This morning, instead of heading into work, 29,000 members of the Chicago Teachers Union began a strike. This means nearly 400,000 children will have nowhere to go, and working parents will have to scramble to find daycare for them until the strike is resolved. With obvious crime issues rampant in Chicago, it is clear the streets are the last place any parent would want their child wandering when they should be in the classroom. Teachers began picketing this morning, despite being offered a 16% pay raise over four years, doubling a previous offer. Additionally, Chicago Public Schools president David Vitale said the Teachers union and the district were very close to cutting a deal before the teachers went on strike. “It was a strike of choice … it’s unnecessary, it’s avoidable and it’s wrong,” Mayor Rahm Emanuel said of the strike. One of the teachers’ biggest concerns was a new…
