Chicago Teachers Union contract demands are totally divorced from reality – Wirepoints
Details emerging about Chicago Teachers Union’s upcoming contract show just how divorced its demands, both extreme and expensive, are from the reality at Chicago schools. It’s not just about massive salary increases, but also about money for migrant students, climate initiatives, abortions and gender-affirming care. About blocking parental notification. Count on CTU’s demands to veer further from reality until the public finally says no.
Twenty years ago, the state contribution to the state employees retirement system (SERS) was around $400 million. The most recent payment was $2.6 billion.
Do they want the state to pay case workers more to attract more applicants or do they want to fund the case workers’ pensions?
They probably want more taxes so that they can do both.
Well in the past they would do the hiring and simply cut the pension fund contribution. Did I not read here the other day about creating a ramp funding situation for education? The ability of Illinoisans to come up with wack-a-mole spending is astonishingly beyond belief.