Column: Chicago Teachers Walkout Following The Politics, Not The Science – Patch Chicago

"It started with hints. In a Dec. 17 holiday message to members, (CTU President Jesse) Sharkey held up coronavirus outbreaks and student quarantines at two city schools and at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, of all places, as evidence that Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago's top doctor 'bury their heads in the sand and insist schools are safe.' By the end of December, the union started polling members about their desire to switch to remote learning in more than 500 schools without permission from Chicago Public Schools leaders."