Ted joined Shaun Thompson to talk about about the Chicago Teachers Union’s absurd new contract demands, why so many Chicago teachers are chronically absent, and Brandon Johnson’s failed first year as mayor.
What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
The bill passed despite their votes in response to certain incidents where local prosecutors are thought to have been too lenient with non-citizens assaulting cops.
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ analysis of Chicago student proficiency data in their latest piece condemning the Chicago Teachers Union’s outrageous contract demands…all while a vast majority of Chicago’s children graduate unable to read at grade level.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about the details of Gov. Pritzker’s proposed $52 billion budget, why the state is struggling now that federal covid dollars have run out, the controversy surrounding Tier 2 government pensions, why Illinois’ expensive education system fails to teach children to read, the outrageous demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, and more.
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Amazon is getting back into the business of delivering non-amazon packages and we’ll see how much this shakes up the package delivery business. When UPS negotiates with the teamsters over a new contract in 5 years the package delivery landscape may be totally different. The UAW used to ride roughshod over the Big 3 automakers until nonunion foreign transplants came into the car market. The financial crisis of 2008 pretty much ended the UAW’s monopoly power over the Big 3 and we’ll see if Amazon has a like effect over the teamsters at UPS.