Report: L.A. Teachers Union Urges Members Not to Post Spring Break Travel Photos, Say Schools ‘Unsafe’

United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) — the second-largest local teachers union in the country — urged members not to post spring break travel photos that could undermine its position that schools should remain closed, according to screenshots published by a local news reporter.

In a purported private Facebook group of union members, an activist appears to warn members not to rub pictures in the faces of frustrated parents:

“Friendly reminder,” the alleged post, exposed by Bill Melugin of Fox LA, began, “If you are planning any trips for Spring Break, please keep that off social media. It is hard to argue that it is unsafe for in-person instruction, if parents and the public see vacation photos and international travel.”

“Amen,” a member purportedly responded.

Former Chicago Teachers Union Executive Sarah Chambers, who vocally opposed reopening schools, came under criticism after she posted vacation photos from a Puerto Rican poolside over New Years.

In a post on Instagram — on an account that has since been deleted — Chambers wrote, “Spending the last day of 2020 by the poolside. We have the whole pool to ourselves. Then, we are going to old San Juan to get some yummy seafood mofongo.”

“We have an entire private Airbnb house to ourselves,” she bragged in a post that showed her bare feet at the end of a lounge chair, with the sunshine, pool, and palm trees in the background.

Teachers unions have attempted to leverage the pandemic shutdown to strike better compensation deals and reopen classrooms on their terms.

Shortly after Melugin’s report, he said the UTLA struck a deal with the Los Angeles Unified School District to reopen with just weeks remaining in the school year.

According to the agreement, L.A. schools will complete the reopening phases by “late April.”

“Daily in-person instruction for elementary school students in a hybrid morning/afternoon model, while maintaining the option for students to remain in online-only instruction,” the agreement said.

Secondary students “will continue with daily online instruction,” it said.

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