Chicago Teachers Union Wants to Close Schools on May 1st to Protest Trump
“May Day is also known as International Worker’s Day, which celebrates workers and advocates for labor rights.”
These people do not care that barely any students in Chicago can read or do math at grade level.
FOX News reports:
Chicago Teachers Union calls for school shutdown on May Day to protest Trump
The Chicago Teachers Union is advocating for a day off for teachers and students on May 1, for the national May Day movement.
May Day is also known as International Worker’s Day, which celebrates workers and advocates for labor rights.
On Wednesday, the union approved a resolution to designate May 1 as the day of “Civic Action and Defense of Public Education,” and seeking support for this from Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago’s Board of Education.
“If we still want to have democracy in the midterms this November, public schools that provide our students with quality education, and unions to defend workers’ rights, then it is up to every Chicagoan to stand up for what we believe in and show the authoritarian billionaire in Washington that when he breaks every rule, we will not go along with business as usual,” CTU Vice President Jackson Potter said in a statement.
The union claimed in the resolution that public education is under attack by “MAGA politicians,” seemingly referring to supporters of President Donald Trump.
The resolution says “public education is facing an unprecedented national assault driven by MAGA politicians, billionaire donors, and corporate interests who seek to privatize our schools, censor educators, ban books, dismantle civil rights protections, criminalize and separate immigrant families, and weaken workers’ unions.”
The union said it was standing with Minnesota and advocated for keeping Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) out of cities.
It also called for policies to “tax the rich.”
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Were it within my power, I’d fire any teacher doing this. No hearing, no civil service rules-y rules-y nonsense. FIRED.
The teacher’s unions need to be brought to their knees.
The way i look at it, unions, exist to support wages and benefits for its members. Company or employer policies that don’t impact wages or benefits are outside the realm of union input. For teachers unions they have no right to influence education subject matter, impart political views on the students or initiate protests, demonstrations or walk outs by students, teachers or faculty outside member pay and benefits. Teachers and staff that participate in these non educational activities should be disciplined or fired. Unions that cause their members to participate in or sponsor these non educational activities should lose their certification to represent their school district employees.
“Chicago Teachers Union calls for school shutdown on May Day to protest Trump’
As long as they don’t reopen them again, I’m down with that.
“May Day is also known as International Worker’s Day, which celebrates workers and advocates for labor rights.”
Otherwise known as Christmas Day for Commies, you damn gaslighters.
Teacher Unions appear to encourage everything but quality education. If teachers can not produce students who qualify at grade level they should be given one semester to bring 90 percent of students up to grade level performance of be fired. Students who fail to achieve grade level performance should not be granted high school diplomas. No college or high paying careers without that diploma. A good education system does not have the time or school days to afford demonstrations, protests or walkouts. Class time would have to be made up, perhaps by loss of vacation days for students and faculty. If you are not doing your job, you don’t get paid for that day(s)..
Teaching: What Chicago teachers occasionally do as a sideline to their full time protesting.
The Chicago Teachers Union would prefer to shut down school permanently and just collect their paychecks. IMO the students’ may actually increase.
Lazy communists.
May 1, a national holiday for communist (Soviet Union, Red China, North Korea, and Viet Nam.)