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.
Jewish MIT graduate students are challenging their union’s stance on BDS and its compelled dues, while broader concerns about anti-Semitism persist on campus.
Thanks to the Committee's election-year program, union-label candidates like Sen. Jon Tester (Mont.) are being given a choice: pledge to change course and support Right to Work going forward, or face the potential political consequences.
Biden judicial nominee Nicole Berner has a track record of mindlessly repeating union bosses’ anti-Right to Work diatribes and defending their schemes to profit at the expense of the disabled.