(The Center Square) – Big pay raises and more days off are on the table for teachers in Chicago Public Schools.
The Chicago Teachers Union wants members to get a minimum raise of 9% annually and up to 45 days off during the school year.
Mailee Smith, senior director of Labor Policy for the Illinois Policy Institute, said the union’s terms include teachers taking up to a year off to work for the CTU Foundation or in municipal government.
“Having teachers outside the classroom is not what is best for students. This is a union power play to gain workers for their own pet projects, while guaranteeing that those workers will still get a pension paid for by taxpayers,” Smith said.
The union has also proposed that the Chicago Public Schools Board should secure free fares on Chicago Transit Authority trains and buses for all CPS students and employees. Smith wondered where
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