The Chicago Teachers Union is claiming that Mayor Lori Lightfoot has locked teachers out of virtual classrooms after the union voted to move to remote instruction in defiance of city officials.
In a pair of tweets sent Wednesday morning, the Chicago Teachers Union said that Lightfoot had “started locking Chicago public school teachers and staff out of their Google Classrooms” and added the hashtag “#LoriLockout.”
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In a follow-up tweet Wednesday morning, the union said, “We are being inundated with calls and emails this morning from educators who attempted to log into their platforms to connect with their students and teach remotely, and safely, but are being locked out by Mayor Lightfoot.”
The union voted late Tuesday night to move all classes to remote instruction, a move city officials considered an illegal strike. The city responded by canceling classes for Wednesday.
Mayor Lightfoot has started locking Chicago public school teachers and staff out of their Google Classrooms. #LoriLockout
— ChicagoTeachersUnion (@CTULocal1) January 5, 2022
We are being inundated with calls and emails this morning from educators who attempted to log into their platforms to connect with their students and teach remotely, and safely, but are being locked out by Mayor Lightfoot. #LoriLockout
— ChicagoTeachersUnion (@CTULocal1) January 5, 2022
The union claims that the city’s COVID-19 protocols are insufficient due to the infection surge tied to the omicron variant and are demanding widespread testing, among other measures, before they will set foot in school buildings.
City officials have repeatedly insisted that schools are safe and moving classes online will be harmful to students.
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Chicago public schools and Lightfoot’s office did not respond to a request for comment.
