-06-23T12:02:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T16:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-teachers-union-pushes-climate-demands-in-cps-negotiations-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-23T12:05:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T16:05:26","slug":"chicago-teachers-union-pushes-climate-demands-in-cps-negotiations-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-teachers-union-pushes-climate-demands-in-cps-negotiations-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Teachers Union pushes climate demands in CPS negotiations &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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-pushes-climate-demands-in-cps-negotiations-washington-examiner%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=2282140&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-kevin-spacey-cries-during-interview-forced-to-leave-home-after-huge-financial-blow\/\" title=\"Watch: Kevin Spacey Tears Up in Interview, Leaves Home Due to Major Financial Loss\">text\u200d provided<\/a> seems to be a formatting or script structure rather than \u2062content that can be summarized. It includes HTML and JavaScript elements used for creating a &#8220;Read more&#8221;\u200c button \u200con a webpage. This button, when clicked, is\u200b intended \u200dto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-releases-statement-announcing-ronna-mcdaniel-is-out-just-days-after-hiring\/\" title=\"NBC announced the departure of Ronna McDaniel shortly after her recent hiring\">reveal additional content<\/a> that is \u2063initially \u200chidden to the user. Consequently, there is no narrative or informational content in the snippet provided to summarize. If there is specific content you need a summary\u200b of, \u200bplease provide the content text.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 The Chicago Teachers Union is pushing its Green Schools Campaign in negotiations with Chicago Public Schools.<\/p>\n<p>The union wants retro-fitted buildings, solar panels, electric school buses and carbon-neutral programs, in addition to major increases in pay and staffing levels.<\/p>\n<p>CTU President Stacy Davis Gates said it was students who pushed the union to bargain about things not immediately connected to reading, writing and arithmetic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe young people in this city have been very vocal about the responsibility and the accountability that grown-ups have in sustaining our Earth,\u201d Gates said.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Fiedler of the Chicago Republican Party said CTU leaders want to change the narrative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t want to talk about how the kids are failing in Chicago Public Schools, how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-shutdowns-hurt-low-income-minority-kids-the-most\/\" title=\"School Shutdowns Hurt Low-Income, Minority Kids The Most\">minority kids<\/a> are failing, how people are leaving,\u201d Fiedler said.<\/p>\n<p>CPS enrollment is down about 20% since 2010. Taxpayer funding of CPS has increased more than 50% during the same period.<\/p>\n<p>Fiedler explained that the climate demands are CTU\u2019s Green New Deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow is any of this going to solve the immediate problem that most of the children, who are Chicago children, cannot read, cannot write, and cannot compute?\u201d Fiedler asked.<\/p>\n<p>Both Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Teachers Union negotiators focused on the union\u2019s Green Schools Campaign during their first public negotiating session.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fiedler said it is a disgrace that the Chicago mayor and teachers union boss are focused on green schools 15-to-20 years down the road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre the kids in Chicago Public Schools right now throwaway kids Brandon Johnson? Are those throwaway kids Stacy Davis Gates? Do those kids matter? They matter a lot,\u201d Fiedler said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Teachers Union, in talks with Chicago Public Schools, advocates for its Green Schools Campaign. The union demands retrofitted buildings, solar panels, electric buses, and carbon-neutral initiatives, alongside significant pay and staffing hikes. 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