Lightfoot and Jackson have offered the union a doubling of the number of social workers and nurses, phased in to give Chicago Public Schools the time to find qualified applicants. They are offering what amounts to flat health insurance costs, which means taxpayers would pick up annual health care increases of roughly 6% for the five years of the contract. Also remember, the vast majority of teachers only pay 2% of their pay toward their pensions, far less than their public sector counterparts.