Strange Bedfellows

There were a few firefighters in the comments disavowing this:

That's the head of the Firefighters' Union marching or appearing with the head of the CTU union. And according to every leftist in existence, that's some sort of nazi salute he's giving, but whatever.

Here's the Tribune article accompanying the photo (paywall warning):

• When rank-and-file firefighters joined them to demand a contract last month, the Chicago Teachers Union framed the team-up in powerful terms: “Two unions. One fight.”

  Now, with a pending deal for teachers clinched last week, only one of them remains in the ring.

  Chicago Firefighters Union Local 2 is rounding out the fourth year of its battle for a new collective bargaining agreement. Unlike their counterparts in school classrooms, the first responders have gone without the vocal support of Mayor Brandon Johnson throughout their relatively drama-free standoff.

  But behind the scenes, sources from both sides of the bargaining table described an impasse in negotiations that has them hurtling toward arbitration. By state law, police officers and firefighters cannot strike.

There's no upside to this. If this goof thinks the teachers are going to walk out in support of the CFD, then he's pretty stupid. 

Davis Gates is a known commie, racist, Indiana resident who isn't about to support a traditionally white Irish union. She got her contract already, and Local 2 is climbing into bed with the head of a union that regularly chants "Fuck the Police" isn't going to win him many fans among the rank-and-file.