Students are scheduled to return to classrooms Feb. 1 for the first time in 10 months. The union is threatening that.

The Chicago Teachers Union is encouraging Chicago Public School teachers to “take action” against the school district, but the union’s agenda risks teachers’ jobs without backing by science or law.

While members can opt out of CTU at any time, the union says they may only stop paying the union if they do so during a one-month period. A lawsuit filed against the union argues this violates teachers’ First Amendment rights.

Leaders of Illinois’ largest local teachers’ union received swift blowback after their latest push into public politics. Members dissatisfied with the priorities of their union’s leadership deserve to know they have other options.

The new contract continues a moratorium on school closings despite plummeting student enrollment.

Teachers in Chicago Public Schools who are not union members cannot be punished for going to work during a union strike.