Chicago Public Faculties has canceled lessons for some 361,000 college students on Thursday after the academics’ union mentioned it’s going to push forward with a strike over stalled labor negotiations.
The union is asking for higher sources for instructing employees, together with greater pay and extra nurses in colleges, in addition to assist from social staff and college librarians.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot mentioned metropolis negotiators had “bent over backwards” to fulfill the union’s issues and desires in a approach that “meets our shared imaginative and prescient” for colleges, however that regardless of the efforts, the union goes forward with its strike.
Lightfoot claimed that Chicago Public Faculties has agreed to fulfill the preliminary key issues of the union regarding class measurement and staffing, however claimed that “behind the scenes, they’ve continued to carry up further bargaining points that they are saying should be resolved.”
CPS-CTU NEGOTIATIONS: Mayor Lightfoot and CPS CEO Dr. Jackson holding a short media availability on CPS/CTU negotiations. https://t.co/3D9X8cdTnp
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot (@chicagosmayor) October 16, 2019
Chicago Public Faculties is the third-largest faculty system in the US.
In a sequence of tweets responding to Lightfoot’s feedback, the union accused the mayor of reneging on marketing campaign guarantees and mentioned the blame for the “failure of those negotiations rests on the toes of Mayor Lori Lightfoot.” It additionally reiterated its calls for extra sources, saying “the district can afford our calls for.”
CPS has $ 1 billion in new income from the state. The district can afford our calls for—calls for to enhance our high quality of life at work and our college communities.
— ChicagoTeachersUnion (@CTULocal1) October 16, 2019
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