The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) on Monday filed a complaint with the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board seeking to put Chicago Public Schools’ reopening plans on hold, claiming the school district has not engaged in good faith negotiations over safe resumption of in-person learning.
In the CTU’s motion for injunctive relief (pdf), the union accuses the school district of refusing to bargain over the health and safety of union members and claims that the Chicago Board of Education (CBE) ignored the threat posed by the pandemic by unilaterally ordering its teachers and other staffers to resume in person classes starting on Jan. 11, 2020.
