In addition to safety measures, some teachers unions are pressing for police-free schools, canceling rents and mortgages, and bans on new charter programs and standardized testing
” emphasizes a need to implement safety measures like masks, temperature checks and updated ventilation systems, said Keri Rodrigues, the group’s president.
Many union officials said they are aware of the need to balance their own demands with parents’ anxiety over their children falling behind — and they know the support they have so far enjoyed could slip. Others have been more defiant. Stacy Davis Gates, vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union, defended the demands that critics have slammed as going too far, including a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures.
that the union, which has more than 25,000 members, was considering a potential strike vote if the district did not change its plans.at the time. “It’s sad that we have to strike or threaten to strike to be heard, but when we fight we win!” which represents more than 65,000 of the nearly 365,000 teachers in the state. “I've never received as many unsolicited new memberships.”
“The unions, in a situation like this, where they have the support of the parents and the community because what they're advocating for is the safety of the students and the staff — that's a very powerful position,” Domenech said.
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