Speaker 1: For months, the Chicago Teachers Union has forbidden their teachers
Speaker 1: to show up at city schools because of the coronavirus,
Speaker 1: despite the fact that schools do not contribute to the
Speaker 1: spread of the illness, according to the CDC. So lately,
Speaker 1: the Chicago Teachers Union has been negotiating with school administrators
Speaker 1: who want to begin the process of reopening the schools
Speaker 1: on a gradual basis, something other cities and states have
Speaker 1: been doing for months. But on Sunday, the rank and
Speaker 1: file democrats excuse me, the rank and file union members
Speaker 1: and voted overwhelmingly to give administrators the collective middle finger.
Speaker 1: They said they would not return to the classroom despite
Speaker 1: an order requiring ten thousand teachers to show up this week.
Speaker 1: Chicago Mayor Laurie Lightweight is pleading with the union to
Speaker 1: return to work, to no avail. Thousands of Chicagoans have
Speaker 1: been thrown out of work, many evicted because of the shutdown.
Speaker 1: Scores of small businesses have closed their doors for good.
Speaker 1: Parents who can't afford to pay somebody to watch their
Speaker 1: kids are forced to remain at home, can't go to
Speaker 1: work or look for work. All the while these union
Speaker 1: members have been getting their paychecks and they still refuse
Speaker 1: to go back to work. This is what your Democrat parties,
Speaker 1: endless shutdowns are doing to America, and they couldn't care less.
Speaker 1: This is exactly what they want to happen.