How long will the mayor of Chicago stand up to the teachers’ union?
Children in America’s third-largest school system get another day off
By A.R. | CHICAGO
SOME ON the picket line in Chicago jingled tambourines and blew whistles; many asked for selfies; all cheered when Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts promised to “stand with our unions”. “Everyone in America should support you in this strike”, she told a crowd of several hundred people, mostly teachers and support staff, who were huddled in a park by a closed school on October 22nd. “You fight for the children of this city, and the children of this country”. Ms Warren’s sympathy was obvious: she wore an overcoat of dazzling red, matching the red shirts, woolly hats and sweatshirts of the assembled members of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU).
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