Hot town. Summer in The City.
The battle between The Mayor and his gofer Ron Huberman on the one hand and the Chicago teachers union on the other is burning up the town.
Following an exchange of heated letters, the CTU is taking CPS to federal court to stop what the CTU is calling the arbitrary firing of hundreds of teachers.
From the CTU press release:
The suit alleges that the Board is dismissing some of the city’s most qualified teachers in a manner that violates the rights of CTU members to procedural due process under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution as well as their rights under the labor contract. The suit seeks reinstatement of all teachers and support staff who have been dismissed to date. It also seeks to hold off all further dismissals until the CTU’s contractual claims can be arbitrated.
Fred Klonsky 