Less than a year removed from its longest labor stoppage in three decades, the Chicago Teachers Union is convening an emergency meeting of its elected delegates early next week to discuss another strike vote that would put pressure on Chicago Public Schools to back off its plan for a partial return to classrooms next month, a source told the Chicago Sun-Times.
The timeline for a potential vote is unclear, but any strike authorization would need the approval of three-quarters of the union’s 26,000 rank-and-file members. The meeting next week would mark the first steps of a member-based process toward another walkout.
The CTU has been highly critical of Mayor Lori Lightfoot and CPS officials’ proposal to put most of the 300,000 students at non-charter schools back in classrooms twice a week this fall.
Though city officials have repeatedly said they haven’t yet made a final decision on in-person learning, the union has cited the health concerns during a raging pandemic as reasons why that choice shouldn’t even be considered right now.
Depending on the resolution put forth at the meeting, a vote could take place that day or could come at a later meeting after the union’s 700 delegates discuss the potential strike with members at their schools.
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