"After Chicago success, union leaders spread their message"

That is the headline - but one wonders what is the message? This is what they want you to believe, but  surely they don't believe it: "Union leaders who won gains after striking in Chicago are hitting the road, spreading the message that effective changes in public education can’t be imposed by mayors or governors and must be made in collaboration with communities."
One will be more than hard pressed to read the stories and the tentative contract without concluding that this strike was pure and simple an economic one. There is not one student oriented issue. What gains - other than economic? Irrespective of any spin - there were none. Student scores are to be part of teachers' evaluation. Maybe not as big as factor as the city might have pushed for but still not as the teachers would have preferred - none.
Teachers are directly responsible for the education of students, not the parents, not the school administration,  not the city, not the feds, not the union, etc. It is their sole responsibility that is being shirked by teachers across the country. 
Rather than the teachers and their union representatives working for changes that benefit students - they concern themselves with the dollar that goes into their pockets today and tomorrow. 
Sources:
After Chicago success, union leaders spread their message - The Washington PostChicago Teachers Strike Shows Teacher Accountability At Charters Differs From Union-Contract SchoolsContract Issues in the Chicago Teachers Strike - ABC NewsTeachers to Vote on New Contract Oct. 2 | NBC ChicagoSummary of contract terms.