Chicago Sun Times: Mayor Rahm Emanuel identified the two major sticking points ijn the strike: : job security and teacher evaluations. School,Board President, Vitale conceded negotiators did not even attack what the mayor contended are the two biggest issues in the nine-month dispute. “The union s[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Unions’
September 11th, 2012 - 8:25 am § in Politics
BREAKING NEWS: Chicago Teachers Union strike over job security and teacher evaluations.
February 27th, 2012 - 7:24 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Unions vs Teacher: Who is the bad guy?
Who Breaks a Butterfly Upon a Wheel by Bill Lyne An Open Letter to Nick Hanauer Our friends over at Publicola have recently been hosting a rousing debate between big bucks Democrat Nick Hanauer and WEA President Mary Lindquist on teachers’ unions and K-12 schools. Here at the blog, we have a har[...]
Egypt -> Libya -> Wisconsin ——> ? Indiana?
from Politco By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 2/22/11 12:49 PM EST Updated: 2/22/11 2:58 PM EST In a move straight out of the Wisconsin playbook, Indiana Democratic lawmakers fled the state today in a bid to kill a proposed right-to-work bill ahead of a vote. Citing a source, the Indianapolis Star reported that[...]
February 21st, 2011 - 1:22 pm § in America
We Are Wisconsin
Here are a couple of links for following the ongoing people's takeover of the Madison State House.[...]
(Bad) history in the making in Wisconsin?
Georgetown doctoral candidate Stephanie Taylor’s commentary on Salon provides necessary historical perspective on the governor’s move: This would be the first time in nearly 80 years that the National Guard would be used to break a strike by Wisconsin workers, and the first time in over 40 years[...]