The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is demanding a $50 billion contract with provisions including free abortion services, cash to migrants, LGBTQ concessions, and a big hike in pay all despite falling student enrollment and worsening student proficiency rates.
The contract the CTU is set to present demands a nine percent annual raise in pay through 2028 even though the average salary of a teacher in Chicago Public Schools is already $93,182, which is about $20,000 a year more than the average pay of $73,000 a year that teachers in the rest of the state make.
The pay hike would make Chicago’s teachers some of the highest paid in the country and would ultimately set them at an annual rate of $144,620 a year by 2027, according to Fox News citing the Illinois Policy Institute.
The annual salary would also put Chicago’s teachers at nearly double the median household income in the…
