Sun-Times: Chicago Teachers Union to collectively refuse in-person assignments

 As the COVID-19 pandemic heads into the new year with more contagious varients expected to become the dominant strains by March, Chicago teachers are voting on a collective action to refuse orders to return to full in person teaching Monday, the Chicago Sun-Times has reported.

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has noted the action would not constitute a strike as teachers would continue teaching from home. This has not stopped Chicago Public Schools (CPS) from labeling the action as an "illegal strike." 

Meanwhile, elected officials from local and state government gathered in support of the CTU in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, pointing out that President Biden was calling for an end to recklessness in the national approach to COVID-19 they argued that teachers shouldn't be forced back into schools until they were able to get vaccinated.