The union won two demands, but not others. And, in a big departure from past CTU job actions, this time Chicago teachers may not be paid for any of the days that they refused to report to their classrooms.
Those four missed school days could cost a typical teacher more than a thousand dollars in lost pay. The union did get a promise of increased COVID testing and, specific metrics for when the spread of COVID would force a school to flip to remote learning — main results of the job action.
"But for the action, I think, some really big pieces would be missing here. And having a metric, I think, is a key. Because it speaks to an objective standard and understanding that the parties are going to rely on it," said University of Illinois Professor Robert Bruno. Legal experts called the teachers job action an illegal wildcat strike, and a much larger than usual number of union members displayed their disagreement with it publicly — showing up to work at some schools.
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