Can anyone defend the Chicago Teachers Union?

We have a very well-known group of "usual suspects" in Captain Renault's famous phrase from Casablanca, namely the progressives on here who are so vocal.
I call on them to speak up about the reprehensible actions by the Chicago Teachers Union to prevent in-person learning in the Chicago public schools, further injuring the poorest and least privileged kids.
The $40,000,000 or so of their annual political contributions go overwhelmingly to Democrats, it shold be noted

This page is a permanent link to the reply below and its nested replies. See all post replies »

bijouxbroussard · F

Defend them from what ? Not wanting to risk the lives of their members and the children ? Is the issue that they voted to continue remote classes because of omicron’s risk ? Or was there something else ?

LamontCranston · M

@bijouxbroussard Please do not argue they have the children's best interest at heart. Hypocricy cannot go that far.

bijouxbroussard · F

@LamontCranston If it keeps the children from getting sick and spreading the virus, how is that hypocritical ? I get that you have a specific agenda here, but what about the people who are refusing to vaccinate their kids but still planning to send them to class, like nothing’s wrong ? Part of being a teacher is catching whatever the kids bring to school —I know this from the days that I taught. This is too serious a problem.

LamontCranston · M

@bijouxbroussard I do NOT have an agenda. Please stop such comments and reply to the merits.
All the "science" is that schools are safe for students and there has been incredible harm to students' mental health and learning ability from being kept out of the clssroom. Even the New York Times has acknowledged this. As mentioned above, the president-in his own mealy-mouthed way-said kids should be in school.
The serious problem is the clout of the teachers' union. The fact that the Democrats are so dependent on them for political contributions is a scandal.
(The qurestion of the degree to which children need to be vaccinated is still up in the air. But many are. Your argument is a deflection.)

bijouxbroussard · F

@LamontCranston Occasionally I agree with your posts or at least respect your pov, but I’m still trying to figure out where you’re coming from here. In any case, I was trying to sort that out, not looking to be attacked because you distrust labor unions. I’ll leave you to it.