This is total bullshit, Chicago public schools.

CBS News Chicago: Chicago to provide buses for students to attend anti-Trump May Day rallies pic.twitter.com/w0ZwcJyUtV

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) May 1, 2026

And this is the "compromise." The Union was pushing to make it a mandatory holiday.

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) May 1, 2026

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