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 The Chicago Teachers Union is at it again.

In a leaked document (document here), they are asking for a $50 BILLION four year contract.  Yep, that’s Billion.  As part of that they are wanting:

‘100% coverage benefits for abortion care, 100% coverage benefits for fertility including full coverage for storage of embryos and any other frozen storage needs.’

Another supposed demand is that the taxpayers will need to provide $2,000 in academics, transportation, and mental health counseling to each migrant in the city. The union is also allegedly requiring that all of the 646 public schools to have a ‘newcomer liaison’ for new students as well as migrant students. There is also an alleged requirement to transform unused school facilities into housing accommodations for illegal immigrants.

The union purportedly is demanding that every school have at least one gender-neutral restroom. Another reported requirement is that every counselor and social worker undergo yearly training on ‘LGBTQ+ issues.’

According to the leaked documents, the union wants to prevent any member from being forced to inform parents when a student changes gender.

They also want 2500 new student aides.

Of course it would be throwing good money after bad–the city of Chicago already spends $7000 per student more than the average of $14,000.  And only 21% of their eighth graders can read proficiently.

And let’s recall that the CTU is being sued by parents for their (possibly illegal) strike during the covid times.

A spokesman from the Hughes and Suhr LLC law firm said in Chicago Public Schools, 76% of all students are classified as low-income. They said teachers earn nearly twice the average income of the families they serve and the timing and length of the strike was particularly egregious.

I think at this point pretty much everyone can agree that this is NOT for the children…