Chicago Teachers Move Toward Strike; District Delays Return
- Teachers’ return pushed back by two days after union vote
- Elementary students have option to return to in-person Feb. 1
Chicago Teachers Union leadership protest outside the entrance of City Hall in Chicago, Illinois on Dec. 12.
Photographer: Max Herman/NurPhoto/Getty Images
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Chicago public school teachers are moving toward a strike in the nation’s third-largest district as union members voted to only work remotely, prompting officials to delay teachers’ required return to classrooms this week by two days.
The Chicago Teachers Union said in a statement Sunday that 71% of its voting members approved a resolution to “conduct remote work only” when kindergarten through eighth-grade teachers were scheduled to report to work in-person on Monday, according to the union, which cited safety concerns.