Labor

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.”

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 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

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.”