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February 1, 2021

Chicago Public Schools vows to lock out teachers who don't show up, inching dispute closer toward strike

The standoff between Chicago Public Schools and its Teachers Union appears to be reaching a breaking point Monday as staff have been given a final warning to report to facilities or they would lose access to their remote teaching tools -- something the union previously has said would prompt a strike. 

January 31, 2021

Chicago mayor orders teachers to return to classroom as tug-of-war with union intensifies

"All teachers, pre-K through eight and cluster teachers must report," Lightfoot said in a press conference Sunday evening. "If you don’t have an approved accommodation, we expect to see you back in class. Those who do not report to work…we will have to take action. Let’s avoid that."

January 29, 2021

Chicago father of six slams teachers union for 'angering' school closures: 'It's all politics'

A Chicago father of six school-age children told Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ on Friday that it has been a "balancing act" to essentially homeschool his children while the Windy City's powerful teachers union continues demanding that schools stay closed due to the pandemic.

January 29, 2021

Chicago Teachers Union wants vaccine before returning to schools, but top US districts are open without shots

The Chicago Teachers Union was pushing Friday for its members to be vaccinated before being required to return to classrooms, one of the key sticking points in its ongoing labor dispute with the city’s public schools over a planned Feb. 1 reopening date for K-8 students. 

January 28, 2021

Chicago principals offer school reopening plan to 'end divisive stalemate' between district, teachers union

An organization of Chicago principals has put forward a phased reopening plan for the city’s schools that it believes could "end the divisive stalemate between district officials and [the] Chicago Teachers Union." 

January 26, 2021

Union leader: Chicago teachers are battling both coronavirus pandemic and fear

American Federation of Teachers leader Randi Weingarten said Tuesday that Chicago educators are battling both the coronavirus pandemic and "fear" as an impasse continues over resuming in-person learning in America's third-largest city.

January 26, 2021

Biden commerce pick promises jobless Keystone workers 'we will make sure that you have jobs'

Gina Raimondo, President Biden's nominee for secretary of commerce, promised that the Biden administration will ensure that union workers who lost jobs due to the blocking of the Keystone XL pipeline will get new jobs.

January 25, 2021

Thousands of Chicago teachers not heading back to classrooms following union vote, will remain remote

Thousands of Chicago’s educators are refusing to head back into schools Monday as originally planned following a weekend vote from its teachers union to defy a district order asking them to return to the classroom in preparation for resuming in-person learning. 

January 24, 2021

Chicago teachers vote to teach from home, defying district

The union said the district’s safety plan falls short and that before teachers can return safely to schools, vaccinations would have to be more widespread and different metrics to measure infections would need to be in place.

January 23, 2021

Biden Cabinet nominee hired convicted domestic abuser who punched woman for refusing sex

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, the nominee to be President Joe Biden's Labor Secretary, briefly hired former Massachusetts state representative Carlos Henriquez to be a special assistant in 2018, despite Henriquez's conviction years earlier for assaulting a woman who refused to have sex with him.