What’s behind the Chicago teacher’s strike? Sure money is a big part. But, as the Christian Science Monitor notes, accountability is also a factor. “A quarter of public school students still fail to graduate from high school – and those who…
The Hill reports that GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney expressed disappointment with the Chicago’s teachers union strike. “I am disappointed by the decision of the Chicago Teachers Union to turn its back on not only a city negotiating in good faith…
The Hill reports that GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney expressed disappointment with the Chicago’s teachers union strike. “I am disappointed by the decision of the Chicago Teachers Union to turn its back on not only a city negotiating in good faith…
Nearly 30,000 public school teachers and support staff represented by the Chicago Teachers Union have vowed to walk off the job starting at 12:01 a.m. on Monday if an impasse in contract talks with the city is not broken. The…
Nearly 30,000 public school teachers and support staff represented by the Chicago Teachers Union have vowed to walk off the job starting at 12:01 a.m. on Monday if an impasse in contract talks with the city is not broken. The…
A whistle-blower in Illinois contends that state union bosses forced government workers to attend a political rally with Nancy Pelosi and Jesse Jackson, Jr., the Daily Caller reports. According to the whistle-blower, 76 employees of an Illinois state agency were forced to engage…
A new report highlights a striking example of Big Labor’s strength at the local government level: the states of Pennsylvania, California, Illinois and Nevada have all exempted unions from the state’s own anti-stalking laws, the Washington Examiner reports: The report, titled Sabotage, Stalking…
Once again, the teacher’s union veneer of “doing it for the children” is once again ripped off in Chicago was the teachers’ union approve a 10 day strike notice. The boss of the union, Karen Lewis, can use this to…
Once again, the teacher’s union veneer of “doing it for the children” is once again ripped off in Chicago was the teachers’ union approve a 10 day strike notice. The boss of the union, Karen Lewis, can use this to…