Mayor threatens to sue as Chicago teachers strike continues

◼ The Chicago Teachers Union strike continues Monday after a failure to resolve the strike, now into its second week with 350,000 children affected by the standoff. - Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion

Lewis said teachers were most fearful of what she called the “elephant in the room,” which is that if the CTU continues with its demands, the city will be forced, financially, to close many of the underperforming schools and put more teachers out of jobs.

At the protest Sunday, many of the various radical groups were lobbying teachers to continue the strike as they sought to broaden the platform of the teachers’ strike as part of their own agendas. At this point, it looks like these groups were successful.

◼ Rahm Emanuel says he has had enough and is going to court to force an end to the strike now in its second week. - Chicago Tribune

Emanuel has maintained for over a week that the two major sticking points in negotiations — evaluations and the ability to recall teachers who have been laid off — are not legal grounds for a work stoppage.

But teachers insisted this morning they are not playing games and feel they need more time to consider the complex agreement.