Chicago Teachers upset enough to ask for strike vote, union chief says

Rosalind Rossi

The president of the Chicago Teachers Union said Friday on a radio show that there is a "very high" likelihood that teachers will ask her to take a strike vote, given how angry and disrespected they feel.

But clarifying later to the Chicago Sun-Times, Karen Lewis said she did not predict that teachers will ultimately go on strike, only that the probability is high that members will call for a strike vote.

"People are very upset. People feel disrespected,'' Lewis told WLS- AM Radio's Connected to Chicago, which airs at 6 a.m. Sunday.

"We have teachers who have been extremely vilified for political purposes,"

Posted by Jim Zellmer at August 17, 2011 2:26 AM
Subscribe to this site via RSS/Atom: Newsletter signup | Send us your ideas