Was the CTU lobby day over-hyped?
Friday, May 17, 2024 - Posted by Rich Miller
* WBEZ…
[CPS CEO Pedro Martinez] said he was happy to see so many teachers in Springfield meeting with lawmakers. CPS allowed for a paid day off for one staffer at every school district-wide — around 600 teachers and staff from Mayor Brandon Johnson’s former union. Around 250 went to the state capital.
That’s… not a huge lobby day.
- Charles Edward Cheese - Friday, May 17, 24 @ 1:12 pm:
Perhaps the constant contrarian militant activist persona of CTU leadership doesn’t reverberate with the rank and file teachers as much as they thought.
- Sad - Friday, May 17, 24 @ 1:17 pm:
So did 350 CTU staff just take a paid day off? That’s…perfect.
- Three Dimensional Checkers - Friday, May 17, 24 @ 1:19 pm:
Wait, teachers do not like to be taken advantage of either?
- NIU Grad - Friday, May 17, 24 @ 1:33 pm:
I wonder if there’s a difference between a CPS-sanctioned lobby day vs. a rabble-rousing CTU “day of action” when it comes to interest from members?
- New Day - Friday, May 17, 24 @ 1:36 pm:
SEIU was waaaayyyy louder and more impressive. Very unimpressive.
- Jocko - Friday, May 17, 24 @ 1:38 pm:
It’s sad that, out of 514 buildings (+ 120 charters), 350 hand-picked people said “No thanks.
I’ll pass.”
- Rich Miller - Friday, May 17, 24 @ 1:41 pm:
===SEIU was waaaayyyy louder===
Yes
- ElTacoBandito - Friday, May 17, 24 @ 2:08 pm:
==So did 350 CTU staff just take a paid day off? That’s…perfect.==
They’re called teachers, not CTU staff. And even though your question was rhetorical, the answer is no they did not.
- low level - Friday, May 17, 24 @ 2:21 pm:
Im no big fan of CTU but people need to realize this was not a “paid day off”. They went to Springfield to work by lobbying members for more education funding, not sit by the beach.
- Back to the Future - Friday, May 17, 24 @ 2:38 pm:
Big Thank You for the teachers, parents and staff that showed up in Springfield to lobby for our children and grandchildren.
If the state is going to have a good future, we have to turn around these low test scores.
- Rich Miller - Friday, May 17, 24 @ 2:50 pm:
===but people need to realize===
Try not to change the subject.
- vern - Friday, May 17, 24 @ 2:59 pm:
=== 350 hand-picked people said “No thanks.
I’ll pass.” ===
351 if you count Mayor Johnson, who did make it to Springfield but apparently forgot to mention this city budget priority.