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

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SW-User

Assuming that I'm understanding this right, I definitely agree with the teachers' union. I would rather study from home and be safe than crammed into school and constantly afraid of getting sick from the virus.
I'm also one of the people who is at high risk for complications. Put the kids' overall health first, then once things calm down a fair bit (I mean, for fuck's sake the US has over a million cases from Omicron now), then decide whether or not it is safe to be crammed into a classroom with lackluster air circulation.

LamontCranston · M

@SW-User ok, you may have a condition which makes in school problematic-FOR YOU. But you are ignoring all the literature which shows children having physical and mental health issues and being subject to depression, suicide, not getting inoculations against other dieases, losing thier ability to socialize and host of limitations and deficiencies in development by not being in school.

This IS about putting the kids' OVERALL health first: they need to be in school. Even Biden admits that.
i can't believe, with all the informtion out there, that this is ignored.