1056: The Chicago Teacher's Union showdown with the law on February 1. @MaileeSmith
Image: Students watch their teachers march the picket line outside of Woburn High School as the city's school teachers strike in defiance of a court order Mailee Smith, @MaileeSmith, Illinois Policy Institute; Staff Attorney & Director of Labor Policy, Illinois; in re: Chicago teachers’s union vetoed Biden’s effort to open schools. WSJ: “Holding students hostage.” Among other concerns, what about the children’s mental health? Chicago teachers regularly strong-arm the schools, usually for political goals having nothing to do with the children’s well-being. . . . This is a direct power play. https://www.illinoispolicy.org/author/msmith/