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While the Art Institute was the first major cultural institution in the city to see employees unionize, it’s hardly alone. In June, workers at the Museum of Science and Industry voted in favor of unionization. This past March, Field Museum employees also voted to organize and are preparing to begin the bargaining process. Additionally, employees at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and the Newberry Library have voted to unionize. Workers at both organizations are currently negotiating their first contracts.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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As I understand it, the exhibition on African Art, called, Gangsta Rap, is enlightening, and the docents very knowledgeable.
This is the same museum that fired all its older white docents — cuz Black Lives Matter
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/art-institute-of-chicago-firing-docents-misinformation
Yes, I believe that you are correct. Experienced and knowledgeable white VOLUNTEERS were dismissed and replaced by paid individuals who weren’t seasoned and knowledgeable.
Yup, that’s the same institution.
And the volunteers left quietly- sad.
I wonder how many of the paid replacements are still working.
Imagine how lousy the docent tours are now, being led by some dumbass kid reading a script
Yep, they’re now called Do-Si-Dos!