Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is taking the teachers strike to court.
Emanuel made good Monday on promised legal action to try and end the first Chicago teachers strike in 25 years, instructing his lawyers for Chicago Public Schools to file an injunction to get kids and teachers back in class.
The 700-page request was filed Monday morning. It seeks a temporary restraining order and asks a judge to immediately end the strike. The complaint states the strike is illegal because it’s based on non-economic issues and because it presents a “clear and present danger to public health and safety.”
“I will not stand by while the children of Chicago are played as pawns in an internal dispute within a union,” Emanuel said Sunday in a statement. “This was a strike of choice and now a delay of choice that is wrong for our children.”
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