Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-05-02 | Page 9 | Chicago Teachers Obtain Injunction

CHICAGO TEACHERS OBTAIN INJUNCTION CHICAGO, May 1. The appellate court of Illinois today upheld a decision of the superior court granting a temporary injunction in-junction io Cliicaeo school teachers a pi ins-1 the board of education, restraining' restrain-ing' it from enforcing- the Txjeli rule barring them from membership in the Chicago Chi-cago Ten criers' federation. Approximately 000 teachers arc affected by the decision. , The board sought to obtain from all the teachers employed in the cii- a -'IMjre that, they would not ha"1 rwiy affiliations with the federation. The court quoted decisions setting forth that any board of education rule restricting restrict-ing teachers employed to members of any particular societies or unions would be void. j "Tt follows logically," the court said, "th;it a rule which restricts employment to non-members of such societies also Is 1 void." I A