Education Department Downsizing a ‘Good Step’
“While the DoED downsizing is a good step, the principal battlegrounds for genuine school reform have been and will continue to be in the state capitals."
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 pressure the city for a better deal. The union is currently holding “informal pickets” in front of 240 Chicago public schools. (Flashback Video Chicago Teachers’ Union “Give Up The Bucks”)[stream provider=youtube flv=x:/youtu.be/OdREEcx0-Qc img=x:/nrtwc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/chicagoteachergiveupbucksweb.png embed=false share=false width=580 height=360 dock=true controlbar=over bandwidth=high autostart=false /]
Incredibly, the union is demanding a 30% pay hike over the next two years. An arbitrator said they “deserved” at 15-20% raise but that is not enough for the union activists. No one in Illinois seems to remember it is the taxpayers that “deserve” help.
“While the DoED downsizing is a good step, the principal battlegrounds for genuine school reform have been and will continue to be in the state capitals."
UAW bosses now required to attend federal training after trying to fire non-striking workers
Big Labor’s growing budgetary power fuels bureaucratic bloat in public schools, driving up costs without improving education for students or taxpayers.