Giving Compass' Take:

• Yana Kunichoff discusses Chicago's veteran pay dispute and how it impacts the educational system. 

• What skills might veterans have that that might help them pursue effective careers in education?

• Learn more about giving veterans more career opportunities. 

More than two months after ending a bitter strike, Chicago’s school district and teachers union still haven’t agreed on how to parcel out $25 million promised in raises for veteran educators, even after the union filed a complaint with a state labor relations board.

The agreement that ended last year’s record-long teachers strike awarded $5 million annually in pay raises for teachers who have worked in the district 14 years or more, to total $25 million over the five-year contract.

But that document did not spell out how those raises would be distributed, and the district and union haven’t agreed on whether the additional raises will be one-off bonuses or long-term base pay raises.

The unfair labor practice complaint, filed by the union on Dec. 20 with the Illinois Education Labor Relations Board, alleges the Chicago Board of Education is “refusing to honor an agreement reached on wages” and discriminating against unionized veteran teachers.

The day before, on Dec. 19, the union and board representatives had their last face-to-face session to negotiate the details about the veteran pay contract but couldn’t come to an agreement.

The issue affects nearly 10,000 veteran educators, and is playing out amid an ongoing teacher shortage and an uphill effort to recruit and retain teachers of color.

Read the full article about the veteran pay dispute by Yana Kunichoff at Chalkbeat.