Vallas: "Ultimately, the greatest obstacle to balancing the city’s budget and ensuring vital services are the CTU’s intransigence and unsustainable pension burdens. The CTU is no longer a conventional labor union advocating solely for teachers; it's a political machine, often at odds with broader public sector labor and the interests of the city."
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
CPS needs to be financially ready. CTU needs to be designated as a political organization, not a labor union.