Chicago-area firefighters win appeal to remove union from their workplace
Chicago-area firefighters win appeal to remove union from their workplace
Firefighters in a Chicago suburb won their appeal to remove the Service Employees International Union from their workplace. False claims by SEIU bosses complicated the process.
By Dylan Sharkey
Cindi Young
Cindi Young
“Year after year, I had asked the state to stop deducting the dues. I don’t understand why they were still taking my money. I want my money back.”
Proviso teachers’ union rejects truce as strike keeps 4,200 students out for 8 days
Proviso teachers’ union rejects truce as strike keeps 4,200 students out for 8 days
The Proviso teachers’ union declared the strike over compensation March 4, canceling classes for the district’s 4,200 students for 8 days so far. The local school board tried to call a time-out to get students back in class, but the union refused.
By Patrick Andriesen
Amendment 1 would cement strikes as go-to weapon for Chicago Teachers Union
Amendment 1 would cement strikes as go-to weapon for Chicago Teachers Union
The Chicago Teachers Union has gone on strike five times and walked out on students at least three other times since it got the right to strike in 1984. Gaining greater power through Amendment 1 would embolden militant union tactics.
By Hannah Schmid
Amendment 1 would permanently enshrine Madigan union deals in Illinois Constitution
Amendment 1 would permanently enshrine Madigan union deals in Illinois Constitution
Amendment 1 would permanently write indicted former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan’s public union deals into the state constitution. If passed, neither lawmakers nor voters could ever change them.
By Dylan Sharkey
Courts could block Chicago Public Schools mask mandate
Courts could block Chicago Public Schools mask mandate
Despite revised statewide orders, Chicago Public Schools are still requiring universal masking in all schools and offices after the Chicago Teachers Union forced the change through a walkout. A judge was asked to let student faces go free.
By Dylan Sharkey
Illinois teachers unions call strikes 48 times in 10 years
Illinois teachers unions call strikes 48 times in 10 years
Illinois has seen 48 teacher strikes in 10 years. None of Illinois’ neighboring states let unions use students and their educations as bargaining chips.
By Dylan Sharkey
Amendment 1 would give teachers unions more power over Illinois schools, parents
Amendment 1 would give teachers unions more power over Illinois schools, parents
If voters pass Amendment 1 in November, it will give teachers unions unprecedented power over what happens in schools. That power could never be curbed.
By Mailee Smith
Chicago schools keep mask mandate despite end to city, state requirement
Chicago schools keep mask mandate despite end to city, state requirement
Teachers union agreements may dictate enforcement of school mask policies – even if Illinois lifts its statewide school mask mandate, a judge noted.
By Hannah Schmid
Illinois teachers unions fight to keep kids masked
Illinois teachers unions fight to keep kids masked
A Sangamon County judge temporarily ended Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s school mask mandate, and Pritzker’s appeal of that ruling lost. Yet the fight showed Illinois teachers unions want kids masked statewide on Pritzker’s say-so alone.
By Joe Tabor
CTU-backed Amendment 1 would give teachers unions power over Illinois parents
CTU-backed Amendment 1 would give teachers unions power over Illinois parents
Chicago Teachers Union takes credit for spreading the “new gospel” of union strike power across the nation. If the CTU-backed Amendment 1 passes in November, it will lock the union’s militant tactics into the state constitution, to the detriment of children and parents statewide.
By Mailee Smith
Chicago Teachers Union president quitting after 3rd strike in 27 months
Chicago Teachers Union president quitting after 3rd strike in 27 months
Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey announced he’s returning to the classroom once his term expires in June. Sharkey has led CTU since 2014 through three work stoppages.
By Dylan Sharkey
Nick Salzmann
Nick Salzmann
“We’ve been going back and forth with the union to have that vote to no avail, so we brought in help from National Right To Work to file everything to decertify.”